Germán Pezzella

Germán Pezzella
Germán Pezzella 2015
Personnel
Surname	German Alejo Pezzella
birthday	June 27, 1991
place of birth	Bahía Blanca ,  Argentina
size	190 cm
position	Central defender
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2009-2015	River Plate	69 (5)
2015-2018	Betis Seville	44 (0)
2017-2018	→  Fiorentina  (loan)	34 (1)
2018–	AC Florence	32 (2)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2009-2011	Argentina U20	15 (0)
2011	Argentina U23	5 (2)
2017–	Argentina	6 (1)
1 Only league games are given. As of June 17, 2019

Germán Alejo Pezzella (born June 27, 1991 in Bahía Blanca ) is an Argentine football player who plays as a central defender for the Italian club Fiorentina , of which he is the captain.

Career

River Plate

Pezzella joined River Plate in 2005 at the age of 14 , having previously represented Olimpo de Bahía Blanca . He made his debut for the professional team on December 7, 2011 in the Copa Argentina .

On December 10, 2014, Pezzella scored the second goal in the 2-0 victory in the final of the Copa Sudamericana against Atlético Nacional , which meant that his team was able to win an international title again after 17 years.

Real Betis

On July 10, 2015, Pezzella signed a five-year contract with Betis Sevilla , who had recently been promoted to the Primera División , for a transfer fee of 2.3 million euros . He made his debut for the club on August 23rd in a 1-1 draw with Villarreal CF and quickly established himself as a leader.

AC Florence

After a loan from Serie A club Fiorentina in the 2017/18 season, Pezzella signed a contract with the club that will last until the end of the 2021/22 season. The transfer fee was 11 million euros. Before the 2018/19 season , he was appointed the club's new captain.

National team

Pezzella made his debut for the senior team on November 11, 2017 in a friendly against Russia .

In May 2018 Jorge Sampaoli appointed him to the provisional 35-man squad of Argentina for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, but was not considered for the 23-man World Cup squad.

Web links

Commons : Germán Pezzella  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Germán Pezzella in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Germán Pezzella in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ River Vencio al Defensores de Ortega y Avanzo en la Copa Argentina ( it ) La Voz del Interior . December 8, 2011.
2. ↑ River Vencio 2-0 a Atlético Nacional y se llevo la Copa Sudamericana ( it ) ESPN Deportes. December 10, 2014.
3. ^ El Betis hace oficial el fichaje del central argentino Pezzella ( es ) Marca . July 10, 2015.
4. ↑ Matthias Linnenbrügger: Real Betis lends Pezzella to Florence. August 18, 2017, accessed March 11, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Fiorentina sign € 11m Pezzella ( en ) May 30, 2018.
6. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
7. ^ Icardi cut from Argentina's 23-man World Cup squad . May 21, 2018.