Place of birth Catanzaro, Italy 2011–2013 Fiorentina Weight 74 kg Playing position Name Pietro Iemmello | 2006–2011 Fiorentina Role Footballer Date joined September 2013 Years Team Height 1.79 m | |
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Date of birth (1992-03-06) 6 March 1992 (age 23) | ||
Current team Foggia Calcio (Forward) | ||
Pietro iemmello highlight
Pietro Iemmello (born 6 March 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Benevento, on loan from Sassuolo.
Contents
- Pietro iemmello highlight
- Editing Pietro Iemmello PES18
- Club career
- International career
- Honours
- References
Editing: Pietro Iemmello PES18
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, winning 2011 Coppa Italia Primavera. He also finished as the losing semi-finalists of the playoffs round of the youth league. 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. 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. On 29 June was renovate a loan for another season to Pro Vercelli. In Summer 2013 Pro Vercelli buy all player from Fiorentina.
Late in the 2013 summer transfer window, Pro Vercelli sold Iemmello to Spezia, who promptly loaned him to Novara.
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.
On 31 August 2017, Iemmello joined Benevento on a season-long loan deal with obligation to buy.
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. 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, finishing 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, 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.