Adriano De Pierro (born 11 January 1991) is a

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professional

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who plays for Stade Nyonnais.

Career

De Pierro grew up in the small town of Échandens in

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and initially began his career with local club Forward Morges before a move to the academy of

FC Lausanne-Sport Football Club Lausanne-Sport is a Swiss Association football, football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport compete in the top-tier Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2022–23 Swiss Challeng ...

. Eventually he earned a big move to

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side

BSC Young Boys Berner Sport Club Young Boys (YB by short abbreviation, ) is a Swiss professional sports club based in Bern, Switzerland. Its first team has won 17 Swiss league championships and eight Swiss Cups. YB is one of the most successful Swiss footbal ...

in 2009, going on to feature for the reserves and appearing several times for the first-team during his first two years with the club. Looking to gain more playing time, De Pierro went on loan to second division club

FC Stade Nyonnais FC Stade Nyonnais is an association football club based in the town of Nyon, Switzerland. The team currently competes in the Swiss Challenge League, Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league system and plays its home matches ...

for the duration of the 2011–12 season. Returning to Young Boys, the player went on loan again to a second-tier side, this time joining

FC Lugano FC Lugano is a Swiss professional football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its origina ...

for the 2012–13 season. In the summer of 2013 De Pierro signed for

on a two-year contract with an option for a one-year extension. In a bid to reduce their squad, he was allowed to leave Young Boys for Lausanne despite the fact that his contract was set to expire in 2014. On 1 September 2021, he was loaned by

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:De Pierro, Adriano 1991 births Sportspeople from Morges Living people Swiss men's footballers Men's association football defenders Switzerland men's youth international footballers BSC Young Boys players FC Stade Nyonnais players FC Lugano players FC Lausanne-Sport players Yverdon-Sport FC players AC Bellinzona players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss Promotion League players Swiss 1. Liga (football) players 2. Liga Interregional players Footballers from the canton of Vaud 21st-century Swiss sportsmen