# Pierluigi Gollini
**Pierluigi Gollini** (born 1995 in Bologna) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper, currently at [AS Roma](https://www.edgepedia.org/as-roma) in [Serie A](https://www.edgepedia.org/serie-a) and previously a member of the Italy national team setup.[1](https://www.bola.net/profile/pierluigi_gollini/) • [2](https://www.transfermarkt.us/pierluigi-gollini/erfolge/spieler/244192) His career has run through England and Italy: youth years at Fiorentina and Manchester United, senior spells at Hellas Verona, Aston Villa, Atalanta, Tottenham Hotspur, Napoli, Fiorentina, Genoa, and Roma.[3](https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/passato-inglese-gollini-manchester-united-aston-villa/19coq25arhl6v1fqrrtbckfkqu) • [4](https://theanalyst.com/players/4713/pierluigi-gollini/career)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1995, Bologna, Italy[1](https://www.bola.net/profile/pierluigi_gollini/) • [2](https://www.transfermarkt.us/pierluigi-gollini/erfolge/spieler/244192) |
| Position | Goalkeeper[1](https://www.bola.net/profile/pierluigi_gollini/) |
| Youth career | Fiorentina 2010–2012; Manchester United Academy 2012–2014[5](https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/people/pierluigi-gollini/) • [3](https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/passato-inglese-gollini-manchester-united-aston-villa/19coq25arhl6v1fqrrtbckfkqu) |
| Serie A debut | 24 September 2014 for Hellas Verona against Genoa[1](https://www.bola.net/profile/pierluigi_gollini/) |
| Longest club spell | Atalanta, 78 Serie A appearances from 2018 to 2020/21[4](https://theanalyst.com/players/4713/pierluigi-gollini/career) |
| Current club | AS Roma, from 2024; 0 league appearances, 53 times an unused substitute[4](https://theanalyst.com/players/4713/pierluigi-gollini/career) |
| Off-field note | Records hip-hop music under the name 'Gollorius'[3](https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/passato-inglese-gollini-manchester-united-aston-villa/19coq25arhl6v1fqrrtbckfkqu) |
## Youth career in Italy and England
Gollini left the Ferrara province as a teenager, spending about two years at Fiorentina before moving to England at 16.[3](https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/passato-inglese-gollini-manchester-united-aston-villa/19coq25arhl6v1fqrrtbckfkqu) He learned of Manchester United's interest when his father produced a United business card during a family dinner, as he later recounted on the podcast 'Cronache di Spogliatoio'.[3](https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/passato-inglese-gollini-manchester-united-aston-villa/19coq25arhl6v1fqrrtbckfkqu)
He spent two years in the Red Devils' Academy, from 2012 to 2014, making appearances in the [UEFA Youth League](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-youth-league) and Under-age competitions alongside contemporaries such as [Paul Pogba](https://www.edgepedia.org/paul-pogba) and [Jesse Lingard](https://www.edgepedia.org/jesse-lingard), but never came close to the first team.[3](https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/passato-inglese-gollini-manchester-united-aston-villa/19coq25arhl6v1fqrrtbckfkqu) He has said the experience made him "a man before his time".[3](https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/passato-inglese-gollini-manchester-united-aston-villa/19coq25arhl6v1fqrrtbckfkqu)
## Hellas Verona and Aston Villa
Gollini returned to Italy in 2014, joining Hellas Verona from Manchester United, and made his professional and Serie A debut on 24 September 2014 against Genoa.[1](https://www.bola.net/profile/pierluigi_gollini/) Across 2014–2016 he made 29 Serie A appearances for Verona, 26 of them in the 2015/16 season.[4](https://theanalyst.com/players/4713/pierluigi-gollini/career)
On 8 July 2016 he moved to Aston Villa, a recently relegated Championship club seeking immediate promotion.[1](https://www.bola.net/profile/pierluigi_gollini/) He began as first choice but lost the place in December, when manager [Steve Bruce](https://www.edgepedia.org/steve-bruce) preferred the experienced Bunn.[3](https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/passato-inglese-gollini-manchester-united-aston-villa/19coq25arhl6v1fqrrtbckfkqu) His Villa record over 20 league appearances was 17 goals conceded and 6 clean sheets.[3](https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/passato-inglese-gollini-manchester-united-aston-villa/19coq25arhl6v1fqrrtbckfkqu)
## Atalanta
In January 2017 Gollini accepted a loan call from Atalanta, initially as backup in a dualism with Marco Sportiello, and became the club's undisputed starter.[3](https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/passato-inglese-gollini-manchester-united-aston-villa/19coq25arhl6v1fqrrtbckfkqu) From 2018 to 2020/21 he made 78 Serie A appearances for the club, including 33 in the 2019/20 season in which Atalanta played Champions League football.[4](https://theanalyst.com/players/4713/pierluigi-gollini/career) A UEFA player-summary sheet from the 2020/21 Champions League lists him with 94 minutes 27 seconds played.[6](https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/UCL/2020/2027101_SPS.pdf)
