Enzo Loiodice: Las Palmas' French Technician in Midfield

At 23 years of age, Enzo Loiodice's career has already seen more than a few peaks and valleys. He left boyhood club Dijon and made the move to Wolves' U-23 side on loan with an option to buy, only to fail to make a single appearance after the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He returned to Dijon in June 2020, before leaving just two months later and joining Las Palmas, where he has quickly emerged as a key figure in midfield with 6 goals and 3 assists in 113 appearances.

Having grown up in the town of Villejuif, Loiodoice began his footballing career at the age of six with Sporting Club de Paris and attended school at the Paris Centre. Nicolas Paolinelli, one of his first coaches, said, “He was above average and very strong technically. We regularly played him against a higher age group. He was a short player, but he made it due to his technique and intelligence.”

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It wasn’t until he joined FC Gobelins as a 12-year-old that he realized that the only thing that mattered to him, aside from his studies, was football. At 14, he decided to refine his skillset at a bigger club and joined the Dijon academy. While he had offers from Auxerre, Reims and Saint-Étienne, he rejected them in favor of Les Moutardes due to Dijon’s status as a ‘family club’. He based his choice on Dijon’s prestigious school, so that if he didn’t make it as a footballer, he could at least have the education to pursue a white-collar career, and perhaps even chase his dream of becoming a pilot.