Claudio Zappa (born 30 March 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie D club Virtus CiseranoBergamo.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 March 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Brescia, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Virtus CiseranoBergamo | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lumezzane[citation needed] | |||
| AlbinoLeffe | |||
| 2013–2014 | Beira-Mar | ||
| 2014–2015 | Sassuolo | ||
| 2015 | → Juventus (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2020 | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Pontedera (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Pordenone (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Pistoiese (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Juventus U23 (res.) | 10 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Novara (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Sliema Wanderers (loan) | 14 | (4) |
| 2020–2022 | Mantova | 27 | (1) |
| 2022 | Vibonese | 8 | (1) |
| 2022 | United Riccione | 11 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Real Calepina | 50 | (6) |
| 2024– | Virtus CiseranoBergamo | 7 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Italy under-16[1] | 3 | (0) |
| 2013 | Italy under-17[1] | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024 | |||
Club career
editEarly career
editZappa was born in Brescia, Italy. He began his professional career in the youth teams of local Lombardy club Lumezzane.[citation needed] In 2011, he was transferred to AlbinoLeffe,[citation needed] again in the youth sector.[2] In 2013, he completed a transfer to Portuguese club S.C. Beira-Mar, before returning to Italy less than a year later to sign with Sassuolo[3][4] for a fee of €220,000.[5] After impressing[according to whom?] for the youth sides, reigning Serie A champions Juventus made an approach for Zappa, initially signing him to a 6-month loan in February 2015.[6] Zappa was also suspended for 45 days in 2015 due to the irregular transfer to Portugal.[7] AlbinoLeffe also appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in order to recover part of the transfer fee.[8]
Juventus
editJuventus signed Zappa on loan in February 2015,[6] for a loan fee of €200,000.[9] He impressed[according to whom?] coach Fabio Grosso and was generally the starting left-back for the Primavera side, playing in the Campionato Nazionale Primavera,[failed verification] 2015–16 UEFA Youth League,[failed verification] Supercoppa Primavera[failed verification] and Torneo di Viareggio.[failed verification][6] In June 2015 Juventus signed Zappa in a definitive deal for an additional fee of €1.5 million.[9][10]
On 22 July 2016, Juventus confirmed that they had loaned Zappa to Lega Pro side Pontedera.[11] He made his debut for the club in a 3–1 Loss to Foggia Calcio in the first round of the Coppa Italia, on 31 July 2016.[12] Zappa's league debut came on 18 September 2016, playing 74 minutes against Racing Roma, after being listed on the bench for the previous two games against Olbia 1905 and Pistoiese.[13] On 16 January 2017, Zappa was recalled from Pontedera by Juventus, and the following day was sent out on loan again, this time to Pordenone until 30 June 2017.[14]
On 19 July 2017 Zappa was signed by Pistoiese.[15]
On 31 January 2019 he joined Novara on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[16]
On 2 September 2019 he joined Maltese club Sliema Wanderers on loan.[17]
Mantova
editOn 18 August 2020 he moved to Mantova, newly promoted to Serie C.[18]
Vibonese
editReferences
edit- ^ a b FIGC
- ^ "Allievi blucelesti Campioni d'Italia" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Beira-Mar: Cláudio Zappa e Elisson impedidos de jogar" (in Portuguese). Agente Desportivo. 28 March 2014. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Sassuolo, dal Beira-Mar arriva il giovane Zappa" (in Italian). Gianluca di Marzio.com. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Nota Integrativa". Bilancio al 31/12/2014 [Financial Report at 31 December 2014] (in Italian). Modena: Italian C.C.I.A.A. 2015.
- ^ a b c "Claudio Zappa - Profile". Juventus F.C. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Squalificato l'ex Zappa: sanzione "educativa" dal Tribunale" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "AlbinoLeffe al TAS di Losanna: il comunicato ufficiale bluceleste" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 21 June 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Annual financial report 30 June 2015" (PDF). Juventus F.C. 1 October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Relazione sulla gestione". Bilancio al 31/12/2015 [Financial Report at 31 December 2015] (in Italian). Modena: Italian C.C.I.A.A. 2016. p. 1.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: CURTI, CAIS, UDOH E ZAPPA IN MAGLIA GRANATA" (in Italian). U.S. Città di Pontedera. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Fixtures and Results". legaseriea.it. 31 July 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Pontedera - Racing Roma" (in Italian). datasport.it. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Juventus: Claudio Zappa è il nuovo rinforzo per il Pordenone" (in Italian). footballscouting.it. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ "Claudio Zappa è un giocatore della Pistoiese" (Press release) (in Italian). U.S. Pistoiese 1921. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "OFFICIAL: CLAUDIO ZAPPA CENTROCAMPISTA IN AZZURRO" (in Italian). Novara. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Sliema Wanderers, arriva Zappa dalla Juve Under 23". TuttoMercatoWeb (in Italian). 2 September 2019.
- ^ "DOPPIO COLPO DALLA JUVENTUS: È UFFICIALE L'ACQUISTO A TITOLO DEFINITIVO DI CLAUDIO ZAPPA E GIANMARIA ZANANDREA" (Press release) (in Italian). Mantova. 18 August 2020. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Dal Mantova arriva Claudio Zappa" (Press release) (in Italian). Vibonese. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
External links
edit- Claudio Zappa at Soccerway
- Claudio Zappa at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)