 Insigne in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lorenzo Insigne[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 June 1991[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Frattamaggiore, Naples, Italy[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Toronto FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2006 | Olimpia Sant'Arpino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Napoli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2022 | Napoli | 337 | (96) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | → Cavese (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | → Foggia (loan) | 33 | (19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Pescara (loan) | 37 | (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Toronto FC | 54 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Italy U20 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Italy U21 | 15 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Italy | 54 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lorenzo Insigne Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [loˈrɛntso inˈsiɲɲe]; born 4 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Toronto FC and the Italy national team.
Insigne began his professional career with Napoli in 2009, making his Serie A debut in 2010, but was later sent on consecutive season loan spells to Cavese, Foggia and Pescara, before returning to Napoli in 2012. Insigne is capable of playing on either flank, or through the centre, but is usually deployed as left winger. He is known in particular for his creativity, short height, speed and technical ability, as well as his accuracy from free-kicks.[4]
Insigne represented the Italy national under-21 team, with which he won a runner-up medal at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He made his debut for the senior team in September 2012, and represented Italy at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, and Euro 2020, winning the latter tournament.
- ^ a b "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2019.
- ^ Pasquale, Tina (13 June 2014). "Nel mondo di Insigne, da Frattamaggiore al Mondiale, da Lorenzo a Lorenzinho: "Italia, io sono pronto"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ "Roster - Toronto FC". www.torontofc.ca. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Lorenzo Insigne: 1991 – Italia". generazioneditalenti.it (in Italian). Retrieved 21 December 2014.