Pierre Zebli

Pierre Zebli (born 12 June 1997) is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays in Belgium for Genk. He plays as a defensive midfielder.

Pierre Zebli
Personal information
Full name Pierre Desiré Zebli
Date of birth (1997-06-12) 12 June 1997[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Genk
Youth career
2009–2012 AC Bastia
2012–2014 Inter
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Inter 0 (0)
2014–2015Perugia (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2017 Perugia 49 (0)
2017– Genk 0 (0)
2018–2019Ascoli (loan) 3 (0)
National team
2016 Ivory Coast U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 November 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 March 2017

Career

Zebli is a youth product of AC Bastia and then Inter Milan.[2] He made his professional debut for Perugia on loan from Inter, in a 2–0 Serie B win over Bari.[3] He formally signed for Perugia in August 2015.[4]

After a couple successful seasons with Perugia, Zebli arrived to Genk on 31 January 2017.[5]

On 7 August 2018, after no appearances in the Belgian league for Genk, he returned to Italy, joining Serie B club Ascoli on a season-long loan. Ascoli held the option of permanent transfer at the end of the loan.[6] On 25 January 2019, Ascoli terminated the loan contract early as Zebli was recovering from two eye surgeries performed to correct detached retina.[7]

International career

Zebli was born in Ivory Coast, and moved to Italy at a young age with his father. Zebli holds both Ivorian and Italian citizenship.[8] He represented the Italy under-21 Serie B representative team in a 4–0 loss to Iran.[9]

Zebli debuted for the Ivory Coast national under-20 football team in a 3–2 win over Qatar U20 on 21 March 2016.[10][11][12]

References

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