Lorenzo Piqué

Lorenzo Piqué (born 17 September 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre back for TOP Oss in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.

Lorenzo Piqué
Personal information
Full name Lorenzo Piqué
Date of birth (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 TOP Oss
Number 15
Youth career
Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 ADO Den Haag 13 (0)
2011–2012 FC Volendam 15 (0)
2012 ASWH 0 (0)
2012– TOP Oss 221 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 August 2020

Club career

In his youth, Piqué played for Feyenoord, but never made his debut. He played most of his games for the reserve team, Jong Feyenoord.

In 2009, Piqué was transferred to ADO Den Haag,[1] where he signed a contract until the summer of 2010. Because of the injury of his cousin, Mitchell Piqué,[2] he played many friendly games in the pre-season as left-back. He made his debut in the 3–0 loss to Ajax on 27 September due to an injury of Ahmed Ammi.[3]

In the 2010–11 season, Piqué mainly played in the reserve team of ADO, partly due to depth and competition at the centre back position from the likes of Ramon Leeuwin and Christian Supusepa.

On 1 August 2011, Piqué moved to FC Volendam, where he signed a one-year deal.[4] In September 2012, he initially moved to fifth-tier Hoofdklasse club ASWH, but the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) declared him ineligible to play, which meant that Piqué could only practice until receiving a playing license in the winter break.[5] Therefore, he decided to trial with FC Oss, where he eventually signed a contract on 17 October 2012, until the end of the 2012–13 season.[6]

Piqué left Oss in June 2018,[7] but returned in January 2019 after not finding a new club during the summer transfer window.[8] The club had at that point changed its name to TOP Oss.[9] After the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie season, Piqué had made 221 league appearances for the club, in which he scored four goals.[10]

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Piqué is of Surinamese descent.[11]

References
  1. "Lorenzo Piqué voor één seizoen naar ADO Den Haag". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
  2. "Lorenzo Pique verre neef van Mitchell Pique". adofans.nl. 16 July 2009.
  3. Ajax vs. ADO Den Haag - 27 September 2009
  4. "FC Volendam legt Ahahaoui én Piqué vast" (in Dutch). Trouw. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  5. Feenstra, Richard (19 October 2012). "Pique niet naar ASWH". voetbalrotterdam.nl (in Dutch). Voetbal Rotterdam. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. "FC Oss versterkt zich met Lorenzo Piqué na succesvolle stage" (in Dutch). ELF Voetbal. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  7. "Lorenzo Piqué vertrek uit Oss" (in Dutch). TOP Oss. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  8. Raijer, Jules (24 January 2019). "Lorenzo Piqué tot 2021 bij TOP Oss" (in Dutch). Brabants Dagblad. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  9. "FC Oss wordt weer TOP Oss!". www.fcoss.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  10. "Netherlands - L. Piqué - Profile". int.soccerway.com. Perform Group. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  11. "Profvoetballers van Surinaamse afkomst". Natio Suriname | Voetbal.
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