Luca Zanimacchia
{{Short description|Italian footballer (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Luca Zanimacchia
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|7|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Desio, Italy
| height = 1.78 m
| position = Winger{{WorldFootball.net|luca-zanimacchia}}
| currentclub = Cremonese
| clubnumber = 98
| youthyears1 = 2004–2011
| youthclubs1 = Nova Milanese
| youthyears2 = 2014–2015
| youthclubs2 = Varese
| youthyears3 = 2016–2018
| youthclubs3 = Genoa
| years1 = 2015–2016
| clubs1 = Legnago Salus
| caps1 = 22
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2018–2019
| clubs2 = Genoa
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2018–2019
| clubs3 = → Juventus U23 (loan)
| caps3 = 36
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 2019–2022
| clubs4 = Juventus U23
| caps4 = 33
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2020–2021
| clubs5 = → Zaragoza (loan)
| caps5 = 28
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2021–2022
| clubs6 = → Cremonese (loan)
| caps6 = 37
| goals6 = 8
| years8 = 2022–
| clubs8 = Cremonese
| caps8 = 81
| goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2023
| clubs9 = → Parma (loan)
| caps9 = 18
| goals9 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2016–2017
| nationalteam1 = Italy U19
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 17 May 2025
| nationalteam-update =
}}
Luca Zanimacchia (born 19 July 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for {{Italian football updater|Cremonese}} club Cremonese.
Club career
In August 2018, Zanimacchia was aggregated to Juventus U23 for the whole season. Zanimacchia made his debut for Juventus U23 in a 1–0 victory against Cuneo, in which he scored the first goal of Juventus U23's history.{{Cite web|title=Coppa Italia Serie C, Juventus Under 23-Cuneo 1-0: decide Zanimacchia|url=https://tuttosport.com/news/calcio/lega-pro-serie-d/2018/08/21-46609582/coppa_italia_serie_c_juventus_under_23-cuneo_dove_vedere_la_diretta|access-date=2021-07-16|website=tuttosport.com|date=21 August 2018 |language=it}} He made his Serie C debut for Juventus U23 on 16 September 2018 in a game against Alessandria.{{cite web|website=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/09/16/italy/serie-c1/juventus-u23/us-alessandria-1912/2918822/|title=Juventus II vs. Alessandria 1 - 2|date=16 September 2018}} Juventus later redeemed the buying option of the player, after a good season where he had played 34 games and scored three goals.{{cite web|url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a/esclusiva-tmw-ag-zanimacchia-61-la-juve-lo-ha-riscattato-ha-qualita-1229521|title=Ag. Zanimacchia (61°): "La Juve lo ha riscattato, ha qualità"|website=Tutto mercato|date=28 March 2019|language=it}}
He made his Serie A debut, as well as his Juventus senior debut, in a 2–0 away defeat to Cagliari on 29 July 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.tuttojuve.com/il-pagellone-dei-campioni/cagliari-juventus-2-0-le-pagelle-difesa-ancora-battuta-ronaldo-a-secco-che-esordio-zanimacchia-523077 |title=Cagliari-Juventus 2-0: le pagelle. Difesa ancora battuta, Ronaldo a secco. Che esordio Zanimacchia! |website=Tutto Juve |language=it |last1=Dinoi |first1=Simone |date=29 July 2020 |accessdate=29 July 2020 }} On 1 September, he was loaned to the Spanish Segunda División side Real Zaragoza for the 2020–21 season, with a buyout clause.{{cite web|url=https://www.realzaragoza.com/noticias/luca-zanimacchia-nueva-incorporaci-n-del-real-zaragoza|title=Luca Zanimacchia, nueva incorporación del Real Zaragoza|trans-title=Luca Zanimacchia, new signing of Real Zaragoza|publisher=Real Zaragoza|language=es|date=1 September 2020|accessdate=1 September 2020}}
On 9 July 2021 he joined Cremonese on loan.{{cite web|url=https://www.uscremonese.it/zanimacchia-nuovo-calciatore-grigiorosso/|title=ZANIMACCHIA NUOVO CALCIATORE GRIGIOROSSO|trans-title=Zanimacchia new grey and red player|publisher=Cremonese|language=it|date=9 July 2021|accessdate=9 July 2021}} On 4 July 2022, he returned to the Cremona team on loan with an obligation to buy.{{Cite web |last=JuventusNews24 |first=Redazione |date=2022-07-04 |title=Zanimacchia alla Cremonese, è ufficiale: l'annuncio del club bianconero |url=https://www.juventusnews24.com/zanimacchia-cremonese-ufficiale-trasferimento-cessione-prestito-annuncio/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Juventus News 24 |language=it-IT}}{{cite web|publisher=U.S. Cremonese|url=https://www.uscremonese.it/zanimacchia-ancora-in-grigiorosso/|title=ZANIMACCHIA ANCORA IN GRIGIOROSSO|date=4 July 2022|access-date=30 January 2023|language=it}}
On 29 January 2023, Zanimacchi was loaned by Cremonese to Parma, with an option to buy and a buy-back option for Cremonese.{{cite web|publisher=Parma Calcio 1913|url=https://parmacalcio1913.com/2023/01/29/luca-zanimacchia-joins-parma/?lang=en|title=LUCA ZANIMACCHIA JOINS PARMA|date=29 January 2023|access-date=30 January 2023}}
Career statistics
{{Updated|match played 19 August 2022}}{{Soccerway|453405|accessdate=2 July 2020}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !rowspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|National cup1 !colspan="2"|Europe2 !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Genoa
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017–18
|Serie A |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0 | |||||||
| rowspan="3"|Juventus U23
|34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 3 | |
| 2019–20
|Serie C |25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 4 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!59||7||0||0||colspan="2"|—||59||7 | |||||||
| rowspan="1"|Juventus
|rowspan="1"|Serie A |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Real Zaragoza
|2020–21 |26 |2 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— |28 |2 | |||||||
| Cremonese (loan)
|2021–22 |36 |8 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— |37 |8 | |||||||
| Cremonese (loan)
|2022–23 |Serie A |1 |0 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— |2 |0 | |||||||
| colspan="3" |Career total||124||17||4||0||0||0||128||17 |
Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{BDFutbol|27256}}
- {{Soccerway|luca-zanimacchia/453405}}
{{US Cremonese squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zanimacchia, Luca}}
Category:Footballers from Desio
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Segunda División players
Category:Juventus Next Gen players
Category:Real Zaragoza players
Category:Parma Calcio 1913 players
Category:Italy men's youth international footballers
Category:Italian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Italian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
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