| Nicholas Pierini | |
| Birth Date: | 6 August 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Parma, Italy |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Sassuolo |
| Clubnumber: | 77 |
| Youthyears1: | –2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | Córdoba |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2015 |
| Youthclubs2: | Parma |
| Youthyears3: | 2015 |
| Youthclubs3: | Empoli |
| Youthyears4: | 2015–2017 |
| Youthclubs4: | Sassuolo |
| Years1: | 2017–2021 |
| Clubs1: | Sassuolo |
| Caps1: | 3 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | → Spezia (loan) |
| Caps2: | 25 |
| Goals2: | 5 |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | → Cosenza (loan) |
| Caps3: | 20 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs4: | → Ascoli (loan) |
| Caps4: | 12 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021 |
| Clubs5: | → Modena (loan) |
| Caps5: | 10 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs6: | Cesena |
| Caps6: | 35 |
| Goals6: | 12 |
| Years7: | 2022–2024 |
| Clubs7: | Venezia |
| Caps7: | 75 |
| Goals7: | 9 |
| Years8: | 2024– |
| Clubs8: | Sassuolo |
| Caps8: | 0 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam2: | Italy U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 30 August 2024 |
Nicholas Pierini (born 6 August 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Sassuolo.
On 29 October 2017, Pierini made his professional debut in Serie A for Sassuolo as a substitute replacing Luca Mazzitelli in the 71st minute of a 3–1 away defeat against Napoli.[1] On 20 December he played his first match as a starter in Coppa Italia, a 2–1 away defeat against Atalanta in the round of 16, he was replaced by Diego Falcinelli in the 54th minute.[2]
On 10 July 2018, Pierini was signed by Serie B side Spezia on a season-long loan deal.[3] On 4 August he made his debut for Spezia and he scored his first professional goal in the 66th minute of a 2–1 home win over Sambenedettese in the second round of Coppa Italia, he was replaced by Luca Vignali after 85 minutes.[4] Three weeks later, on 25 August, he made his Serie B debut for Spezia as a substitute replacing Emmanuel Gyasi in the 64th minute of a 1–0 away defeat against Venezia.[5] One week later, on 1 September, Pierini scored twice in a 3–2 home win over Brescia.[6] On 27 October he played his first entire match for the team, a 0–0 away draw against Padova.[7] Pierini ended his season-long loan with 27 appearances and 6 goals.[8]
On 9 August 2019, Pierini was loaned to Serie B side Cosenza on season-long loan deal.[9] On 11 August he made his debut for the club in a 1–0 away defeat against Monopoli in the second round of Coppa Italia, he played the entire match.[10] On 24 August he made his league debut for Cosenza in a 0–0 away draw against Crotone, he was replaced Riccardo Moreo after 74 minutes.[11] One week later he played his first entire match for Cosenza, a 1–0 home defeat against Salernitana.[12] On 24 September, Pierini scored his first goal for Cosenza, as a substitute, in the 94th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Livorno.[13] On 10 November he scored twice in a 2–2 away draw against Trapani.[14] Pierini ended his loan to Cosenza with 21 appearances, 3 goals and 1 assist.
On 5 October 2020, Pierini joined Serie B club Ascoli on loan for the 2020-21 season.[15] On 17 October he made his debut for the club, as a starter in a 1–0 away defeat against Frosinone, he played the entire match.[16] However in January 2021 his loan was interrupted and he returned to Sassuolo leaving Ascoli with 12 appearances, only 5 of them as a starter and one assist.
On 1 February 2021, he moved on a new loan to Serie C club Modena.[17] On the next day, Pierini made his debut for his new club as a substitute replacing Sodinha in the 78th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Triestina.[18] On 21 March he played his first match as a starter for Modena in a 1–0 home win over Cesena, he was replaced by Enrico Bearzotti in the 82nd minute.[19] On 18 April he scored his first goal for the club in the 53rd minute of a 3–0 home win over Padova.[20] One week later, on 25 April, he scored his second goal in the 75th minute of a 3–0 home win over Legnago.[21] Pierini ended his 6-months loan to Modena 12 appearances, 3 goals and 3 assists, he also helped the club to reach the play-offs, but Modena was elimininated 2–1 on aggregate against AlbinoLeffe in the round of 16.[22]
On 31 August 2021, he signed a four-year contract with Cesena.[23]
On 13 July 2022, Pierini moved to Venezia on a four-year contract.[24] He contributed to their promotion back to Serie A and played his first top-level games in six years early in the 2024–25 season.
On 30 August 2024, Pierini signed with Sassuolo in Serie B.[25]
He is a son of former Italy international footballer and current coach Alessandro Pierini.[26]
| Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sassuolo | 2017–18 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Spezia (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 6 | |||
| Cosenza (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 3 | |||
| Ascoli (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Modena (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie C | 10 | 3 | — | — | 2[27] | 0 | 12 | 3 | |||
| Cesena | 2021–22 | Serie C | 35 | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | 2[28] | 1 | 38 | 14 | ||
| Venezia | 2022–23 | Serie B | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 36 | 5 | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie B | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 50 | 9 | ||||
| Career total | 153 | 31 | 6 | 2 | — | 5 | 2 | 164 | 35 | ||||