{{Short description|Italian footballer (born 2001)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Roberto Pierno | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|2|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bari, Italy | image = | height = 1.80 m | position = Right midfielder<ref>{{worldfootball.net|roberto-pierno|new_id=pe596991}}</ref> | currentclub = Campobasso | clubnumber = 18 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2018 | youthclubs1 = Bari | youthyears2 = 2018–2019 | youthclubs2 = Lecce | years1 = 2019–2023 | clubs1 = Lecce | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2020 | clubs2 = → Bitonto (loan) | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2021 | clubs3 = → Catanzaro (loan) | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2021–2023 | clubs4 = → Virtus Francavilla (loan) | caps4 = 67 | goals4 = 4 | years5 = 2023–2025 | clubs5 = Pescara | caps5 = 23 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2024–2025 | clubs6 = → Campobasso (loan) | caps6 = 36 | goals6 = 2 | years7 = 2025– | clubs7 = Campobasso | caps7 = 27 | goals7 = 1 | pcupdate = 30 April 2026 }} '''Roberto Pierno''' (born 14 February 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for {{Italian football updater|Campobasso}} club Campobasso.
==Club career== He joined youth squad of Lecce in the summer of 2018 and started receiving call-ups to the senior squad in January 2019. On 4 January 2020, he was loaned to Serie D club Bitonto.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Lecce|url=http://www.uslecce.it/news/328998489606/ceduto-pierno|title=CEDUTO PIERNO|trans-title=Pierno leaves|date=4 January 2020|accessdate=20 November 2020|language=it}}</ref>
He made his Serie B debut for Lecce on 8 November 2020 in a game against Virtus Entella. He substituted Luca Paganini in the 89th minute.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/11/08/italy/serie-b/acd-virtus-entella/us-lecce/3372642/|title=Virtus Entella v Lecce game report|date=8 November 2020}}</ref>
On 1 February 2021 he joined Serie C club Catanzaro on loan.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Catanzaro|url=https://www.uscatanzaro1929.com/2021/02/01/in-giallorosso-lesterno-destro-roberto-pierno/|title=IN GIALLOROSSO L’ESTERNO DESTRO ROBERTO PIERNO|date=1 February 2021|language=it}}</ref>
On 21 July 2021, he was loaned to Virtus Francavilla, again in Serie C.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Virtus Francavilla|url=https://www.virtusfrancavilla.it/2021/07/21/roberto-pierno-e-un-nuovo-calciatore-della-virtus-francavilla-calcio/|title=Roberto Pierno è un nuovo calciatore della Virtus Francavilla|date=21 July 2021|accessdate=3 November 2021|language=it}}</ref> The loan was renewed for the 2022–23 season.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Lecce|url=http://www.uslecce.it/news/79823277574/cessione-pierno|title=CESSIONE PIERNO|date=7 July 2022|access-date=7 July 2022|language=it}}</ref>
On 15 July 2023, Pierno signed with Pescara.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Pescara|url=https://www.pescaracalcio.com/roberto-pierno-e-un-nuovo-giocatore-biancazzurro/|title=ROBERTO PIERNO E’ BIANCAZZURRO|trans-title=ROBERTO PIERNO IS BLUE-WHITE|date=15 July 2023|access-date=22 August 2023|language=it}}</ref>
On 16 July 2024 he joined Campobasso on loan with an obligation to buy.<ref>{{Cite press release|publisher=Campobasso|url=https://cb1919.com/it/comunicato-ufficiale/roberto-pierno-al-campobasso-arriva-dal-pescara/|title=Roberto Pierno al Campobasso, arriva dal Pescara|date=16 July 2024|access-date=17 July 2024|language=it}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Soccerway|roberto-pierno/596832}} {{Campobasso FC Squad}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pierno, Roberto}} Category:2001 births Category:Footballers from Bari Category:Living people Category:Italian men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:US Lecce players Category:US Bitonto players Category:US Catanzaro 1929 players Category:Virtus Francavilla Calcio players Category:Delfino Pescara 1936 players Category:Campobasso FC players Category:Serie B players Category:Serie C players Category:Serie D players Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
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