| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 August 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Bergamo, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sampdoria (on loan from Venezia) | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2010 | Valle Imagna | ||
| 2010–2012 | Ponte San Pietro | ||
| 2012–2017 | AC Milan | ||
| 2017–2018 | Genoa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | AC Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Alzano Seriate (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Genoa | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | → Feralpisalò (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Olbia (loan) | 43 | (3) |
| 2021–2024 | Cagliari | 45 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | → Venezia (loan) | 32 | (4) |
| 2024– | Venezia | 12 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Sampdoria (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2025 | |||
Giorgio Altare (born 9 August 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie B club Sampdoria, on loan from Serie A club Venezia.
Altare is a product of AC Milan youth teams. He spent the second half of the 2015–16 season on loan at Serie D club Alzano Seriate. [2] Late in the 2016–17 Serie A season he was called up to the senior squad for one game, but remained on the bench.
In the summer of 2017 he moved to Genoa. He spent the 2017–18 season with their Under-19 squad, he did not receive any call-ups to the senior squad during that season.
On 20 July 2018, Altare joined Serie C club Feralpisalò on a season-long loan. [3] In September, he suffered an ACL rupture and the recovery took most of the rest of the 2018–19 season.
He made his professional Serie C debut for Feralpisalò on 5 May 2019 in a game against Pordenone. He replaced Paolo Marchi in the 72nd minute. [4] He made his first starting line-up appearance on 29 May 2019 against Triestina. He finished the season with five appearances, one of which as a starter).
On 11 July 2019, the loan was extended for the 2019–20 season. [5] He made one league appearance (as a starter) and one Coppa Italia appearance for Feralpisalò in the 2019–20 season.
On 16 January 2020, Altare joined Olbia in Serie C on loan. [6] The loan was renewed for the 2020–21 season on 26 August 2020. [7]
On 18 July 2021, Altare signed a four-year contract with Cagliari. [8] On 1 October 2021, he made his Serie A debut for Cagliari in a 1–1 home draw against Venezia. [9]
On 24 August 2023, Altare joined Venezia on loan with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy. [10]
On 27 January 2025, Altare moved on loan to Sampdoria until 30 June 2026, with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy. He signed a contract with Sampdoria until 30 June 2028 that would be in place if the transfer is made permanent after the loan expires. [11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Virtus Bergamo (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Feralpisalò (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 [b] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Olbia (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 [c] | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2020–21 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 45 | 3 | |||
| Cagliari | 2021–22 | Serie A | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie B | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 [d] | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 2 | |||
| Total | 45 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | 0 | 53 | 3 | |||
| Venezia (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie B | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 [d] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Venezia | 2024–25 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 47 | 0 | |||
| Sampdoria (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie B | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 150 | 5 | 10 | 1 | — | 13 | 0 | 173 | 6 | |||