Italian footballer (born 1992)
Mattia Perin
Perin in 2016
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Full name
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Mattia Perin
[1]
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Date of birth
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(
1992-11-10
)
10 November 1992
(age 31)
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Place of birth
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Latina
, Italy
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Height
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1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
[2]
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Position(s)
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Goalkeeper
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Current team
|
Juventus
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Number
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36
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2006?2008
|
Pistoiese
|
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2008?2010
|
Genoa
|
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|
Years
|
Team
|
Apps
|
(
Gls
)
|
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2010?2018
|
Genoa
|
148
|
(0)
|
---|
2011?2012
|
→
Padova
(loan)
|
25
|
(0)
|
---|
2012?2013
|
→
Pescara
(loan)
|
29
|
(0)
|
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2018?
|
Juventus
|
28
|
(0)
|
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2019?2021
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→
Genoa
(loan)
|
53
|
(0)
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---|
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2009
|
Italy U17
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12
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(0)
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2009
|
Italy U18
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4
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(0)
|
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2009?2010
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Italy U19
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6
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(0)
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2011?2012
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Italy U20
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2
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(0)
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2010?2012
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Italy U21
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3
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(0)
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2014?2018
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Italy
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2
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(0)
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2018
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Mattia Perin
(
Italian pronunciation:
[mat?tiːa
pe?rin]
;
[3]
[4]
born 10 November 1992) is an Italian professional
footballer
who plays as a
goalkeeper
for
Serie A
club
Juventus
.
Perin began his career with Genoa in 2010, and, aside from two season-long loan spells with
Padova
in 2011?12, and
Pescara
in 2012?13, he then remained there until the summer of 2018, during which he was sold to
Juventus
. He won the league title with the club during the 2018?19 season, although he primarily served as a back-up. At international level, he was an unused member of the Italy national team that took part at the
2014 FIFA World Cup
, and made his senior debut later that year.
Club career
[
edit
]
Genoa
[
edit
]
Born in
Latina
and a product of the
Genoa
youth system, Perin was promoted to first team squad in January 2010, as a third-choice goalkeeper, and received the 88 jersey. He appeared on the bench in the matches against
Grosseto
(20 October 2010),
Vicenza
(24 November),
Inter
(12 January 2011) and
Lazio
(14 May). He made his professional and
Serie A
debut on 22 May 2011, playing as a starter in the 3?2 home victory against
Cesena
.
[5]
In July 2011, he was loaned to
Serie B
club
Padova
.
[6]
[7]
He made his Serie B debut on 1 October 2011, playing as a starter in the away match won 4?2 against
Empoli
.
In the 2012 summer, he was loaned to
Pescara
, newly promoted in
Serie A
, obtaining 29 league appearances at the end of the season.
On 8 January 2017, Perin tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in a 1?0 home defeat to
Roma
, ruling him out for the remainder of the
2016?17 season
.
[8]
Juventus
[
edit
]
On 8 June 2018, Perin signed for
Juventus
on a four-year contract for a fee of €12 million plus €3 million in bonuses;
[9]
[10]
he was initially expected to compete with
Wojciech Szcz?sny
for a starting spot, following the departure of Gianluigi Buffon.
[11]
Perin made his Juventus debut on 26 September 2018, keeping a clean sheet in a 2?0 home win over
Bologna
.
[12]
On 1 April 2019, he injured the right shoulder.
[13]
He only made a total of nine competitive appearances for the club throughout the season, all of which came in Serie A, as Juventus finished the season as league champions.
[14]
In July, Perin was linked with a move to Portuguese side
Benfica
; however, he failed his medical, due to a shoulder injury, and the transfer was not completed.
[14]
[15]
Due to the return of Buffon as a back-up to Szcz?sny, Perin was relegated to the role of the club's fourth goalkeeper, behind
Carlo Pinsoglio
; as such, in September, he was subsequently excluded from Juventus's 22?player
Champions League
squad by manager
Maurizio Sarri
.
[16]
[17]
[18]
On 2 January 2020, he rejoined Genoa on loan until the end of the
2019?20 season
.
[19]
He made his first appearance since his return three days later, in a 2?1 home win over
Sassuolo
in Serie A.
[20]
On 5 September 2020, he rejoined Genoa on loan until the end of the
2020?21 season
.
[21]
In the summer of 2021, Perin returned to Juventus as a back-up to Szcz?sny.
[22]
He made his debut from his return on 26 September, in a 3?2 win against
Sampdoria
in Serie A.
[23]
On 8 December, he made his
UEFA Club Competition
and
UEFA Champions League
debut in a 1?0 home win over
Malmo
in Juventus's final first-round match of the
latter competition
, which saw them top their group.
[24]
[25]
On 14 April 2022, Juventus announced his contract had been extended until 2025.
[26]
On 15 May 2024, Perin started in Juventus's 1?0 victory over
Atalanta
in the
2024 Coppa Italia final
, keeping a clean-sheet.
