Massimo Pessina
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| Date of birth | 25 December 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Alzano Lombardo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bologna | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
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| G.S. Oratorio Fiorine | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | AlbinoLeffe | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2025 | Bologna | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Bologna | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Italy U16 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Italy U17 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Italy U18 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Italy U19 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 07:33, 24 September 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:24, 31 March 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Massimo Pessina (born 25 December 2007) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Bologna.
Club career
[edit]Pessina is a product of the youth academies of the Italian clubs Olginatese, AlbinoLeffe and Bologna.[1] In the 2023–24 season, he was promoted to Bologna's Campionato Primavera 1 side.[2] On 9 November 2025, he made his senior and professional debut with Bologna in a Serie A match against Napoli. He came on as a substitute in the 8th minute after the starting goalkeeper Łukasz Skorupski was injured, and helped the team to a 2–0 victory with a clean sheet.[3]
International career
[edit]Pessina played for the Italy U17s that won the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[4] He was named in the "2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament" for his performance.[5] Pessina was called up to the Italy U19s in August 2025.[6]
He was one of the players who were called up with the Italy national team by head coach Roberto Mancini for the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League matches against Belgium, Turkey and France between 25 September and 5 October 2026.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 13 September 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bologna | 2024–25 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2026–27 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Honours
[edit]- Italy U17
- Individual
References
[edit]- ↑ "Who is Massimo Pessina? The young Bologna goalkeeper who charmed the "Dall'Ara" against Napoli, not conceding a goal - Telegraph". telegrafi.com.
- ↑ Biavardi, Elia (11 January 2024). "Pessina a Radiabo: «Il gruppo è cresciuto, anche a livello umano: adesso c'è molta sintonia nello spogliatoio»".
- ↑ "Bologna, Massimo Pessina è già da record! E' il primo portiere classe 2007 a giocare nei top 5 campionati. Ma c'è un altro record clamoroso..." 11 November 2025.
- 1 2 "L'Italie remporte l'Euro U17 face au Portugal avec une éclatante victoire 3-0 en finale". RTL Info. 5 June 2024.
- ↑ "The official website for European football". UEFA.com.
- ↑ Fontana, Eugenio (1 August 2025). "Pessina convocato in Nazionale U19".
- ↑ "L'Italia e Mancini ripartono dalla Nations League: 34 convocati, sono 9 i volti nuovi" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 18 September 2026. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ "Five Azzurrini in the Euros Team of the Tournament: Pessina, Emanuel, Cama, Liberali and Camarda". www.figc.it.
External links
[edit]- Massimo Pessina at Soccerway
