Guillaume Pianelli-Balisoni (born 1 May 1998) is a French soccer player who plays as a defender.
Early life Pianelli was a product of the SC Bastia system, where he began playing at age 5, remaining there for his entire youth career, eventually training with the first team, only leaving the club when they began to experience financial difficulties.
University career In 2019, he moved to Canada to attend the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, where he played for the men's soccer team, winning the U Sports men's soccer championship in his first year, where he was named to the all-tournament team. Ahead of the 2022 season, he was named the team captain. Pianelli was named a U Sports First Team All-Canadian in 2022 and an RSEQ All-Star in 2019, 2021 and 2022.
Club career In 2016, he debuted with SC Bastia II in the fifth tier Championnat de France Amateur 2. He had been training with the first team at the time as well, when the club went bankrupt. He was contacted by neighbouring club AC Ajaccio, but chose to remain with Bastia, whose first team was demoted to the new fifth tier 2017–18 Championnat National 3, taking the place of the reserve side, in order to retain his status as an amateur. In 2018, he joined EF Bastia in the same division.
In 2020, he began playing for Celtix du Haut-Richelieu in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, where he was working as a youth coach.
At the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft, he was selected seventh overall by Forge FC, In February, he signed with Forge ahead of their CONCACAF Champions League matches, but did not remain with the club afterwards on a CPL contract as their roster was full.
He spent the 2022 season in the PLSQ with Celtix and in the 2023 pre-season, he played on the PLSQ all-star team in an exhibition match again CF Montréal.
At the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft, he was selected in the first round (fifth overall) by Valour FC. In March 2023, he signed a U Sports contract with the club, which allows him to maintain his university eligibility.
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffsDomestic CupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSC Bastia II2016–17Championnat de France Amateur 240–––40SC Bastia2017–18Championnat National 300–00–00ÉF Bastia2017–18Championnat National 312000––1202018–19140–??–140Total260000000260Celtix du Haut-Richelieu2020Première ligue de soccer du Québec80–––802021152–––152Total232000000312Forge FC2022Canadian Premier League0000000000Celtix du Haut-Richelieu2022Première ligue de soccer du Québec80–––80Valour FC2023Canadian Premier League171–10–181Career total783100000793
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