Kevin Piscopo (born 6 February 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Juve Stabia.

Kevin Piscopo
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-02-06) 6 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Vercelli, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Juve Stabia
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2014 Santhià
2013–2014Genoa (loan)
2014–2016 Genoa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Genoa 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Montecatini (loan) 33 (13)
2017–2018Carrarese (loan) 20 (3)
2018–2019Carrarese (loan) 34 (8)
2019–2022 Empoli 5 (0)
2020Carrarese (loan) 5 (0)
2020–2021Carrarese (loan) 36 (6)
2021–2022SPAL (loan) 2 (0)
2022Renate (loan) 19 (1)
2022–2023 Pordenone 36 (3)
2023– Juve Stabia 36 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024

Club career

edit

Genoa

edit

Born in Vercelli, Piscopo was a youth exponent of Genoa.

Loan to Montecatini

edit

On 31 August 2016, Piscopo was signed by Serie D club Montecatini on a season-long loan. On 4 September, Piscopo made his debut in Serie D and he scored his first goal for Montecatini and the winning goal in the 51st minute of a 1–0 away win over Argentina Arma, he was replaced after the 71 minutes. On 11 September he played his first entire match for Montecatini, a 2–2 home draw against Ponsacco. On 2 October, Piscopo scored his second goal in the 45th minute of a 3–1 away win over Sestri Levante. On 13 November he scored his third goal in the 86th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Gavorrano. On 16 November, Piscopo made his first hat-trick in his career, in a 3–2 away win over Sporting Recco. On 9 April 2017 he scored his tenth goal in the 29th minute of a 3–2 away defeat against Lavagnese. Piscopo ended his season-long loan to Montecatini with 33 appearances and 13 goals.

Loan to Carrarese

edit

On 20 July 2017, Piscopo was loaned to Serie C club Carrarese on a season-long loan deal.[1] On 27 August he made his Serie C debut for Carrarese in a 1–0 away win over Cuneo, he played the entire match.[2] On 10 September, Piscopo scored his first goal for Carrarese, as a substitute, in the 72nd minute of a 4–3 away defeat against Viterbese Castrense.[3] On 4 October he scored his second goal in the 40th minute of a 5–2 away win over Prato.[4] On 21 April 2018 he scored his third goal, as a substitute, in the 75th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Pistoiese.[5] Piscopo ended his season-long loan to Carrarese with 21 appearances and 3 goals.[6]

On 12 July 2018 he returned on loan to Carrarese for another season.[7] On 29 July he started his second season with Carrarese as a substitute replacing Tommaso Biasci in the 71st minute of a 1–0 home defeat against Imolese in the first round of Coppa Italia.[8] On 16 September he played his first Serie C match of the season as a substitute replacing Tommaso Biasci in the 46th minute of a 5–1 away win over Arzachena.[9] One week later, on 23 September, he scored twice in a 4–0 home win over Juventus U23.[10] On 27 September he scored his third goal, as a substitute, in the 85th minute of a 2–2 away draw against Lucchese.[11] Three days later, on 30 September, he played his first entire match of the season, a 2–1 home win over Pro Patria.[12] Piscopo ended his second loan to Carrarese with 38 appearances, 9 goals and 6 assists.[6]

Empoli

edit

On 8 July 2019, Piscopo signed to Serie B side Empoli.[13] On 5 October he made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Stefano Moreo in the 75th minute of a 2–0 away defeat against Pordenone.[14] Two weeks later, on 20 October, he played his first entire match for the club, a 1–1 home draw against Cremonese.[15]

Loans to Carrarese

edit

On 15 January 2020, he joined Carrarese once again on loan until the end of the season.[16] Four days later, on 19 January, Piscopo made his league debut for the club as a substitute replacing Cassio Cardoselli in the 66th minute of a 3–1 home win over Robur Siena.[17] On 17 July he scored his first goal of the season, as a substitute, in the 92nd minute of a 2–1 away defeat after extra-time in the play-off semi-final against Bari.[18] Piscopo ended his 6-month loan to Carrarese with 7 appearances, all as a substitute, including 2 in the play-off matches, and 1 goal.[6] After appearing for Empoli as a late substitute in their 2020–21 Serie B opening game against Frosinone and, also as a substitute, in the Coppa Italia game against Renate, on 5 October 2020 he was loaned to Carrarese once again.[19]

Loans to SPAL and Renate

edit

On 31 August 2021, he joined SPAL on loan.[20] On 19 January 2022, he moved on a new loan to Serie C club Renate. Renate will hold an obligation to purchase his rights if the club gets promoted to Serie B for the 2022–23 season.[21]

Pordenone

edit

On 1 July 2022, Piscopo joined Pordenone on a three-year contract.[22]

Juve Stabia

edit

On 19 July 2023, Piscopo signed a two-year contract with Juve Stabia.[23]

Career statistics

edit

Club

edit
As of 10 August 2020
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Montecatini (loan) 2016–17 Serie D 33 13 33 13
Carrarese (loan) 2017–18 Serie C 20 3 0 0 1[a] 0 21 3
2018–19 Serie C 34 8 1 0 3[a] 1 38 9
Total Carrarese 54 11 1 0 4 1 59 12
Empoli 2019–20 Serie B 4 0 1 0 5 0
Carrarese (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 5 0 2[a] 1 7 1
Career total 96 24 2 0 6 2 104 26
  1. ^ a b c All appearance(s) in Serie C play-off.

References

edit
  1. ^ "UFFICIALE: Carrarese, arriva Piscopo in prestito dal Genoa". Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway.
  3. ^ "Viterbese Castrense vs. Carrarese - 10 September 2017". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Prato vs. Carrarese - 4 October 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Carrarese vs. Pistoiese - 21 April 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  6. ^ a b c "Italy - K. Piscopo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  7. ^ "UFFICIALE: Carrarese, dal Genoa torna Piscopo". Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Carrarese vs. Imolese - 29 July 2018". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Arzachena vs. Carrarese - 16 September 2018". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Carrarese vs. Juventus II - 24 September 2018". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Lucchese vs. Carrarese - 27 September 2018". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Carrarese vs. Pro Patria - 30 September 2018". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  13. ^ "UFFICIALE: Empoli, arriva Piscopo a titolo definitivo dal Genoa". Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Pordenone vs. Empoli - 5 October 2019". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Empoli vs. Cremonese - 20 October 2019". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Nuova iniezione di fantasia per mister Baldini: Kevin Piscopo di nuovo a Carrara" (Press release) (in Italian). Carrarese. 15 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Carrarese vs. Robur Siena - 19 January 2020". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  18. ^ "Bari vs. Carrarese - 17 July 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  19. ^ "Bentornati a Piscopo e Valietti" (Press release) (in Italian). Carrarese. 5 October 2020.
  20. ^ "L'ATTACCANTE KEVIN PISCOPO E' UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA SPAL" (Press release) (in Italian). SPAL. 31 August 2021.
  21. ^ "UFFICIALE: KEVIN PISCOPO SI UNISCE ALLE PANTERE NERAZZURRE!" (in Italian). Renate. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  22. ^ "L'ATTACCANTE KEVIN PISCOPO È NEROVERDE" (in Italian). Pordenone. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  23. ^ "S.S. Juve Stabia, ufficiale l'arrivo di Piscopo" [SS Juve Stabia, Piscopo's arrival is official] (in Italian). Juve Stabia. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
edit