Gianluca Prestianni
Personal information
Full name Gianluca Prestianni Gross
Date of birth (2006-01-31) 31 January 2006
Place of birth Ciudadela, Argentina
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Vélez Sarsfield
Number 11
Youth career
Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Vélez Sarsfield 36 (2)
International career‡
2022– Argentina U17 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:52, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:52, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Gianluca Prestianni Gross (born 31 January 2006) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Vélez Sarsfield. Starting from 31 January 2024, he will join Primeira Liga club Benfica.

Club career

Prestianni made his professional debut for Vélez Sarsfield in the Copa Libertadores on 24 May 2022 in match against Estudiantes.[1][2] On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.[3]

On 22 December 2023, Vélez announced that they had reached an agreement with Portuguese club Benfica for the sale of Prestianni, with the deal commanding a fee of €9 million, plus €2 million in add-ons, and 85% of the player's economic rights. However, the deal was set to be completed only after the player's eighteenth birthday, on 31 January 2024.[4]

International career

Prestianni has played internationally for Argentina at under-17 level.[5]

In March 2023, multiple media started reporting about Roberto Mancini's interest to call Prestianni to join the senior Italy national football team, just weeks after a similar move was successfully done for fellow Italian-Argentine Mateo Retegui.[6][7]

Personal life

Born in Argentina, Prestianni is of Italian descent.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 November 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Copa Argentina Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vélez Sarsfield 2022 Argentine Primera División 50001[lower-alpha 1]060
2023 Argentine Primera División 31221—333
Career total 3622110393
  1. ↑ Appearance in Copa Libertadores

References

  1. ↑ "Vélez Sarsfield vs. Estudiantes". Soccerway.com. 25 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Gianluca Prestianni, el juvenil que se peleó con Brasil y se metió en la historia de Vélez Sarsfield" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 24 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (11 October 2023). "Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football". theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Vélez detalha negócio com o Benfica por Gianluca Prestianni" [Vélez details deal with Benfica for Gianluca Prestianni]. O Jogo (in European Portuguese). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Le provocazioni dei giovani brasiliani che hanno scatenato la lotta con la squadra argentina dopo la finale del torneo U17 a Montaigu" (in Italian). Infobae. 18 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "PRESTIANNI, LA 'PICCOLA PULCE' CHE POTREBBE SEGUIRE RETEGUI IN NAZIONALE" (in Italian). Cronache di Spogliatoio. 28 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Los cuatro argentinos que sigue Roberto Mancini tras la convocatoria de Retegui" (in Spanish). TNT Sports. 28 March 2023.
  8. ↑ 🖉"Da Capaldo e Valentini a Maestro Puch: tutti gli oriundi nel mirino di Mancini per l'Italia - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
  9. ↑ Gianluca Prestianni at Soccerway
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