Giacomo Vrioni

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Giacomo Vrioni
Vrioni with the New England Revolution in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-15) 15 October 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth San Severino Marche, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 New England Revolution
Number 9
Youth career
2015–2017 Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Matelica 4 (0)
2017–2020 Sampdoria 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Pistoiese (loan) 27 (8)
2018–2019 → Venezia (loan) 24 (1)
2019–2020 → Cittadella (loan) 4 (0)
2020–2022 Juventus 2 (0)
2020–2021 → Juventus U23 9 (2)
2021–2022 → WSG Tirol (loan) 28 (19)
2022– New England Revolution 30 (7)
International career‡
2016 Italy U18 2 (0)
2016 Italy U19 4 (1)
2018–2020 Albania U21 8 (2)
2018– Albania 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2022

Giacomo Vrioni (Albanian: Xhakomo Vrioni; born 15 October 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club New England Revolution. Born in Italy, he represents the Albania national team.

Club career[edit]

Sampdoria[edit]

Born in San Severino Marche, Macerata, before Vrioni joined Sampdoria, he played in Serie D side Matelica where he made four appearances. In January 2015, Vrioni joined the Sampdoria youth system where he played a total of 58 matches, scoring 20 goals and making 6 assists. In the 2016–17 season he was also an unused substitute two times: once in Serie A against Palermo and once in Coppa Italia against Cagliari.[2][3]

Loan to Pistoiese[edit]

On 20 July 2017, Vrioni was signed by Serie C club Pistoiese on a season-long loan deal.[4] On 17 September he made his Serie C debut for Pistoiese as a substitute replacing Devis Nossa in the 67th minute and in the 74th minute he scored his first professional goal in a 1–1 away draw against Pro Piacenza.[5] On 4 October, Vrioni played his first match for the club as a starter, a 0–0 away draw against Olbia, and was replaced by Claudio Zappa in the 69th minute.[6] On 23 October he scored his second goal in the 8th minute of a 2–2 away draw against Pontedera.[7] On 17 December he played his first entire match for Pistoiese and recorded his first career hat-trick in a 3–1 home win over Gavorrano.[8] Vrioni ended his loan to Pistoiese with 27 appearances, 8 goals and 4 assists.[9]

Loan to Venezia[edit]

On 9 July 2018, Vrioni was loaned to Serie B side Venezia on a season-long loan deal.[10] On 5 August he made his debut in a 1–0 home defeat against Südtirol in the second round of Coppa Italia.[11] On 26 August he made his Serie B debut in a 1–0 home win over Spezia, he was replaced by Alexandre Geijo after 76 minutes.[12] Four months later, on 3 December, Vrioni scored his first goal in Serie B for the club in the 46th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Foggia.[13] Vrioni ended his season-long loan to Venezia with 25 appearances, including 11 as a starter, 1 goal and 2 assists, but he played only 4 entire matches.[9]

Loan to Cittadella[edit]

On 19 July 2019, Vrioni joined Serie B side Cittadella on loan until 30 June 2020.[14] On 18 August, he made his debut for Cittadella as a substitute replacing Davide Diaw in the 84th minute of a match won at penalties in the third round of Coppa Italia against Carpi.[15] Six days later, on 24 August, he made his league debut for the club as a substitute replacing Giuseppe Panico in the 81st minute of a 3–0 home defeat against Spezia.[16] On 31 August he played his first match as a starter for Cittadella, a 4–1 away defeat against Benevento, and was replaced by Alberto Paleari after 46 minutes.[17] In January 2020, Vrioni was re-called from Sampdoria leaving Cittadella with only 5 appearances.[9]

Juventus[edit]

On 30 January 2020, Vrioni joined Juventus for an undisclosed fee; they moved him to their reserve team Juventus U23 in the Serie C.[18] He made his professional debut, and Serie A debut, with the first team on 1 August 2020, in a 3–1 home defeat against Roma, coming on as a second–half substitute for Gonzalo Higuaín.[19][20] On 27 November 2020, he injured his fibula, forcing him on the sidelines for five months.[21] Vrioni returned from injury on 25 April 2021, playing in a home 1–0 win against Carrarese; he also scored the winning goal from the penalty spot.[22]

Loan to WSG Tirol[edit]

