Guillaume Pianelli

Guillaume Pianelli
Personal information
Full name Guillaume Pianelli-Balisoni
Date of birth (1998-05-01) 1 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Bastia, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
SC Bastia
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– UQTR Patriotes 24 (3)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 SC Bastia II 4 (0)
2017 SC Bastia 0 (0)
2018–2019 ÉF Bastia 26 (0)
2020–2021 Celtix du Haut-Richelieu 23 (2)
2022 Forge FC 0 (0)
2022 Celtix du Haut-Richelieu 8 (0)
2023 Valour FC 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2023

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.[1]

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.[2][3] Ahead of the 2022 season, he was named the team captain.[4] Pianelli was named a U Sports First Team All-Canadian in 2022 and an RSEQ All-Star in 2019, 2021 and 2022.[5][6]

Club career

In 2016, he debuted with SC Bastia II in the fifth tier Championnat de France Amateur 2.[7] He had been training with the first team at the time as well, when the club went bankrupt.[7] 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.[7] In 2018, he joined EF Bastia in the same division.[8]

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.[7]

At the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft, he was selected seventh overall by Forge FC,[9][10] In February, he signed with Forge ahead of their CONCACAF Champions League matches,[11][12] but did not remain with the club afterwards on a CPL contract as their roster was full.[13]

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.[14]

At the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft, he was selected in the first round (fifth overall) by Valour FC.[15] In March 2023, he signed a U Sports contract with the club, which allows him to maintain his university eligibility.[16][17]

Career statistics

As of 29 September 2023[18]
Club Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SC Bastia II 2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur 2 4 0 – – – 4 0
SC Bastia 2017–18 Championnat National 3 0 0 – 0 0 – 0 0
ÉF Bastia 2017–18 Championnat National 3 12 0 0 0 – – 12 0
2018–19 14 0 – ? ? – 14 0
Total 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
Celtix du Haut-Richelieu 2020[19] Première ligue de soccer du Québec 8 0 – – – 8 0
2021[19] 15 2 – – – 15 2
Total 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 2
Forge FC 2022 Canadian Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtix du Haut-Richelieu 2022[19] Première ligue de soccer du Québec 8 0 – – – 8 0
Valour FC 2023 Canadian Premier League 17 1 – 1 0 – 18 1
Career total 78 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 79 3

References

  1. ^ Blanchet Godbout, Yaël (4 December 2020). "Profil d'étudiant-athlète: Guillaume Pianelli-Balisoni: le taureau corse" [Student-Athlete Profile: Guillaume Pianelli-Balisoni: the Corsican bull]. Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (in French).
  2. ^ Gervais, Cédrick (21 January 2022). "Guillaume Pianelli est sélectionné en première ronde du repêchage de la CPL" [Guillaume Pianelli is selected in the first round of the CPL Draft]. Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (in French).
  3. ^ "Forge FC selects two players in the 2022 CPL-U Sports Draft". Forge FC. 20 January 2022.
  4. ^ Gervais, Cédrick (7 February 2022). "Félix Clapin-Girard tend le flambeau à Guillaume Pianelli" [Félix Clapin-Girard hands the torch to Guillaume Pianelli]. Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (in French).
  5. ^ Tait, Ed (16 December 2022). "2023 CPL U-Sports Draft Recap". Valour FC.
  6. ^ Parisis, Quentin (28 June 2023). "Guillaume Pianelli : Un talent qui se révèle à Winnipeg" [Guillaume Pianelli: A talent that reveals itself in Winnipeg]. Canadian Premier League (in French).
  7. ^ a b c d "Guillaume Pianelli : " Je me suis attaché au Celtix de St-Jean "" [Guillaume Pianelli: “I got attached to Celtix de St-Jean”]. Just eSoccer (in French). 21 October 2021.
  8. ^ Jacques, John (20 January 2022). "2022 CPL-U SPORTS Draft Roundup". Northern Tribune.
  9. ^ Vachon, Matthew (21 January 2022). "Patriotes: Guillaume Pianelli repêché dans la Canadian Premier League" [Patriots: Guillaume Pianelli drafted into the Canadian Premier League]. Le Nouvelliste (in French).
  10. ^ "CPL: Guillaume Pianelli, Julien Bruce, Quentin Paumier and Luca Ricci selected!" [CPL: Guillaume Pianelli, Julien Bruce, Quentin Paumier and Luca Ricci selected!]. Just eSoccer (in French). 20 January 2022.
  11. ^ Jacques, John (15 February 2022). "Running Through The Six: A Look At Forge's New Signings". Northern Tribune.
  12. ^ "Forge signs Canadians Jensen, Kalongo, adds four others". OneSoccer. 15 February 2022.
  13. ^ Tait, Ed (6 March 2023). "Guillaume Pianelli: "My goal is to prove I can play minutes to help us win games"". Valour FC.
  14. ^ Jacques, John (26 January 2023). "PLSQ All-Stars Set To Face CF Montreal". Northern Tribune.
  15. ^ Lacroix-Fraslin, Léa (5 January 2023). "Deux Patriotes sélectionnés au repêchage de la CPL" [Two Patriots selected in CPL Draft]. UQTR Patriotes (in French).
  16. ^ "Valour FC sign French defender Guillaume Pianelli to a U-SPORTS contract". Valour FC. 6 March 2023.
  17. ^ Jacques, John (6 March 2023). "Valour Signs Draft Pick Pianelli To U SPORTS Deal". Northern Tribune.
  18. ^ Guillaume Pianelli at Soccerway
  19. ^ a b c "PTS-Ligue Archive" (in French). TSI Sports.