Reno Piscopo

Reno Piscopo (born 27 May 1998) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Wellington Phoenix in the Australian A-League.[3]

Reno Piscopo
Personal information
Full name Reno Mauro Piscopo[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-27) 27 May 1998
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Wellington Phoenix
Number 10
Youth career
Fawkner Blues
North Coburg United
Melbourne Phoenix
2011–2017 Inter Milan
2017 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Renate 51 (5)
2019– Wellington Phoenix 38 (4)
National team‡
2013 Italy U15 6 (0)
2013–2014 Italy U16 4 (1)
2014 Italy U17 3 (0)
2016 Australia U20 1 (0)
2019– Australia U23 11 (2)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Australia
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
2020 ThailandU-23 Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 January 2020

Early life

Piscopo was born in Melbourne, Australia to an Italian father and Maltese mother.[4]

Club career

Youth

Piscopo began his youth career with Melbourne Phoenix, and later the Genova International School of Soccer.[5] He was signed by Inter Milan in 2011, where he played with the youth teams for six years, before signing with Torino in 2017 to join the youth setup.[6]

Renate

In August 2017, Piscopo was transferred to Renate, signing a three-year deal. Piscopo stated his intentions for leaving Torino were attain more first team experience.[7] He made his league debut on 27 August as a substitute in a 3–0 win at home against Padova.[8]

Wellington Phoenix

In August 2019, Piscopo signed a three-year deal with Wellington Phoenix.[9]

International career

At international youth level, he made his debut with the Italy under-15 against Russia (0–0) on 20 March 2013.[10] He later represented the Italy under-17, and most recently the Australia under-20.[11]

References
  1. "AFCS".
  2. "Squad list - Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. "Wellington Phoenix Sign Skilful Australian Winger from Italian Side". 23 August 2019.
  4. http://worldsoccerscouting.net/reno-piscopo/
  5. "The Next Generation of Australian Wonderkids".
  6. Stamocostas, Con (1 February 2017). "Aussie Youth Makes Serie A Move". FourFourTwo.
  7. "Aussie teenager Piscopo departs Serie A for Renate". FourFourTwo. 9 August 2017.
  8. "Renate vs. Calcio Padova - 27 August 2017 - Soccerway".
  9. Ormond, Aidan (18 August 2019). "Transfer news: Ex-Inter Milan Aussie signs for A-League club". FTBL.
  10. http://worldsoccerscouting.net/reno-piscopo/
  11. http://worldsoccerscouting.net/reno-piscopo/
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