Luigi Pieroni (born 8 September 1980) is a Belgian football manager and former player who is assistant manager of Raja CA. A forward, he played in Belgium and France. At international level, he represented the Belgium national team.
Playing career Pieroni was born in Liège, Belgium. He finished the 2003–04 Belgian First Division season as topscorer with 28 goals while he was playing for R.E. Mouscron. He previously played with R.F.C. Liégeois, Auxerre and was loaned out to Lens and Anderlecht while he was under contract with the FC Nantes. In 2008, he signed with Valenciennes and in 2010 he returned to Belgium, where he signed with K.A.A. Gent. After a two-year stint with Standard Liège, he signed a contract with French Ligue 2 club AC Arles-Avignon on 19 July 2011. His playing career came to a halt in the end of the 2012–13 season when he retired at the age of 32 due to a long time Phlebitis.
Coaching career In March 2016 it was announced, that Pieroni had returned to Standard Liège and should be working as a forward coach for the club's academy, scout for the first team and also as assistant manager for the reserve team.Pieroni devient coach des jeunes attaquants du Standard, dhnet.be, 21 March 2016Les quatre vies en rouche de Luigi Pieroni, lameuse.be, 5 April 2017
Pieroni left Standard in the summer 2019, to become the assistant manager of his former teammate, Christophe Grégoire, at Royal Football Club Seraing.LUIGI PIERONI RETROUVE CHRISTOPHE GRÉGOIRE !, rfc-seraing.be, 8 July 2019
After promotion to the Jupiler Pro League in 2021, Luigi Pieroni left Seraing to train the U16 youth of KAA Gent, following head coach Emilio Ferrera who became head of youth at Gent.
On 16 November 2021, it was reported that Pieroni had quit the U16 of Gent to become the assistant of Marc Wilmots at Raja CA.Luigi Pieroni adjoint de Marc Wilmots au Raja Casablanca, Rtbf.be, 16 November 2021
Personal life He has a son, Gianluca born on 4 January 2007.
International goals Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pieroni goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Luigi PieroniNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 1 March 2006 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 2–0 2–0 Friendly2 21 November 2007 Tofig Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan 1–0 1–0 Euro 2008 Qualification
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