Francisco Pizzini, Attacking Midfield at Emelec

Attacking Midfield · Forward

#10 Francisco Pizzini

Emelec Liga Pro · Ecuador

Date of birth / Age: 19 Sept 1993 (33)
Height · Weight: 1.77 m · 77 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Attacking Midfield
Citizenship: Argentina, Italy
Joined club: 16 Feb 2026
Contract until: 2027

Date of birth / Age: 19 Sept 1993 (33)
Height · Weight: 1.77 m · 77 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Attacking Midfield
Citizenship: Argentina, Italy
Joined club: 16 Feb 2026
Contract until: 2027

Season 2026

Appearances: 22
Starting eleven: 20
Goals: 0
Assists: 3
Yellow cards: 0
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,268

Starting eleven91%

20 of 22 appearances

Minutes played1,268

58 per appearance

Goal involvement3

0 goals · 3 assists

Positions played

292 matches · since 2014

RBDMLBCMCFLWRWAM

Position	Apps	G	A
Attacking Midfield	114	13	12
Right Winger	79	9	9
Left Winger	66	4	12
Centre-Forward	18	1	7
Other · CM, LB, DM, RB	15	1	2

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · wingers with 900+ minutes

World rank: #1135; winger in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #225; among wingers aged 30+
In his league: 64%; of Liga Pro wingers rank below him
Finishing: −4.2; goals below expected · better than 6% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

5 Expected

9.2

102 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

8 Expected

9.1

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026	Liga Pro	Emelec	22	20	0	3	0	0	0	1,268
2025	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Vélez Sarsfield	25	15	1	0	1	0	0	1,324
2025	Copa Libertadores	Vélez Sarsfield	7	4	1	–	0	–	0	356
2025	Copa Argentina	Vélez Sarsfield	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	92
2024	Trofeo de Campeones	Vélez Sarsfield	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	60
2024	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Vélez Sarsfield	27	27	4	5	1	0	0	2,172
2024	Copa de la Liga Profesional	Vélez Sarsfield	15	14	3	–	2	–	0	1,075
2024	Copa Argentina	Vélez Sarsfield	6	4	2	–	1	–	0	322
2023	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Talleres Córdoba	22	12	3	–	2	–	0	1,148
2023	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Vélez Sarsfield	14	11	0	–	1	–	0	886
2023	Copa Argentina	Talleres Córdoba	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2022	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Talleres Córdoba	20	13	2	–	1	–	0	1,241
2022	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Defensa y Justicia	18	16	4	–	1	–	1	1,246
2022	Copa Libertadores	Talleres Córdoba	4	1	0	–	0	–	0	149
2022	Copa Argentina	Talleres Córdoba	4	3	0	–	0	–	0	169
2022	Copa Argentina	Defensa y Justicia	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2022	CONMEBOL Sudamericana	Defensa y Justicia	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2021	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Defensa y Justicia	32	30	8	11	1	0	0	2,607
2020/21	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Defensa y Justicia	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	338
2021	Copa Libertadores	Defensa y Justicia	2	1	1	–	1	–	0	107
2021	Recopa Sudamericana	Defensa y Justicia	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	154
2019/20	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Defensa y Justicia	5	4	1	–	0	–	0	301
2019/20	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Independiente	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	58
2020	CONMEBOL Sudamericana	Defensa y Justicia	9	8	1	–	0	–	0	664
2020	Copa Libertadores	Defensa y Justicia	4	4	0	–	0	–	0	294
2020	Copa Argentina	Defensa y Justicia	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	300
2020	Copa de la Superliga	Defensa y Justicia	1	0	1	–	0	–	0	42
2018/19	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Independiente	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	300
2019	CONMEBOL Sudamericana	Independiente	7	4	0	–	0	–	0	424
2019	Copa Argentina	Independiente	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	114
2019	Copa de la Superliga	Independiente	2	1	0	–	1	–	0	126
2019	Torneos de Verano	Independiente	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	44
2018	Copa Libertadores	Independiente	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	2
2016/17	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Olimpo	29	28	3	5	2	0	0	2,441
2017	Copa Argentina	Olimpo	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	90
2016	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Olimpo	15	10	0	1	3	0	0	845
2016	Copa Argentina	Olimpo	2	1	1	–	0	–	0	120
2014	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Independiente	15	8	1	0	1	0	0	889
2015	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Independiente	7	2	0	–	0	–	0	262
2014/15	Copa Argentina	Independiente	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	44
2013/14	Primera Nacional	Independiente	20	1	1	–	2	–	0	423
2013/14	Copa Argentina	Independiente	3	2	2	–	0	–	0	163
2012/13	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Independiente	6	3	0	–	0	–	0	269
2011/12	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Independiente	4	1	0	–	0	–	0	217
2011/12	Copa Argentina	Independiente	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			378	270	40	25^*	23	0^*	1	23,506

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Liga Profesional de Fútbol	252	27	22
Copa Argentina	27	5	–
Liga Pro	22	0	3
Primera Nacional	20	1	–
Copa Libertadores	18	2	–
CONMEBOL Sudamericana	17	1	–
Copa de la Liga Profesional	15	3	–
Copa de la Superliga	3	1	–
Recopa Sudamericana	2	0	–
Torneos de Verano	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Feb 2026 Feb 2026 · Transfer Vélez Sarsfield Emelec Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2023 Aug 2023 · Transfer Talleres Córdoba Vélez Sarsfield Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2022 Jun 2022 · Transfer Defensa y Justicia Talleres Córdoba Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2021 Jul 2021 · Transfer Independiente Defensa y Justicia Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2021 Jun 2021 · Back from Loan Defensa y Justicia Independiente Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Loan Independiente Defensa y Justicia Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2017 Jun 2017 · Back from Loan Olimpo Independiente Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2016 Jan 2016 · Loan Independiente Olimpo Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2011 Jul 2011 · Free Transfer – Independiente Free Transfer

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