- Striker
- Left Wing
- Market Value: 2.000.000 € (01. 2012.)
- Height: 1,63
- Foot: right
- Date of birth: 04. 06. 1991.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 June 1991 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Frattamaggiore, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Pescara | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Napoli | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009– | Napoli | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Cavese (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Foggia (loan) | 33 | (19) |
| 2011– | → Pescara (loan) | 20 | (8) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011– | Italy U21 | 2 | (2) |
Lorenzo Insigne is an great young footballer from Italy who plays as a striker on loan from Napol for Serie B club Pescara.
He also made his debut on 6 October 2011 with the Italy U-21 squad and he score two goals in the away match won 7–2 against Liechtenstein.
Lorenzo is a great player and talent but still he could not find his place in Napoli. because of great players such as: Ezequiel Lavezzi, Marek Hamsík and Edinson Cavani. Last season Lorenzo went on loan to 3rd division Foggia, coached at the time by Zdeněk Zeman. Zeman see the possibilities of this great young player and changed hiss position from playmaker or right forward to second striker. Lorenzo Insigne answer on this with 19 goals in 33 appearances. “Insigne” is Italian word for “Great”.
