Lorenzo Insigne - one of the leaders of "Napoli"

Lorenzo Insigne is a pupil of Napoli. His career was far from the best in the beginning. He was not believed in the club, he was rented, so that he showed himself from the best side. And this multi-player attacker took advantage of all the chances given to him to prove his worth. As a result, he became one of the key players of the club, and also increasingly gets in the application of the Italian team. So, what was Lorenzo Insigne's way before he could be at this height?

Beginning of a career and renting in "Kávez"

Lorenzo Insigne was born June 4, 1991 in Naples, and in the football plan his future was predetermined. From an early age he began to go to the academy of the local club "Napoli", to which he was strongly attached. So he did not change the base and spent all the time there. As a result, in 2009, when the young player was eighteen years old, he was offered a professional contract - everything that he could only dream about. However, of course, Lorenzo Insigne, like any other football player, wanted to play, and in "Napoli" he had no such opportunity. For six months he played only one match, but the club's management saw in the young flank player, who could also play the playmaker position and even fall lower in the center of the field, great potential. Therefore, in the winter he was leased to one of the clubs of the lower divisions called "Kaveze". There he played ten matches, but did not excel at any one goal. Naturally, this was not enough to convince the club's management of the player's solvency, so the lease continued.

Re-lease

This time, Lorenzo Insigne, whose growth was also an obstacle for him, went to another club in the lower divisions. Now it was "Foggia", and there already 163-centimeter football player showed that he is capable of very much. In 33 matches played during one year of rent, he scored 19 goals. It was an impressive result, but still the league level was too low to immediately take a young, but low and dubious winger into the main team. Therefore, the 20-year-old Lorenzo Insigne, whose photos, thanks to his bombardment qualities, already began to leak into local newspapers, went to the third lease - but this time in a more prestigious championship.

The heyday in Pescara

Many thought that Insigne is able to show the result only at the lowest level, so when he was sent to rent in "Pescara", speaking in the second most powerful division of Italy, many foreshadowed the failure of the young player. But he proved to everyone the opposite - Insigne played as many as 38 matches, in which he pounded 20 goals. Naturally, this proof was absolutely bright, the leadership was convinced that before them a real talent, so the next year, Lorenzo began to speak for the main team, "Napoli".

Speeches for "Napoli"

Having won "Serie B" with "Pescara", Insigne, naturally, was aiming to win the highest division with his native club. From the first season, he started to play in the first team, and let Lorenzo not score as much as in the second division, he was extremely useful for the team, and all recognized it. In 2012, he managed to win the first trophy with the "Napoli". Unfortunately, it was not the championship in "Serie A", but only the Cup of Italy, but it was already impressive. To date, Lorenzo Insigne, whose hairstyle is changing incredibly often, still stands for "Napoli" - he is now 25 years old, and this is his fifth season for the club after all the leases through which he passed.

National team appearances

For the Italian team, Lorenzo has so far not very many games - only twelve. For the first time he was called to the location of the national team in 2012 for qualifying matches for the European Championships in 2012. He made his debut in a duel against the team of Malta, where he was replaced in the second half instead of Alessandro Diamanti. At the European Championships 2012 he was not called, but at the World Cup in 2014, he already went, before scoring his first goal for the national team in a friendly match against the Argentines. There he played only 33 minutes, coming on as a substitute in a match with Costa Rica. The second goal for the team he scored just recently - in March of this year in a duel against the Spaniards. In the last European Championship in 2016 Insigne did not play an important role - he came on as a substitute in three games, having spent only 36 minutes on the field.