Matteo Arena
{{Short description|Italian footballer (born 1999)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Matteo Arena
| image = Matteo Arena.jpg
| caption = Arena with SPAL
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|1|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Valenzano, Italy{{TuttoCalciatori|Arena_Matteo}}
| height =
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = SPAL
| clubnumber = 23
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017
| youthclubs1 = Bari
| youthyears2 = 2018–2019
| youthclubs2 = Foggia
| years1 = 2017–2018
| clubs1 = Vigor Trani
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2018–2019
| clubs2 = Foggia
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2019–2022
| clubs3 = Monopoli
| caps3 = 46
| goals3 = 6
| years4 = 2022–
| clubs4 = SPAL
| caps4 = 38
| goals4 = 3
| club-update = 18 December 2024
}}
Matteo Arena (Bari, 14 January 1999) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre-back for {{Italian football updater|SPAL}} club SPAL.
Club career
Arena began his senior career in the fifth-tier Eccellenza. For the 2018–19 season, he joined Foggia, where he played for the Under-19 squad, remaining on the bench in senior squad's games in Serie B. He then played for three Serie C seasons with Monopoli.
On 16 July 2022, Arena signed a three-year contract with SPAL in Serie B.{{cite web|publisher=SPAL|url=https://www.spalferrara.it/il-difensore-matteo-arena-e-un-nuovo-giocatore-biancazzurro/|title=IL DIFENSORE MATTEO ARENA È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE BIANCAZZURRO|date=16 July 2022|access-date=16 September 2022|language=it}} He made his Serie B debut for SPAL on 14 August 2022 in a game against Reggina.{{cite web|website=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/08/14/italy/serie-b/spal-1907/reggina-calcio/3870391/|title=SPAL v Reggina game report|date=14 August 2022}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|matteo-arena/565889}}
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Category:Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Bari
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Calcio Foggia 1920 players
Category:SS Monopoli 1966 players
Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
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