Pietro Iemmello

Pietro Iemmello(Re Pietro)
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-03-06) 6 March 1992
Place of birth Catanzaro, Italy[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 9
Youth career
FC Catanzaro Lido[2]
2006–2011 Fiorentina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Pro Vercelli 60 (13)
2013–2016 Spezia 1 (0)
2013–2014 → Novara 4 (1)
2014 → Pro Vercelli 14 (1)
2014–2016 → Foggia (loan) 72 (45)
2016– Sassuolo 6 (1)
National team
2007–2008 Italy U-16 3[nb 1] (0)
2009 Italy U-17 5 (2)
2009–2010 Italy U-18 7 (2)
2010–2011 Italy U-19 10 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 September 2016.


Pietro Iemmello (born 6 March 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Sassuolo.

Club career

Born in Catanzaro, Calabria, Iemmello was signed by Fiorentina at young age. He finished as the runner-up of the 2011 Torneo di Viareggio with the club,[5] winning 2011 Coppa Italia Primavera.[6][7] He also finished as the losing semi-finalists of the playoffs round of the youth league.[8] He played in the finals and semi-finals as one of the starting forward in the 4–3–3 formation, except missed the second leg of the cup.

In July 2011 he was invited to pre-season camp of the first team, along with 11 other youth players.[9] On 13 August he was loaned to Italian third division club Pro Vercelli along with Primavera (literally "Spring", the under-20 team) team-mate Marcos Miranda.[10] On 29 June was renovate a loan for another season to Pro Vercelli.[11] In Summer 2013 Pro Vercelli buy all player from Fiorentina.[12]

Late in the 2013 summer transfer window, Pro Vercelli sold Iemmello to Spezia, who promptly loaned him to Novara.[13]

On 19 March 2016, Iemmello scored four goals in a single match for Foggia, including a 90th-minute winner in his team's 4–2 win over Ischia Isolaverde.

International career

Iemmello was a member of the Italy under-17 team at 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup and took part in the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification campaign with U-19 team. He started his youth international career in a training camp for players born between 1992–93.[14] He was not a regular of the U-17 team and did not play in the whole 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. During the 2009–10 season he received call-up from the Italy U-18 team to prepare for the "World Junior Cup" and as a bridging team for U-19. He scored once in two friendlies against Czech Republic.

Iemmello travelled with the Azzurrini to Nigeria in October 2009, wearing no.18 shirt. Iemmello played all 5 matches in the U-17 World Cup for the de facto U-18 team as a starting forward, except the first one. He scored 2 goals, finshing as Italy's joint-topscorer along with Federico Carraro. He made his debut in the 74th minute of the first match, substituting Giacomo Beretta, who also started 4 matches, and partnered with Iemmello for 3 matches. After losing to Switzerland in the fifth match, the Azzurrini finished the tournament as the losing finalists. Iemmello also played for the Azzurrini U-18 team in the 2010 Slovakia youth cup,[15] winning the tournament for the defending 2009 champions.

In the 2011 U-19 Euro qualifying campaign, he only played twice (out of 3 games) and only featured in the first game as a starting forward. In the elite round, he played all 3 matches but all as sub. Alberto Libertazzi and Giacomo Beretta were the starting forwards in the qualifying and elite rounds respectively. Iemmello did not score any goals in competitive games for the Italy U-19 team, however he scored two braces in the team's friendlies, with an average of 1 goal per friendly game.

Honours

Fiorentina youth

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Iemmello received a call-up to a friendly tournament in March 2008,[3] however the archive of Italian Football Federation did not have the record of the matches (Ireland, Turkey, Malta), thus his cap for the under-16 team was at least, 2 as indicated by the archive, plus starting appearance against Turkey, as indicated by Turkish Football Federation.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.webcitation.org/63Ty0oaD3
  2. ↑ 6. Campionato Regionale Giovanissimi, "C.U. N°46 (2005–06)". Comitato Regionale Calabria, Settore Giovanile e Scolastico, FIGC (in Italian). 5 April 2006. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Easter Tournament: U.16 loses against the Republic of Ireland". FIGC. 17 March 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "ITALY TURKEY - National Team Matches Details". Turkish Football Federation. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Viareggio: Dell'Agnello's brace, Inter champions". FC Internazionale Milano. www.inter.it. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Archivio - Settore Giovanile 2010-2011 - Roma-Fiorentina 1-3: highlights". Viola Channel (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "Fiorentina-Roma: 1-1 l'andata". Viola Channel (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  8. ↑ http://www.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=a1bc37d3-c3b2-4bc0-85a4-37044efacf28&groupId=10192
  9. ↑ "Convocazioni ritiro 2011". Viola Channel (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  10. ↑ "Iemmello e Miranda alla Pro Vercelli". Viola Channel (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 13 August 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  11. ↑ IEMMELLO E MIRANDA ALLA PRO VERCELLI. ROZZIO AL PISA. violachannel.tv
  12. ↑ IEMMELLO A FV, Firenze addio: ti auguro di vincere lo scudetto firenzeviola.it
  13. ↑ "Calciomercato Novara: arriva Iemmello, ex Pro Vercelli via Spezia" [Transfer Novara: Iemmello arrives from Pro Vercelli via Spezia]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 2 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  14. ↑ "CONVOCAZIONE "Torneo Giovani Speranze"" (PDF). FIGC (in Italian). 8 May 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  15. ↑ "Slovakia Cup: per l'Under 18 esordio il 26 con la Danimarca". FIGC (in Italian). 20 April 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
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