Germán Pezzella

**Germán Alejo Pezzella** (; born 27 June 1991) is an Argentine footballer. He plays as a central defender for Argentine club Club Atlético River Plate, . He won the World Cup with Argentina in 2022.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|River Plate|2011–12|Primera B|1|0|5|0|–|–|1|0|||
|2012–13|rowspan="4"|Argentine Primera División|10|1|0|0|–|–|10|1||||
|2013–14|15|0|0|0|5|0|1|1|21|1||||
|2014|10|1|2|0|8|2|–|20|3|||||
|2015|7|1|1|0|4|0|1|0|13|1||||
|rowspan="3"|Real Betis|2015–16|rowspan="2"|La Liga|25|3|4|0|–|–|29|4||
|2016–17|36|1|1|0|–|–|37|1||||||
|Fiorentina (loan)|2017–18|Serie A|34|1|1|0|–|–|35|1||||
|rowspan="5"|Fiorentina|2018–19|rowspan="4"|Serie A|32|2|3|0|–|–|35|2||
|2019–20|33|3|1|0|–|–|34|3||||||
|2020–21|32|1|1|0|–|–|33|1||||||
|2021–22|0|0|1|0|–|–|1|0||||||
|rowspan="4"|Real Betis|2021–22|rowspan="3"|La Liga|23|1|4|0|7|0|–|34|1|
|2022–23|31|0|1|0|6|0|1|0|39|0||||
|2023–24|1|0|0|0|0|0|–|1|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Argentina|2017|2|0|
|2018|4|1|||
|2019|10|1|||
|2021|10|0|||
|2022|9|0|||
|2023|3|1|||

## Honours

**River Plate**
- Argentina Primera Division: 2013–14
- Copa Campeonato: 2013–14
- Primera B Nacional: 2011–12
- Copa Libertadores: 2015
- Copa Sudamericana: 2014
- Recopa Sudamericana: 2015

**Real Betis**
- Copa del Rey: 2021–22

**Argentina**
- FIFA World Cup: 2022
- Copa América: 2021
- CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions: 2022

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Germán Pezzella
- **image**: Germán Pezzella (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Pezzella with Argentina national football team, Argentina in 2017
- **fullname**: Germán Alejo Pezzella
- **birth place**: Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- **height**: 1.90 m
- **currentclub**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **clubnumber**: 6
- **position**: Centre-back
- **youthclubs1**: Kilómetro Cinco
- **youthclubs2**: Juventud Unida
- **youthyears3**: 2000–2005
- **youthclubs3**: Club Olimpo, Olimpo
- **youthyears4**: 2005–2011
- **youthclubs4**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **years1**: 2011–2015
- **clubs1**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps1**: 43
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 2015–2018
- **clubs2**: Real Betis, Betis
- **caps2**: 61
- **goals2**: 4
- **years3**: 2017–2018
- **clubs3**: → ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina (loan)
- **caps3**: 34
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2018–2021
- **clubs4**: ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina
- **caps4**: 97
- **goals4**: 6
- **years5**: 2021–
- **clubs5**: Real Betis, Betis
- **caps5**: 56
- **goals5**: 1
- **nationalyears1**: 2009–2011
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 15
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2011
- **nationalteam2**: Argentina national under-23 football team, Argentina U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 5
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 2017–
- **nationalteam3**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps3**: 38
- **nationalgoals3**: 3
- **pcupdate**: 31 August 2023 (UTC)
- **ntupdate**: 19 June 2023