An Italian professional footballer, Lorenzo Pellegrini plays for Serie A club Roma and the Italy national team as the midfielder.
A native of Rome, Italy, Lorenza Pellegrini was born on 19th of June 1996. His birth sign is Gemini. Pellegrini is an Italian and he belongs to white ethnicity. As a child, he suffered from Heart arrhythmia, a group of conditions in which the heartbeat is irregular, too slow, or too fast.
At the age of 11, Pellegrini began his football career with his hometown football club, Roma, where he remained 8 years, playing at the various youth level.
An academy graduate of Roma, Pellegrini made his professional debut in a 1-0 Serie A victory over Cesena, coming as a 2nd-half substitute on 22nd March 2015.
On 30th June 2015, Pellegrini arrived in Serie A side Sassuolo, signing his second professional contract for a fee of $1.48 million in a buy-back-clause for a reported fee of Euro 8-10 million at a future stage.
On 8th November 2015, Pellegrini made his debut for the club in a 1-0 league victory over Carpi. His first goal for the club came in December 2015, when Pellegrini netted in a 3-0 victory against Sampdoria. At the end of 2015-16 seasons, he ultimately played 20 leagues, including one in the Coppa Italia, as well as scored 3 goals.
Likewise, he ended 2016-17 season scoring six goals and making overall 34 appearances across all competition for the campaign, before re-signing with his former club Roma at the end of the season.
As per the buy-back clause, Roma exercised the $11.82 million for the transfer of Lorenzo Pellegrini on a 5-year deal on 30th June 2017. Since then, Pellegrini has made 11 appearances for the club.
Lorenzo Pellegrini has represented Italy at several tournaments in both youth and senior level. In March 2014, he made his Italy U-19 international team debut against Germany. Similarly, he was also the part of Italy U20 and U21 national team.
On 11th June 2017, Pellegrini made his international debut representing Italy in a 5-0 victory over Liechtenstein in a “2018 World Cup” qualifier. His first goal came for his national side in a 2-0 win over Denmark.
Until now, he has earned a single cap for his nation. He has a good bond with his national teammates Daniel Rugani, Gianluigi Donnarumma, and Marco Parolo.
At the age of 21, Lorenzo Pellegrini is unmarried but she is in an open relationship with his long-time girlfriend Veronica Martinelli. The pair met for the first time through a mutual friend when Pellegrini was in the Roma youth club. In an interview with TMW radio, Veronica said that she often went to see the Pellegrini games and their relationship was love at first side.
As of now, there is no any sign of their break up. It seems that couple is pretty serious about their relationship and might get married soon in the near future.
Lorenzo Pellegrini has an estimated net worth around $3 million including his all assets and income. As of 2017, he gets paid $47,298 as his weekly wage and has an annual salary of $2.4 million from his native club Roma. His market value price is recorded to be $14.19 million.
Apart, he has an endorsement deal with world-renowned footwear and apparel brand Nike.
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