Ángelo Pizzorno

Ángelo Pizzorno
Personal information
Full name Ángelo Matías Pizzorno Bracco[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-21) October 21, 1992 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Santa Lucía, Uruguay
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Aucas
Number 24
Youth career
2005–2010 Wanderers de Santa Lucía
2010 Danubio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Wanderers de Santa Lucía
2015–2018 Cerro 25 (1)
2017–2018 → Unión Española (loan) 31 (0)
2019 Burgos 6 (0)
2020–2021 Cienciano 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:38, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Ángelo Matías Pizzorno Bracco (born October 21, 1992) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a centre back for S.D. Aucas in Ecuador.

Life and career

Pizzorno was born in Santa Lucía, in the Canelones Department of Uruguay.[2] He was a late entrant into professional football. He joined his first amateur club, Wanderers de Santa Lucía, as an under-14 in 2005, and had a short spell in the youth system of Primera División club Danubio, but soon returned to Wanderers,[2][3] where he played alongside his brother Gonzalo.[4] He represented Canelones in the Copa Nacional de Selecciones, both at under-18 and senior level, and was a member of the team that won the southern regional title in 2013–14, scoring twice in the final as Canelones beat Colonia 5–3 on aggregate.[3][5]

In January 2015, Pizzorno signed for Primera División club Cerro.[6] He was an unused substitute on the last day of the 2015 Clausura in June,[7] and made his professional debut at the age of 24 the following February, on the first day of the 2016 Clausura, coming on after 84 minutes as his team lost 2–1 to Peñarol.[2][8] He made eight appearances as Cerro finished third in the table, which enabled them to enter the 2017 Copa Libertadores at the second qualifying stage. They were drawn to meet Unión Española of Chile. Despite Pizzorno making the score 2–2 in the first leg, Cerro conceded late in the match, and went on to lose the tie 5–2 on aggregate.[9]

His performance in a losing cause impressed the opposition's manager, Martín Palermo, to the extent that as soon as the transfer window opened, he signed the player.[10] He started in all but one of the 2017 Torneo de Transición matches as the team finished as runners-up.[1][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ángelo Pizzorno". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Cuatro futbolistas debutaron en 1a" [Four footballers made their debuts in the Primera] (in Spanish). Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol. February 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Ángelo Pizzorno triunfa en Unión Española de Chile" [Ángelo Pizzorno succeeding at Unión Española of Chile]. El Pueblo (in Spanish). Santa Lucía. January 24, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  4. ^ "En blanco y negro" [In white and black]. Minuto90.com.uy (in Spanish). July 22, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  5. ^ "Copa Nacional de Selecciones del Interior Sub-18 2007/2008". GIEFI (Grupo de Investigación y Estadísticas del Fútbol del Interior). April 4, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
    "Copa Nacional de Selecciones del Interior Sub-18 2008/2009". GIEFI. December 31, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
    "Copa Nacional de Selecciones del Interior 2013/2014". GIEFI. May 25, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  6. ^ Bachs, Martín (January 13, 2015). "Cerro: se instaló en Flores e incorporó al lateral Angelo Pizorno" [Cerro: moved in to Flores and brought in full-back Angelo Pizorno] (in Spanish). Tenfield. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Á. Pizzorno". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  8. ^ "Peñarol venció a Cerro en la hora en el arranque Clausura" (in Spanish). LaRed21. February 7, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  9. ^ "Cerro – U. Española en vivo y en directo online: Copa Libertadores 2017" [Cerro – U. Española live online: Copa Libertadores 2017]. AS (in Spanish). Chile. April 27, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
    "Cerro vs. Unión Española 2–3". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  10. ^ Rios, Javier (July 20, 2017). "El zaguero uruguayo que conquistó a Palermo: 'Dicen que soy fuerte, pero a mí me gusta salir jugando'" [The Uruguayan full back who won Palermo over: 'They say I'm strong, but I just like playing']. El Gráfico (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved February 23, 2018.


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