Insigne marked his debut in the competition with a goal from a free-kick.
The following season, Insigne made his UEFA Champions League debut in 2–1 home win over the previous season's finalists Borussia Dortmund, on 18 September 2013. The competition for places with players like Edinson Cavani, Goran Pandev, Eduardo Vargas and Omar El Kaddouri meant Insigne often started matches on the substitutes' bench. Throughout the season, he made 43 appearances, scoring five goals and providing seven assists. Insigne struggled to get a run of consecutive games at many points in the season, but participated in a large successful season at Napoli, who finished in second place in Serie A that season. Four days later, he made his debut in UEFA club competitions, starting in a 4–0 win against Swedish side AIK Fotboll in the UEFA Europa League. On 16 September 2012, he scored his first goal in Serie A, after entering as a substitute for Edinson Cavani in a 3–1 home win over Parma. Napoli Īt the end of the season, Insigne returned to Napoli, choosing the number 24 jersey. Among the key players of Pescara's title-winning season and promotion to Serie A, Insigne was subsequently awarded the "Best Player" of the Serie B season, along with teammates Immobile and Marco Verratti. Insigne finished the season with 18 goals, making him the second top-scorer of the season behind teammate Ciro Immobile, and 14 assists. He made his debut in the Italian second division on 26 August 2011 in the opening round against Hellas Verona, and on 4 September scored his first goal for Pescara away against Modena. On 8 July 2011, he was loaned to Pescara in Serie B, now managed by Zeman. Under the manager Zdeněk Zeman, he totalled 19 goals in the league, in addition to seven goals scored in Coppa Italia Lega Pro.
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He scored his first professional goal on 14 August, in the Coppa Italia Lega Pro match against L'Aquila, while on 29 August, he scored his first league goal in a 2–3 home defeat to Lucchese. The following season, Insigne was loaned to Foggia in Lega Pro Prima Divisione. He played the remainder of the season on loan at Cavese in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, where he made 10 appearances. He was first called-up to the first team under Roberto Donadoni, playing some friendlies in the summer of 2009, before making his Serie A debut under Walter Mazzarri, on 24 January 2010, in a 2–0 win away to Livorno. In 2008, he made his debut for the Primavera team, with whom he scored 15 goals in the 2009–10 season. In 2006, at age 15, Insigne was signed by Napoli from Olimpia Sant'Arpino for €1,500. He made his debut for the senior team in September 2012, and has represented Italy at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, and UEFA Euro 2020, winning the latter tournament.Ĭlub career Early career Insigne has represented the Italy national under-21 team, with which he won a runner-up medal at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He is known in particular for his creativity, short height, speed and technical ability, as well as his accuracy from free-kicks. Insigne is capable of playing on either flank, or through the centre, but is usually deployed as left winger. 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. Lorenzo Insigne Cavaliere OMRI ( Italian pronunciation: 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. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2022 The final whistle blows and Italy have lost 1-0 on aggregate.*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2023 With the score 0-0, they desperately need a goal but Ventura leaves the creative forward Lorenzo Insigne on the bench. Italy have 75% of possession and 23 shots on goal but look predictable. Italy fail to qualify for World Cup for first time in 60 years () Italy lack invention and barely threaten the Sweden goal as a deflected Jakob Johansson strike is enough to leave Italy on the brink of missing out on Russia 2018 Italy must win to have any chance of qualifying automatically but a lifeless display leads to the world's 85th best team equalising in the 77th minute, causing an eruption of booing at the final whistle in Turin An inauspicious start to his tenure as his side are comprehensively second best in a friendlyĪ defence renowned for being tight is torn apart at the Bernabéu, with Isco scoring twice to leave Italy staring at the prospect of a play-off
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