Statistical analyses of his Bergamo years were broadly favorable. A March 2019 match analysis in *L'Eco di Bergamo* found that Gollini faced shots worth an average of 1.02 expected goals and conceded 1.06, a negative deviation of only 0.04, making him more performant than his Albanian counterpart Berisha by the numbers.[7](https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/corner/match-analysis/la-rosa-ai-raggi-x1-i-numeri-confermano-gollini-ora-e-meglio-di-berisha_1305922_11/) In the 2020/21 Serie A season he conceded 21 goals in 21 matches, once every 88.8 minutes, in a head-to-head published by the [Italian Football Federation](https://www.edgepedia.org/italian-football-federation).[8](https://www.figc.it/en/fans/made-in-italy/statistical-head-to-head-for-matchday-34-in-serie-a-andrea-consigli-vs-pierluigi-gollini-bsf1bj30) A Statsbomb profile of young Italian goalkeepers described him as more aggressive on claims than the other keepers examined, while ranking 10th in the league in CCAA% (crosses claimed and caught, as a share).[9](https://blogarchive.statsbomb.com/articles/soccer/the-two-gianluigis-will-donnarumma-dominate-in-goal-for-the-next-20-years-like-buffon-did-for-the-last-20/)
## Tottenham, Napoli, and the loan years
In July 2021 Gollini returned to England on loan at Tottenham Hotspur, with the deal including an option to extend the loan and a buy option reported at €15 million.[3](https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/passato-inglese-gollini-manchester-united-aston-villa/19coq25arhl6v1fqrrtbckfkqu) He made no Premier League appearances that season, appearing instead in the League Cup (3 matches), [FA Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/fa-cup) (1), and UEFA Conference League (6 matches, 540 minutes).[4](https://theanalyst.com/players/4713/pierluigi-gollini/career)
Napoli announced his acquisition from Atalanta on loan with an option to buy.[10](https://sscnapoli.it/il-napoli-ufficializza-lacquisto-di-gollini/) Across 2022 to 2023/24 he made 11 Serie A appearances for Napoli, 990 minutes, and was part of the squad in the 2022/23 title-winning era, also appearing twice in the 2023/24 Super Cup.[4](https://theanalyst.com/players/4713/pierluigi-gollini/career) In 2022/23 he spent part of the season on loan at Fiorentina, with 3 league appearances and 5 Conference League appearances.[4](https://theanalyst.com/players/4713/pierluigi-gollini/career)
## Roma and Genoa
Gollini joined AS Roma in 2024. In the 2024/25 season he went on loan to Genoa, where he made 7 Serie A appearances, 630 minutes, with one yellow card.[4](https://theanalyst.com/players/4713/pierluigi-gollini/career) Back at Roma he has served as a backup goalkeeper: through the 2026/27 season he has 0 league appearances and 53 bench appearances in the league, plus one Europa League appearance (90 minutes) in 2025/26.[4](https://theanalyst.com/players/4713/pierluigi-gollini/career)
## Playing style and music
Gollini is a tall goalkeeper with a large physical presence in goal, described in goalkeeping analysis as aggressive in claiming crosses and comfortable playing high up the pitch, with distribution from the back among his noted strengths.[9](https://blogarchive.statsbomb.com/articles/soccer/the-two-gianluigis-will-donnarumma-dominate-in-goal-for-the-next-20-years-like-buffon-did-for-the-last-20/)
Away from football he calls himself the 'Rapper coi Guanti' (the rapper with gloves) and records under the name 'Gollorius', with a home studio named 'OneTake Studio'; he dedicated the proceeds of his first single to renovating the pitches of Poggio Renatico, in the province of Ferrara, where he began playing.[3](https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/passato-inglese-gollini-manchester-united-aston-villa/19coq25arhl6v1fqrrtbckfkqu)
## References
1. [Pierluigi Gollini profile, Bola.net](https://www.bola.net/profile/pierluigi_gollini/)
2. [Pierluigi Gollini – Titles & achievements, Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.us/pierluigi-gollini/erfolge/spieler/244192)
3. [Il passato inglese di Gollini: tra Manchester United e Aston Villa, Goal.com Italia](https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/passato-inglese-gollini-manchester-united-aston-villa/19coq25arhl6v1fqrrtbckfkqu)
4. [Pierluigi Gollini Career History, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/players/4713/pierluigi-gollini/career)
5. [Pierluigi Gollini, Sports Mole](https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/people/pierluigi-gollini/)
6. [UEFA Champions League 2020/21 Player Summary Statistics, MD5 Session 2](https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/UCL/2020/2027101_SPS.pdf)
7. [La rosa ai raggi X/1: Gollini ora è meglio di Berisha, L'Eco di Bergamo](https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/corner/match-analysis/la-rosa-ai-raggi-x1-i-numeri-confermano-gollini-ora-e-meglio-di-berisha_1305922_11/)
8. [Statistical head-to-head: Andrea Consigli vs. Pierluigi Gollini, FIGC](https://www.figc.it/en/fans/made-in-italy/statistical-head-to-head-for-matchday-34-in-serie-a-andrea-consigli-vs-pierluigi-gollini-bsf1bj30)
9. [The two Gianluigis, Statsbomb Blog Archive](https://blogarchive.statsbomb.com/articles/soccer/the-two-gianluigis-will-donnarumma-dominate-in-goal-for-the-next-20-years-like-buffon-did-for-the-last-20/)
10. [Il Napoli ufficializza l'acquisto di Gollini, SSC Napoli](https://sscnapoli.it/il-napoli-ufficializza-lacquisto-di-gollini/)
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