Nicolò Zaniolo

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Nicolò Zaniolo
Personal information
Full name Nicolò Zaniolo
Date of birth (1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Massa, Tuscany, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Roma
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2016 Fiorentina
2016–2017 Virtus Entella
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Virtus Entella 7 (0)
2017–2018 Internazionale 0 (0)
2018– Roma 9 (1)
International career‡
2016–2017 Italy U18 2 (0)
2017–2018 Italy U19 18 (6)
2018– Italy U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 December 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2018

Nicolò Zaniolo (born 2 July 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Roma and the Italy under-21 football team.

Club career

Early career

Born in Massa, Tuscany, Zaniolo grew up in the Fiorentina youth system.[1] During 2016 mid year transfer window, he was released by Fiorentina, and subsequently joined Virtus Entella.[2] After several months playing for the Entella Primavera side, Zaniolo was given his professional debut in Serie B on 11 March 2017, aged 17, in a 3–2 win against Benevento.[3] In total, he collected seven appearances for the Biancocelesti in the 2016–17 season.[4]

On 5 July 2017, Internazionale announced they had signed Zaniolo, for a reported fee of €1.8 million, plus €1.7 million in bonuses.[5][6] He played for the Primavera side in the 2017–18 season, finishing top-scorer of the team with 13 goals and winning the U19 Italian championship.[7]

Zaniolo made his Inter debut in a pre-season friendly on 9 July 2017.[8] However, he did not play any competitive game for Inter's first team.[4]

Roma

In June 2018, it was reported that Zaniolo and Davide Santon had joined Roma as a part of the deal moving Radja Nainggolan to Inter.[9] Zaniolo completed his medical on 25 June, and signed a five-year contract with the club, for a fee of €4.5 million plus 15% resell revenue.[10][11] He made his first appearance for Roma and UEFA Champions League debut on 19 September, in a 3–0 defeat to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu.[12] He made his Serie A debut on 26 September 2018, aged 19, in the home match won 4–0 against Frosinone. His first goal was scored against U.S. Sassuolo on 26 December 2018, a chip shot after a pump fake on the goalkeeper and a defender as Roma won 3-1.[13]

International career

With the Italy under-19 side, Zaniolo took part in the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, reaching the final of the tournament, which Italy lost 4–3 after extra time against Portugal.[14]

On 1 September 2018, he was given his first senior international call-up for Italy by manager Roberto Mancini – without having received a cap in Serie A – for Italy's opening UEFA Nations League matches against Poland and Portugal later that month.[15][16]

He made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 11 October 2018, in a friendly match lost 1–0 against Belgium.

Personal life

He is the son of Igor Zaniolo, a former professional footballer who played as a forward in Serie B and Serie C.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 December 2018[18]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Virtus Entella 2016–17 Serie B 7 0 – – – 7 0
Internazionale 2017–18 Serie A 0 0 – – – 0 0
Roma 2018–19 9 1 0 0 5[a] 0 – 14 1
Career Total 16 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 21 1
  1. ^ Appearances in the Champions League

Honours

International

Italy U19

References

  1. ^ "Il padre di Zaniolo: "E pensare che ci dissero che non era all'altezza della Primavera della Fiorentina"". fiorentinanews.com (in Italian). Florence: Associazione Giovani Editori Toscani. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Zaniolo, scartato dalla Fiorentina e ora in Nazionale. E non ha mai giocato in A…". fiorentina.it (in Italian). C&C Media. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b https://us.soccerway.com/players/nicolo-zaniolo/471102/
  5. ^ "Nicolo Zaniolo signs for Inter". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  6. ^ "ESCLUSIVA - Ds Entella: "Zaniolo è costato 3.5 milioni. Ha gran carattere"". fcinternews.it (in Italian). Total Market Web (TMW) Network. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Calendario e Risultati 30^ GIORNATA - 19/05/2018" (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  8. ^ "#BRUNICO2017: INTER 2-1 WSG WATTENS". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Nainggolan-Inter, è fatta: alla Roma 24 milioni, Santon e Zaniolo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Milan: RCS MediaGroup. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Gallery: visite mediche per Davide Santon e Nicolò Zaniolo" (Press release) (in Italian). Rome: A.S. Roma. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  11. ^ "La Roma perfeziona l'ingaggio di Nicolò Zaniolo" (Press release) (in Italian). Rome: A.S. Roma. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Real Madrid 3-0 Roma: goals and highlights". calciomercato.com. Calcioinfinito. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Nicolo Zaniolo scored the perfect goal for the day after Christmas". sbnation.com. Vox Media. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Under-19 - Portugal win epic U19 EURO final". UEFA. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  15. ^ "Chiellini rejoins Italy squad; Pellegri called up". www.sportsnet.ca. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  16. ^ "Italy squad named with teenager Pietro Pellegri called up". Onefootball English. 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  17. ^ https://www.fantagazzetta.com/news/calcio-italia/06_07_2017/inter-ecco-zaniolo-lagente-lo-voleva-il-milan-la-juve-parlava-con-lentella-da-mesi-papa-igor-somiglia-a-pastore-272499
  18. ^ "Nicolò Zaniolo". Soccerway.

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