After six years at Inter Milan's academy, Australian youth international Reno Piscopo signed his first professional contract after moving to fellow Serie A side Torino.

Piscopo captained the Italian national Under-15's while at Inter and led the youth team scoring charts, but the teenager said moving to Torino will give him an oppurtunity to play senior football.

“I just wanted a change, something new and a chance to break into the first team also,” said the 18-year-old.

“Maybe it’s easier to break into the first team with Torino than it is with Inter. I signed a professional contact but for me it’s nothing.

"My short-term goal for Torino is to start playing as soon as possible and play well for the reserves and score some goals and help the team win.

"My long-term goal is to try and break into the first team and maybe make a debut, maybe in a practise match, just something involving the first team.”

Piscopo started to make an impression at the Nerazzurri youth academy with his story prompting interest from the Australian mainstream media.

The former child prodigy said moving from the club that nurtured proved difficult.

“To leave after six years was pretty hard emotionally,” he said.

“Saying goodbye to friends I’ve been living with for six years, to old coaches that made me the player that I am today, to the directors and club’s staff, it gets to you. But everyone was happy for me.

"They knew I wanted a change so they were happy and supportive of me, so that was good feeling. Inter were very important for my development and for youth development it’s one of the best in the world.”

Piscopo has spent a third of his life living overseas and revealed being away from his family can cause him to crave home comforts.

“I do get homesick often, maybe after three months of being here I start to feel it,” he said. 

“After a bad game or bad day when you are not feeling yourself you get homesick. You wish your parents were there or your friends so that makes it hard. My parents come down to visit me often so that is a good thing.

“But the results do make it worth it. Knowing that you are always going uphill and not downhill. I’m waiting for that day when I make my debut so that is what I’m looking forward to and I just have to work hard.”

Meanwhile Piscopo says that he quells the homesickness by spending time with fellow Italian based Aussie Panos Armenakas.

“He’s my boy, he’s my good mate,” he said.

“We always talk, Facetime and always keep in touch, and we also meet up often.

"I was very happy for him when he made his first team debut for Udinese he deserved it as he’s been working hard.”