Matteo Stoppa

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Matteooo Matteino Matteuccio

| image =

| caption =

| full_name = Matteo Stoppa

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|9|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Biella, Italy

| height = 1.75 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Catania

| clubnumber = 21

| youthyears1 = 2005–2010

| youthclubs1 = Junior Biellese Libertas

| youthyears2 = 2010–2017

| youthclubs2 = Novara

| youthyears3 = 2019–2020

| youthclubs3 = Juventus

| youthyears4 = 2020

| youthclubs4 = → Sampdoria (loan)

| years1 = 2017–2019

| clubs1 = Novara

| caps1 = 19

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2019–2020

| clubs2 = Juventus

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2020

| clubs3 = → Sampdoria (loan)

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2020–2024

| clubs4 = Sampdoria

| caps4 = 1

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2020–2021

| clubs5 = → Pistoiese (loan)

| caps5 = 29

| goals5 = 3333333333333333333333

| years6 = 2021–2022

| clubs6 = → Juve Stabia (loan)

| caps6 = 34

| goals6 = 11

| years7 = 2022

| clubs7 = → Palermo (loan)

| caps7 = 3

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2022–2023

| clubs8 = → Vicenza (loan)

| caps8 = 36

| goals8 = 9

| years9 = 2023–2024

| clubs9 = → Catanzaro (loan)

| caps9 = 23

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2024–

| clubs10 = Catania

| caps10 = 18

| goals10 = 4

| nationalyears1 = 2017

| nationalteam1 = Italy U18

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2018

| nationalteam2 = Italy U19

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 18 December 2024

| nationalteam-update = 14 August 2018

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Matteo Stoppa (born 27 September 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for {{Italian football updater|Catania}} club Catania.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.us/player/256542/matteo-stoppa|title=Matteo Stoppa Player Profile - ESPN FC|website=www.espnfc.us}}

Club career

Stoppa joined the Novara academy at the age of 10, and had a trial with Manchester City in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.11giovani.it/nazionali/item/4055-under-17-a-e-b-matteo-stoppa-dribbla-e-fa-gol-anche-in-inghilterra.html|title=Under 17 A e B – Matteo Stoppa, dribbla e fa gol, anche in Inghilterra!|first=Manuel|last=Bosco|publisher=}} Stoppa made his professional debut for Novara in a Serie B 2-0 loss to Carpi on 18 May 2017, at the age of 16.{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2017/05/20/edizioni/biella/sport/matteo-stoppa-in-serie-b-a-anni-ho-realizzato-il-mio-sogno-SCPHPwzHbm70A6B26RXDpI/pagina.html|title=Matteo Stoppa, in serie B a 16 anni. "Ho realizzato il mio sogno"|website=LaStampa.it}}http://www.legab.it/fileadmin/pdf_import/post/5388/42/480ea59d-0394-4db6-98b6-c14efd763072.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

On 8 August 2019, he moved to Juventus.{{cite press release|publisher=Novara|url=https://www.novaracalcio.com/ufficiale-matteo-stoppa-alla-juventus/|title=UFFICIALE: MATTEO STOPPA ALLA JUVENTUS|date=8 August 2019|language=Italian}}

On 30 January 2020, he joined Sampdoria on loan with an obligation to buy.{{cite press release|publisher=Sampdoria|url=https://www.sampdoria.it/francofonte-gerbi-e-stoppa-sono-blucerchiati-vrioni-passa-alla-juventus/|title=FRANCOFONTE, GERBI E STOPPA SONO BLUCERCHIATI. VRIONI PASSA ALLA JUVENTUS|date=30 January 2020|language=Italian}} He played for Sampdoria's Under-19 squad for the remainder of the 2019–20 season.

On 23 September 2020, he was loaned to Serie C club Pistoiese.{{cite press release|publisher=Pistoiese|url=https://www.uspistoiese1921.it/colpo-della-pistoiese-matteo-stoppa-e-arancione/|title=Colpo della Pistoiese: Matteo Stoppa è arancione|date=23 September 2020|language=Italian}} On 26 July 2021, he joined another Serie C club Juve Stabia on loan.{{cite press release|publisher=Juve Stabia|url=https://www.ssjuvestabia.it/blog/s-s-juve-stabia-ufficiale-larrivo-di-stoppa/|title=S.S. Juve Stabia, ufficiale l’arrivo di Stoppa|date=26 July 2021|accessdate=24 November 2021|language=it}}

On 28 July 2022, Stoppa was loaned to Palermo, with an option to buy.{{cite press release|publisher=Palermo|url=https://www.palermofc.com/it/news/sala-e-stoppa-sono-rosanero_38069/|title=SALA E STOPPA SONO ROSANERO|date=28 July 2022|access-date=28 July 2022|language=it}} The loan was however terminated on 1 September 2022, with the player making three league appearances as a substitute with the Rosanero, as he was immediately loaned out to Serie C side Vicenza for the rest of the season.{{cite press release|publisher=L.R. Vicenza|url=https://lrvicenza.net/ufficiale-matteo-stoppa-in-biancorosso/|title=UFFICIALE: MATTEO STOPPA IN BIANCOROSSO!|date=1 September 2022|access-date=1 September 2022|language=it}}

After returning to Sampdoria and appearing in a Coppa Italia game and their 2023–24 Serie B season opener, on 21 August 2023 Stoppa moved on loan to Catanzaro.{{cite press release|publisher=Catanzaro|url=https://www.uscatanzaro1929.com/2023/08/21/matteo-stoppa-e-giallorosso/|title=MATTEO STOPPA È GIALLOROSSO!|trans-title=MATTEO STOPPA IS YELLOW-RED!|date=21 August 2023|access-date=22 August 2023|language=it}}

On 30 August 2024, Stoppa signed a three-season contract with Catania.{{cite web|publisher=Catania|url=https://cataniafc.it/blog-detail/post/246092/matteo-stoppa-dalla-sampdoria-al-catania|title=Matteo Stoppa from Sampdoria to Catania|date=30 August 2024|access-date=30 August 2024}}

International career

Stoppa was a youth international for Italy.{{Cite web |last=FIGC |title=Convocazioni e presenze in campo |url=https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/nazionali-in-cifre/dettaglio-convocato/?calciatoreId=46403&squadraId=24 |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio |language=en}}