Emiliano Rigoni

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Emiliano Rigoni
Rigoni with Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2017
Personal information
Full name Emiliano Ariel Rigoni
Date of birth (1993-02-04) 4 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Colonia Caroya, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Elche
(on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg)
Number 22
Youth career
2005–2013 Belgrano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Belgrano 73 (8)
2016–2017 Independiente 46 (15)
2017– Zenit Saint Petersburg 47 (5)
2018 → Atalanta (loan) 12 (3)
2019–2020 → Sampdoria (loan) 8 (0)
2020– → Elche (loan) 13 (0)
International career‡
2017 Argentina 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2017

Emiliano Ariel Rigoni (Spanish pronunciation: [emiˈljano riˈɣoni]; born 4 February 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Spanish club Elche,[1] on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Club career

Rigoni is a youth exponent from Club Atlético Belgrano. He made his league debut on 4 August 2013 against CA Lanús in a 3–0 away defeat.[2] In January 2016, he joined Club Atlético Independiente. He has scored in his debut for Independiente against his former club Belgrano.

On 23 August 2017, Rigoni moved to Russia, signing a four-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.[3]

On 19 October 2017, he scored the first hat-trick of his career in a 3–1 Europa League group win over Rosenborg BK.[4]

On 17 August 2018, Zenit announced that Rigoni would join Serie A club Atalanta B.C. for the 2018–19 season, with Atalanta holding an option to make the transfer permanent at the end of the loan.[5] On 14 January 2019, Rigoni returned to Zenit.[6]

On 2 September 2019, Zenit announced that Rigoni would spend the rest of the 2019–20 on loan to Italian club U.C. Sampdoria, with Sampdoria holding an option to purchase his rights at the end of the loan.[7] On 1 February 2020, Sampdoria terminated the loan early.[8]

On 1 July 2020, he scored a late winner in Zenit's 2–1 away victory against FC Tambov.[9] On 5 October, deadline day, he moved to La Liga side Elche via one-year loan.[10]

International career

Rigoni made his debut for the Argentina national football team on 5 October 2017 in a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Peru.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 June 2020[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Belgrano 2012–13 Superliga Argentina 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0
2013–14 26 1 1 0 – 0 0 – 27 1
2014 16 3 0 0 – – – 16 3
2015 31 4 1 0 – 1 0 – 33 4
Total 73 8 2 0 – 1 0 – 76 8
Independiente 2016 Superliga Argentina 16 4 2 0 – 4 1 – 22 5
2016–17 30 11 0 0 – 4 1 – 34 12
Total 46 15 2 0 – 8 2 – 56 17
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2017–18 Russian Premier League 17 0 1 0 – 10 6 – 28 6
2018–19 11 3 0 0 – 1 0 – 12 3
2019–20 7 0 1 1 – 0 0 1 0 9 1
Total 35 3 2 1 – 11 6 1 0 49 10
Atalanta (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 12 3 0 0 – 0 0 – 12 3
Sampdoria (loan) 2019–20 8 0 1 0 – – – 9 0
Career total 166 29 7 1 0 0 20 8 1 0 194 38

International

As of match played 14 November 2017.[12]
Argentina
Year Apps Goals
2017 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg

References

  1. ^ a b Emiliano Rigoni at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Lanús vs. Belgrano - 4 August 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  3. ^ Эмилиано Ригони продолжит карьеру в «Зените» (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 23 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Zenit-Rosenborg game report". UEFA. 19 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Emiliano Rigoni will spend the rest of the season at Atalanta". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 17 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Эмилиано Ригони: "Понимаю, что мне предоставился еще один шанс"" [Emiliano Rigoni: I understand I am getting another chance] (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 14 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Эмилиано Ригони продолжит сезон в "Сампдории"" [Emiliano Rigoni will continue the season at Sampdoria] (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 2 September 2019.
  8. ^ "RISOLUZIONE DELL'ACCORDO TEMPORANEO: RIGONI TORNA ALLO ZENIT" (Press release) (in Italian). Sampdoria. 1 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Tambov v Zenit game report". Russian Premier League. 1 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Emiliano Rigoni, undécimo fichaje del Elche CF" [Emiliano Rigoni, eleventh signing of Elche CF] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Game report by FIFA". FIFA. 5 October 2017.
  12. ^ Emiliano Rigoni at National-Football-Teams.com
  13. ^ "Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 May 2019.
  14. ^ "20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions". Russian Premier League. 5 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020.
  17. ^ ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020.


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