On 5 July 2021, Vrioni was loaned to WSG Tirol in the Austrian Bundesliga.[23] On 17 July, Vrioni made his debut for WSG Tirol in a 3–0 away win against Leobendorf in the first round of the Austrian Cup, scoring his first goal for the club.[24]

New England Revolution[edit]

On 5 July 2022, Vrioni signed a three-year deal with Major League Soccer side New England Revolution.[25] His transfer fee was reportedly close to $4 million.[26][27] Vrioni made his league debut on July 23, 2022. Coming on as a 67th minute substitute for Arnór Ingvi Traustason in a 0-0 draw against Columbus Crew.[28] Vrioni admittedly had a difficult start to his inaugural Revolution campaign due to struggles with injury.[29] He would miss the a substantial portion of the 2022 season due to a knee injury, missing over a month of league play, ultimately making only 2 starts in 7 total appearances, tallying 248 minutes.[30] On October 1, 2022, in the Revolution's final home game of the season, Vrioni made his first start as a member of the Revolution, and also scored his first goal for the club when he drew, and converted, a penalty past Atlanta United's Goalkeeper Raúl Gudiño.[31]

2023 Season[edit]

Vrioni scored his first goal of the 2023 New England Revolution season on April 9, 2023, the team's fourth goal in a 4-0 home win over CF Montréal.[32] Two weeks later, on April 23, 2023, he scored a brace in the Revolution's 2-1 win over Sporting Kansas City.[33] On June 25, 2023 he scored the team's game-winning goal in their 2-1 comeback victory over Toronto FC.[34] He would again contribute a game-winning goal on July 13, 2023 in the Revolution's 2-1 victory over Atlanta United FC.[35] Vrioni scored his first Hat-trick for the Revolution on July 26, 2023 in a 5-1 victory over Atlético San Luis in the Leagues Cup.[36] It was the first time the Revolution had scored a hat trick in an international competition.[37] He dedicated the hat trick to the daughter of Brad Knighton, who had passed away earlier in the month.[38]

International career[edit]

Italy[edit]

Vrioni represented Italy at the Under-18 and Under-19 levels. On 9 March 2016 he made his debut at the U-18 level as a substitute replacing Simone Lo Faso in the 61st minute of a 1–1 home draw against Switzerland U-18. On 11 August 2016, Vrioni made his U-19 debut in a 1–0 home defeat against Croatia U-19, where he played the entire match. On 6 September 2016 he scored his first international goal, as a substitute, in the 94th minute of a 3–1 home win over Turkey U-19.

Albania[edit]

In September 2018 he switched his allegiance to his country of origin, Albania. He is from the noble Vrioni family of Albania in origin. After being called up to their Under-21 side for a friendly against his country of birth, Italy.[39][40] He earned his first cap in this match, netting a last-minute equalizer in an eventual 3–1 defeat, as the Italian side scored two goals in injury time.[41]

Vrioni made his senior debut for Albania on 14 October 2018, coming on as a second–half substitute in a 2–0 away defeat to Israel in the UEFA Nations League.[42]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 4 April 2024[43]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pistoiese (loan) 2017–18 Serie C 27 8 — — 1[b] 0 28 8
Venezia (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 24 1 1 0 — — 25 1
Cittadella (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 4 0 1 0 — — 5 0
Juventus U23 2019–20 Serie C 2 0 — — 1[c] 1 3 1
2020–21 Serie C 6 2 — — 2[c] 0 8 2
Total 8 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 11 3
Juventus 2019–20 Serie A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2020–21 Serie A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
WSG Tirol (loan) 2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 28 19 2 2 — — 30 21
New England Revolution 2022 MLS 7 1 — — — 7 1
2023 MLS 19 5 1 0 — 2 3 22 8
2024 MLS 4 1 — 4 1 — 8 2
Total 30 7 1 0 4 1 2 3 37 11
Career total 123 37 5 2 4 1 6 4 138 44
  1. ^ Includes Coppa Italia, Austrian Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in Coppa Italia Serie C
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) Serie C promotion play-offs

International[edit]

As of match played 13 June 2022[43][44][45]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Albania 2018 1 0
2020 1 0
2022 4 0
Total 6 0

Honours[edit]

Juventus U23[43]

Juventus[46]

References[edit]

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  44. ^ Giacomo Vrioni at EU-Football.info
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