Gabriele Zappa
{{Short description|Italian footballer (born 1999)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gabriele Zappa
| image = Gabriele Zappa, 2021 (cropped).jpg
| caption = at Euro 2020 in Monza, Italy
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|12|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Monza, Italy
| position = Right-back
| currentclub = Cagliari
| clubnumber = 28
| youthyears1 = 2004–2009
| youthclubs1 = COSOV
| youthyears2 = 2009–2010
| youthclubs2 = Nuova Usmate
| youthyears3 = 2010–2014
| youthclubs3 = Accademia Internazionale
| youthyears4 = 2014–2019
| youthclubs4 = Inter Milan
| youthyears5 = 2019
| youthclubs5 = Pescara
| youthyears6 = 2019
| youthclubs6 = → Inter (loan)
| years1 = 2019–2021
| clubs1 = Pescara
| caps1 = 25
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2019
| clubs2 = → Inter Milan (loan)
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2020–2021
| clubs3 = → Cagliari (loan)
| caps3 = 34
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2021–
| clubs4 = Cagliari
| caps4 = 109
| goals4 = 6
| nationalyears1 = 2016
| nationalteam1 = Italy U18
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2018–2020
| nationalteam2 = Italy U20
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2020–2021
| nationalteam3 = Italy U21
| nationalcaps3 = 4
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| pcupdate = 19:55, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 31 May 2021
}}
Gabriele Zappa (born 22 December 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for {{Italian football updater|Cagliari}} club Cagliari.
Club career
= Early career =
Zappa began his youth career at Villasanta-based COSOV aged five, before playing one year for Nuova Usmate and then for Accademia Internazionale.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-26|title=Alle origini di Zappa: dall'Accademia Inter al sogno Serie A col Cagliari|url=https://www.lagiovaneitalia.net/lginet/zappa-origini-accademia-inter-cagliari-serie-a/|access-date=2021-08-22|website=La Giovane Italia|language=it-IT|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226162622/https://www.lagiovaneitalia.net/lginet/zappa-origini-accademia-inter-cagliari-serie-a/|url-status=dead}}
=Inter Milan=
Zappa was raised in the Inter Milan youth sector, and started playing for their under-19 squad in the 2016–17 season.{{TuttoCalciatori|Zappa_Gabriele}} On 10 April 2018, he signed his first professional contract with the club.{{cite press release|publisher=Inter Milan|url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/2018/04/10/first-professional-contract-for-gabriele-zappa.html|title=FIRST PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT FOR GABRIELE ZAPPA|date=10 April 2018}} He played several games for the senior squad in the summer 2018 pre-season, including appearances in the 2018 International Champions Cup.{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/lineups?gameId=514956|title=Chelsea v Inter game report|date=28 July 2018}}
On 30 January 2019, Inter agreed on his transfer to Pescara, with Pescara loaning him back to Inter for the remainder of the 2018–19 season, and Inter holding a buy-back clause.{{cite press release|publisher=Inter Milan|url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/2019/01/30/gravillon-signs-from-pescara-with-zappa-moving-the-other-way.html|title=GRAVILLON SIGNS FROM PESCARA WITH ZAPPA MOVING THE OTHER WAY|date=10 April 2018}} He was called-up for Inter's senior squad competitive game for the first time on 14 March 2019, for the Europa League game against Eintracht Frankfurt, but remained on the bench.{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/lineups?gameId=514956|title=Inter v Eintracht game report|date=14 March 2019}}
=Pescara=
Zappa joined Pescara on a previously agreed contract for the summer 2019 preseason. He made his professional Serie B debut for Pescara on 24 September 2019, in a game against Cittadella. He substituted Antonio Balzano late in the first half after Balzano suffered an injury.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/09/24/italy/serie-b/as-cittadella/pescara-calcio/3122584/|title=Cittadella v Pescara game report|date=24 September 2019}} He made his first Serie B start the next game on 27 September 2019, against Crotone.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
=Cagliari=
On 8 September 2020 he joined Serie A side Cagliari on loan from Pescara with an obligation to buy.{{Cite press release|publisher=Cagliari|url=https://www.cagliaricalcio.com/newsamp/ultimissime/19946/zappa-al-cagliari-pescara-acquisto|title=Zappa al Cagliari|language=it|date=8 September 2020|accessdate=8 September 2020}}
International career
In September 2016, Zappa was first called up to represent Italy in friendly games for the under-18 squad.{{cite web|publisher=Italian Football Federation|url=https://figc.it/it/nazionali/nazionali-in-cifre/dettaglio-convocato/?calciatoreId=46268&squadraId=14|title=Zappa Italy U18 profile|accessdate=7 October 2019|language=Italian}}
Style of play
Zappa is an offensive right-back who can also play as a central defender on the right side.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=9 September 2020|title=Fanta consigli, difensori che segnano: Zappa, un gol ogni 4 partite|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/calcio/fantanews/09-09-2020/fanta-consigli-difensori-che-segnano-zappa-gol-ogni-4-partite-3801822465430.shtml|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=14 September 2020|website=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=it}} He is a good dribbler and offensive player.
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 9 November 2024}}{{Soccerway|508968|access-date=30 April 2022}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Coppa Italia !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4" |Pescara
| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20
|Serie B |25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 26 | 5 | ||
| 2020–21
|Serie B | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | |
| Inter Milan (loan)
|Serie A | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cagliari (loan)
|Serie A |34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 36 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="5"|Cagliari
|Serie A |25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23
|Serie A |34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 36 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24
|Serie A |38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 40 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25
|Serie A |12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 14 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2" |Total
!143 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 6 | |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!168 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 11 |
Honours
Individual
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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- {{Soccerway|508968}}
{{Cagliari Calcio squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zappa, Gabriele}}
Category:Footballers from Monza
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Delfino Pescara 1936 players
Category:Cagliari Calcio players
Category:Italy men's under-21 international footballers