Giorgio Scalvini

Giorgio Scalvini

Personal information
Date of birth	(2003-12-11) 11 December 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Chiari, Italy
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Atalanta
Number	42
Youth career
0000–2013	Palazzolo
2013–2015	Brescia
2015–2021	Atalanta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–	Atalanta	89	(4)
International career‡
2018	Italy U15	2	(0)
2019	Italy U16	3	(0)
2019–2020	Italy U17	4	(0)
2021–2022	Italy U19	8	(0)
2021–	Italy U21	6	(0)
2022–	Italy	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:29, 25 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024

Giorgio Scalvini (born 11 December 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Serie A club Atalanta and the Italy national team.

Club career

Early career

Having been born in Chiari, he commenced his career playing for the Palazzolo scuola calcio, ^[1] to continue at Brescia aged 10. ^[2] He joined the Atalanta Youth Sector in 2015. ^[3] On 8 November 2020, Scalvini was called up for a Serie A match against Inter Milan from the first squad's manager Gian Piero Gasperini, though remained an unused substitute. ^[3] On 21 January 2021, Scalvini won the Supercup with the U19 team, defeating Fiorentina 3–1 in the final. ^{[3] [4]}

First team breakthrough

Scalvini debuted for Atalanta on 24 October 2021, aged 17, in a Serie A match draw 1–1 at home against Udinese, coming on as substitute in the 85th minute. ^[5] On 7 April 2022, Scalvini debuted in the UEFA Europa League in a match drawn 1–1 against German club RB Leipzig. ^[6] Later that month, on 18 April, Scalvini scored his first goal in his career in Atalanta's 2–1 defeat to Verona. ^[7] On 5 October 2023, he scored his first goal in European competitions in a 2–1 away victory over Sporting CP during the Europa League group stage. ^[8]

On 22 May 2024, he made a second-half substitute appearance in Atalanta's 3–0 victory over German champions Bayer Leverkusen in the 2024 UEFA Europa League final. ^[9] On 2 June, he scored his first goal of the 2023–24 Serie A in a 3–2 home defeat against Fiorentina on the final matchday, in which he sustained a knee injury late in the match. ^[10]

International career

Scalvini represented Italy internationally at under-15, ^[11] under-16, ^[12] under-17, ^[13] and under-19 levels. ^[14]

He made his debut with the Italy U21 on 16 November 2021, aged 17, playing as a starter in a friendly match won 4–2 against Romania in Frosinone.

On 24 January 2022, Scalvini accepted a call-up by Italy national team manager Roberto Mancini to join the Azzurri for a three-day training camp in Coverciano. ^[15] He made his debut with the senior national team as a second-half substitute in a 5–2 loss against Germany on 14 June 2022. ^[16]

On 23 May 2024, he was named in the 30-man preliminary squad for the UEFA Euro 2024. ^[17] However, on 2 June, he sustained an ACL injury, withdrawing him from the preliminary squad, thus, ruling him out of the tournament. ^[18]

Style of play

Scalvini is a centre-back who has a good technique and is good at headers with his height of 1.94 metres (6 ft 4 in). ^[19] He has also been likened to Alessandro Bastoni. ^[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 January 2025 ^[20]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Coppa Italia		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atalanta	2021–22	Serie A	18	1	1	0	2 [a]	0	—		21	1
	2022–23	Serie A	32	2	2	0	—		—		34	2
	2023–24	Serie A	33	1	3	0	8 [a]	1	—		44	2
	2024–25	Serie A	6	0	0	0	1 [b]	0	1 [c]	0	8	0
Career total			89	4	6	0	11	1	1	0	107	5

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Appearance in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana

International

As of match played 21 March 2024 ^[21]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Italy	2022	3	0
	2023	4	0
	2024	1	0
Total		8	0

Honours

Atalanta

• UEFA Europa League: 2023–24 ^[22]

Individual

• Best Italian Player Under 21: 2023 ^[23]

References

1. "Sulle orme di Bastoni: Scalvini è il nuovo gioiello di casa Atalanta | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
2. Siotto, Paolo (26 May 2021). "Chi è Giorgio Scalvini, talentuoso difensore dell'Atalanta". SerieBnews.com (in Italian). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
3. "Giorgio Scalvini, il classe 2003 che sta facendo impazzire l'Atalanta e Gasperini: «Può essere il nuovo Bastoni»". www.sprintesport.it (in Italian). 21 August 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
4. Sport, Sky (21 January 2021). "Supercoppa all'Atalanta: battuta 3-1 la Fiorentina". sport.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
5. D'anna, Riccardo (24 October 2021). "Atalanta Udinese 1-1: Beto salva i friulani nel finale. La Dea viene fermata nel lunch match". Calcio News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
6. "Atalanta, esordio europeo per Giorgio Scalvini". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). 7 April 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
7. online, Redazione Bergamo (18 April 2022). "Atalanta-Verona, a Bergamo nerazzurri battuti per 1-2". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 19 April 2022.
8. "Sporting CP 1–2 Atalanta". ESPN. 5 October 2023.
9. Wilson, Jonathan (22 March 2024). "Atalanta win Europa League as Lookman hat-trick ends Leverkusen's unbeaten run". The Guardian.
10. Bettoni, Lorenzo (2 June 2024). "Injury scare for Italy defender Scalvini ahead of Euro 2024". Football Italia.
11. "Giorgio Scalvini U15". figc.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 November 2021.
12. "Giorgio Scalvini U16". figc.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 November 2021.
13. "Giorgio Scalvini U17". figc.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 November 2021.
14. "Giorgio Scalvini U19". figc.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 November 2021.
15. "Nazionale, convocati per lo stage Balotelli, Joao Pedro, Luiz Felipe e Frattesi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
16. Campanale, Susy (14 June 2022). "Nations League | Germany 5–2 Italy: Embarrassed in Gladbach". Football Italia.
17. "Spalletti selects 30-player provisional squad for EURO 2024". Italian Football Federation. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
18. "Italy's Scalvini suffers ACL tear on eve of Euros". ESPN.com. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
19. "Debutto in casa Atalanta: prima in Serie A per il giovane difensore Scalvini | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
20. Giorgio Scalvini at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
21. Giorgio Scalvini FIGC Italy profile (in Italian)
22. "Atalanta 3-0 Leverkusen: Lookman treble brings UEFA Europa League glory to Bergamo". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
23. Best Italian Player Under 21 Award Giorgio Scalvini 2023.

External links

• Profile at the Atalanta BC website
• Giorgio Scalvini – UEFA competition record ( archive )