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Mattia Zaccagni

Mattia Zaccagni (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtiːa ddzakˈkaɲɲi]; born 16 June 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for and captains Serie A club Lazio and the Italy national team.

Mattia Zaccagni
Zaccagni playing for Lazio in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-06-16) 16 June 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Cesena, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Lazio
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2013 Bellaria Igea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Bellaria Igea 6 (0)
2013–2014 → Hellas Verona (loan) 0 (0)
2014–2022 Hellas Verona 137 (14)
2014–2015 → Venezia (loan) 33 (1)
2016 → Cittadella (loan) 12 (0)
2021–2022 → Lazio (loan) 29 (4)
2022– Lazio 73 (20)
International career‡
2022– Italy 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:02, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2024

Club career

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Zaccagni made his professional debut in the Lega Pro for Venezia on 10 September 2014 in a game against Südtirol.[1][better source needed]

He made his Serie A debut for Verona on 23 September 2015 as a 75th-minute substitute for Jacopo Sala in a 1–0 loss against Internazionale.[2]

On 31 August 2021, Zaccagni completed a move from Hellas Verona to Lazio on loan with a conditional obligation to buy.[3]

International career

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Zaccagni was first called up to the senior Italy squad in November 2020.[4] He debuted in a friendly match against Turkey on 30 March 2022.[5]

In June 2024, Zaccagni was called up to represent Italy at UEFA Euro 2024.[6] In their final group stage match against Croatia, he scored his first international goal with an equaliser in the last minute of stoppage time to secure a 1–1 draw and send his country through to the knockout stage by finishing second in the group.[7][8] Italy were eliminated from the tournament in the round of 16 following a 2–0 loss to Switzerland.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 10 November 2024[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bellaria Igea 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 6 0 2 0 — — 8 0
Hellas Verona (loan) 2013–14 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Venezia (loan) 2014–15 Lega Pro 33 1 3 0 — — 36 1
Hellas Verona 2015–16 Serie A 3 0 1 0 — — 4 0
2016–17 Serie B 26 2 1 0 — — 27 2
2017–18 Serie A 6 0 1 0 — — 7 0
2018–19 Serie B 30 3 2 0 — 2[b] 1 34 4
2019–20 Serie A 34 2 1 0 — — 35 2
2020–21 36 5 1 0 — — 37 5
2021–22 2 2 1 0 — — 3 2
Total 137 14 8 0 — 2 1 147 15
Cittadella (loan) 2015–16 Lega Pro 12 0 0 0 — 2[c] 1 14 1
Lazio (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 29 4 2 0 5[d] 1 — 36 5
Lazio 2022–23 Serie A 35 10 2 0 8[e] 0 — 45 10
2023–24 28 6 2 1 6[f] 0 0 0 36 7
2024–25 10 4 0 0 4[d] 1 — 14 5
Total 102 24 6 1 23 2 0 0 131 27
Career total 290 39 19 1 23 2 4 2 336 44
  1. ^ Includes Coppa Italia Serie C, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs
  3. ^ Appearances in Supercoppa di Lega Pro
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, three appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

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As of match played 9 September 2024[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 2022 1 0
2023 2 0
2024 6 1
Total 9 1

Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Mattia Zaccagni
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 June 2024 Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany 7   Croatia 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2024

Honours

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Citadella

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 10 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway.
  3. ^ "Mattia Zaccagni si trasferisce alla Lazio" (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Mancini convoca anche Bastoni, Ferrari e Zaccagni. Alle 16 primo allenamento" (in Italian). 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ Bergonzini, Elmar (30 March 2022). "Lazio, l'entusiasmo del debuttante azzurro Zaccagni per dimenticare il derby flop" [Lazio, the enthusiasm of the Italy senior team debutant Zaccagni to forget the derby flop]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
  6. ^ "Ufficializzati i convocati per EURO 2024, esclusi dalla lista Provedel, Ricci e Orsolini" [The squad for EURO 2024 has been made official, Provedel, Ricci and Orsolini excluded from the list] (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Croatia 1–1 Italy: Zaccagni steers Azzurri into last 16". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Euro 2024, Zaccagni come Del Piero con la Germania: l'analogia tra i due gol che fa sognare". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Spalletti: Italy Euro '24 failure my 'responsibility'". ESPN.com. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  10. ^ a b Mattia Zaccagni at Soccerway
  11. ^ "Gran Galà del Calcio 2021: trionfano Lukaku e Girelli! Scopri tutti gli altri premiati" (in Italian). Gran Galà del Calcio. 19 March 2021. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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