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 FC|Wellington Phoenix
Number 10
Youth career
Fawkner Blues
North Coburg United
Melbourne Phoenix FC
2011–2017 Inter Milan
2017 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Renate 51 (5)
2019– Wellington Phoenix 48 (7)
National team‡
2013 Italy U15 6 (0)
2013–2014 Italy U16 4 (1)
2014 Italy U17 3 (0)
2016 Australia U20 1 (0)
2019–2021 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 27 March 2022
‡ 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]

Piscopo qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He was part of the Olyroos Olympic squad. The team beat Argentine in their first group match but were unable to win another match. They were therefore not in medal contention.[12]

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/
  12. "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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