Maresca and the others: Pirola is Olympiakos’ fifth Italian

His football player Olympiakou it’s been a while o Lorenzo Pirolawith the “red and whites” announcing the acquisition of the 22-year-old central defender from Salernitana.

Pirola is just him fifth Italian who will wear the jersey of Piraeus in the 21st century, with the previous four failing to establish themselves.

First up was the goalkeeper Luigi Chenamowho had been a member of the team from 1997 to 2001, without counting a single official participation.

Followed by Enzo Maresca, who arrived in 2009 and left after a year in which he tallied eight goals and four assists in 39 appearances. A full season, but which had not gone well overall for the “red and whites”.

Next Italian, o Leandro Grecoacquired in 2012 from Roma but also lasted just one year, tallying one goal and four assists in 38 games.

Finally, the last Italian before Pirola was Nicolas Lealiwith the current goalkeeper of Genoa coming on loan from Juventus in 2016 but returning to Italy after 27 matches and several mistakes – with the most important one in the match against Besiktas for the “16” of the Europa League…