[27]
International career
[
edit
]
Youth teams
[
edit
]
With the
Italy U17
he played as the first choice keeper in both the
2009 European U17 Championship
, and the
2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
held in Nigeria.
As a member of the
Italy U19
team he took part as the backup goalkeeper at the
2010 European U19 Championship
.
He made his debut for the
Italy U21
team on 11 August 2010, aged only 17, in a friendly match against
Denmark
.
In 2011?12 season Perin played once for
Italy under-21 Serie B representative team
and twice for
Italy national under-20 football team
, both feeder teams of U21.
Senior team
[
edit
]
Perin received his first call up for the
Italian senior team
by head coach
Cesare Prandelli
, for the friendly match against
England
held on 15 August 2012 in
Bern
; seven other new faces were in the squad.
[28]
He was included in Prandelli's provisional 30-man squad ahead of
2014 FIFA World Cup
in Brazil,
[29]
and then confirmed in the 23-man squad as the third choice goalkeeper behind
Gianluigi Buffon
and
Salvatore Sirigu
. He became the youngest player of the squad and the only one who had no previous caps.
[30]
He made his debut with the national team on 18 November 2014, in a 1–0 friendly win against
Albania
, replacing Sirigu for the last 17 minutes at his club ground of the
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
.
[31]
On 9 April 2016, he suffered an injury with Genoa in which he tore his
anterior cruciate ligament
and damaged his meniscus in his right knee, which would cause his absence as Italy's third goalkeeper at the
UEFA Euro 2016
.
[32]
Perin made his first start on his second cap on 4 June 2018, a 1?1 friendly draw against the
Netherlands
in Turin.
[33]
Style of play
[
edit
]
Considered one of the most promising young Italian players of his generation in his position, Perin is an agile, athletic, and dynamic keeper, who is highly regarded for his excellent reactions, shot-stopping ability, positional sense, bravery, and consistency; possessing good technique, he is gifted with strong all-round fundamental goalkeeping skills, and is also known for his speed to get to ground and ability to come off his line to collect the ball. Standing at 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in), although he is not the tallest shot-stopper, he is gifted with an excellent spring, a large frame, and a long reach, which aids him in commanding his area, claiming or punching out crosses, and also enables him to produce spectacular, acrobatic, diving saves. Due to his attributes, movements, and playing style, he has been compared to
Walter Zenga
. In spite of his talent, however, he has struggled with injuries on occasion.
[34]
[35]
[36]
[37]
[38]
[39]
[40]
[41]
[42]
[43]
[44]
[45]
Controversy
[
edit
]
Perin had several run-ins with fans of
Frosinone
, the local rivals of his hometown of Latina.
[46]
In May 2016, during an
Instagram
argument with a fan of the latter team, he wrote "your grandfather speaks Arabic", in reference to the
Marocchinate
atrocities in the region in 1944.
[47]
The insult was condemned in the
Italian Senate
by the city's senator Maria Spilabotte.
[48]
In September 2018, Juventus manager
Massimiliano Allegri
benched Perin for the club's game away to Frosinone.
[49]
Career statistics
[
edit
]
Club
[
edit
]
- As of match played 25 May 2024
[50]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
|
Season
|
League
|
Coppa Italia
|
Europe
|
Other
|
Total
|
Division
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Genoa
|
2010?11
|
Serie A
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
2013?14
|
Serie A
|
37
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
38
|
0
|
2014?15
|
Serie A
|
32
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
33
|
0
|
2015?16
|
Serie A
|
25
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
25
|
0
|
2016?17
|
Serie A
|
16
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
15
|
0
|
2017?18
|
Serie A
|
37
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
38
|
0
|
Total
|
148
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
151
|
0
|
Padova
(loan)
|
2011?12
|
Serie B
|
25
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
25
|
0
|
Pescara
(loan)
|
2012?13
|
Serie A
|
29
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
30
|
0
|
Juventus
|
2018?19
|
Serie A
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
2021?22
|
Serie A
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
1
[a]
|
0
|
1
[b]
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
2022?23
|
Serie A
|
11
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
3
[c]
|
0
|
?
|
18
|
0
|
2023?24
|
Serie A
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
8
|
0
|
Total
|
28
|
0
|
13
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
46
|
0
|
Genoa (loan)
|
2019?20
|
Serie A
|
21
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
21
|
0
|
2020?21
|
Serie A
|
32
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
32
|
0
|
Total
|
53
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
53
|
0
|
Career total
|
283
|
0
|
18
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
306
|
0
|
International
[
edit
]
- As of match played 4 June 2018
[51]
National team
|
Year
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Italy
|
2014
|
1
|
0
|
2018
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
2
|
0
|
Honours
[
edit
]
Juventus
[50]
Individual
[
edit
]
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[
edit
]
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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.
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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"
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- ^
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- ^
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- ^
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b
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at Soccerway
- ^
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at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^
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