Luca Zanimacchia

Luca Zanimacchia
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Desio, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger[1]
Team information
Current team
 Cremonese
Number 98
Youth career
2004–2011 Nova Milanese
2014–2015 Varese
2016–2018 Genoa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Legnago Salus 22 (5)
2018–2019 Genoa 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Juventus U23 (loan) 36 (4)
2019–2022 Juventus U23 33 (6)
2020–2021 → Zaragoza (loan) 28 (2)
2021–2022 → Cremonese (loan) 37 (8)
2022– Cremonese 50 (2)
2023 → Parma (loan) 18 (1)
International career
2016–2017 Italy U19 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024

Luca Zanimacchia (born 19 July 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Serie B 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.[2] He made his Serie C debut for Juventus U23 on 16 September 2018 in a game against Alessandria.[3] Juventus later redeemed the buying option of the player, after a good season where he had played 34 games and scored three goals.[4]

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.[5] On 1 September, he was loaned to the Spanish Segunda División side Real Zaragoza for the 2020–21 season, with a buyout clause.[6]

On 9 July 2021 he joined Cremonese on loan.[7] On 4 July 2022, he returned to the Cremona team on loan with an obligation to buy.[8][9]

On 29 January 2023, Zanimacchi was loaned by Cremonese to Parma, with an option to buy and a buy-back option for Cremonese.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 August 2022[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League League National cup1 Europe2 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Genoa 2016–17 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2017–18 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Juventus U23 2018–19 Serie C 34 3 0 0 — 34 3
2019–20 Serie C 25 4 0 0 — 25 4
Total 59 7 0 0 — 59 7
Juventus 2019–20 Serie A 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Real Zaragoza 2020–21 Segunda División 26 2 2 0 — 28 2
Cremonese (loan) 2021–22 Serie B 36 8 1 0 — 37 8
Cremonese (loan) 2022–23 Serie A 1 0 1 0 — 2 0
Career total 124 17 4 0 0 0 128 17

Honours

Juventus U23[11]

Juventus[11]

References

  1. ^ Luca Zanimacchia at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Coppa Italia Serie C, Juventus Under 23-Cuneo 1-0: decide Zanimacchia". tuttosport.com (in Italian). 21 August 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Juventus II vs. Alessandria 1 - 2". Soccerway. 16 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Ag. Zanimacchia (61°): "La Juve lo ha riscattato, ha qualità"". Tutto mercato (in Italian). 28 March 2019.
  5. ^ Dinoi, Simone (29 July 2020). "Cagliari-Juventus 2-0: le pagelle. Difesa ancora battuta, Ronaldo a secco. Che esordio Zanimacchia!". Tutto Juve (in Italian). Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Luca Zanimacchia, nueva incorporación del Real Zaragoza" [Luca Zanimacchia, new signing of Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. ^ "ZANIMACCHIA NUOVO CALCIATORE GRIGIOROSSO" [Zanimacchia new grey and red player] (in Italian). Cremonese. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  8. ^ JuventusNews24, Redazione (4 July 2022). "Zanimacchia alla Cremonese, è ufficiale: l'annuncio del club bianconero". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 4 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "ZANIMACCHIA ANCORA IN GRIGIOROSSO" (in Italian). U.S. Cremonese. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  10. ^ "LUCA ZANIMACCHIA JOINS PARMA". Parma Calcio 1913. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  11. ^ a b c Luca Zanimacchia at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2020.


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