Gianluca Scamacca

Gianluca Scamacca
Personal information
Full name	Gianluca Scamacca
Date of birth	1 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	PEC Zwolle
Number	10
Youth career
	Roma
2015–2017	PSV Eindhoven
2017	Sassuolo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2017	Jong PSV
2017–	Sassuolo
2018	→ Cremonese
2018–2019	→ Zwolle
International career‡
2014–2016	Italy U17
2016–2017	Italy U18
2017–2018	Italy U19
2018–	Italy U20
2018–	Italy U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2018

Gianluca Scamacca (born 1 January 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle, on loan from Sassuolo, and the Italy national under-20 team.^[1]

Club career

Early career

A product of Roma youth academy, Scamacca joined PSV Eindhoven on January 2015.^{[citation needed]} He made his professional debut in Eerste Divisie as a Jong PSV player on 22 January 2016, aged 17, in a 1–2 away win against VVV-Venlo, replacing Steven Bergwijn after 61 minutes.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Sassuolo

On January 2017, he was sold to Italian club Sassuolo, where he played with the Primavera until the end of the season.^{[citation needed]} On 29 October, at age 18, he made his Serie A debut in a 3–1 loss against Napoli at the Stadio San Paolo.^{[citation needed]}

Loans to Cremonese and PEC Zwolle

On January 2018, Scamacca joined Serie B club Cremonese on loan.^{[citation needed]} He scored his first professional goal on 14 April 2018, in the league match against Palermo.

On 31 August 2018 Scmacca joined Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle on loan. He made his debut on 2 September 2018 in the away league match won 1–0 against FC Groningen.

International career

As a member of the Italy U17 side he took part at the 2015 and 2016 editions of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

On 25 May 2018 he made his debut with the Italy U21 team in a friendly match lost 3–2 against Portugal.

With the Italy U19 he took part in the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, and scored two goals in the tournament, included one in the final lost 4–3 after extra time against Portugal.

Honours

International

UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2018^[2]

References

^ "Italy - G. Scamacca - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
^ "Under-19 - Portugal win epic U19 EURO final". UEFA. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

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[soccerway-1] "Italy - G. Scamacca - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23.

[2] "Under-19 - Portugal win epic U19 EURO final". UEFA. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

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