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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 22 December 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Monza, Italy | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cagliari | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2009 | COSOV | ||
2009–2010 | Nuova Usmate | ||
2010–2014 | Accademia Internazionale | ||
2014–2019 | Inter Milan | ||
2019 | Pescara | ||
2019 | → Inter (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2021 | Pescara | 25 | (5) |
2019 | → Inter Milan (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Cagliari (loan) | 34 | (0) |
2021– | Cagliari | 92 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Italy U18 | 3 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Italy U20 | 5 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Italy U21 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2021 |
Gabriele Zappa (born 22 December 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie A club Cagliari.
Zappa began his youth career at Villasanta-based COSOV aged five, before playing one year for Nuova Usmate and then for Accademia Internazionale. [2]
Zappa was raised in the Inter Milan youth sector, and started playing for their under-19 squad in the 2016–17 season. [3] On 10 April 2018, he signed his first professional contract with the club. [4] He played several games for the senior squad in the summer 2018 pre-season, including appearances in the 2018 International Champions Cup. [5]
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. [6] 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. [7]
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. [8] He made his first Serie B start the next game on 27 September 2019, against Crotone.[ citation needed ]
On 8 September 2020 he joined Serie A side Cagliari on loan from Pescara with an obligation to buy. [9]
In September 2016, Zappa was first called up to represent Italy in friendly games for the under-18 squad. [10]
Zappa is an offensive right-back who can also play as a central defender on the right side. [11] He is a good dribbler and offensive player. [11]
Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Pescara | 2018–19 | Serie B | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | Serie B | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 5 | ||
2020–21 | Serie B | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | ||
Inter Milan (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cagliari (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |
Cagliari | 2021–22 | Serie A | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Serie A | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 3 | ||
2023–24 | Serie A | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
Total | 104 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 4 | ||
Career total | 129 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 9 |
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