Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 January 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Pisa (on loan from Atalanta) | ||
Number | 94 | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2022 | Atalanta | ||
2021–2022 | → Sampdoria (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Atalanta | 2 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Pontedera (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Atalanta U23 | 23 | (2) |
2024– | → Pisa (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Italy U16 | 3 | (1) |
2023– | Italy U20 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 |
Giovanni Bonfanti (born 17 January 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Pisa, on loan from Serie A club Atalanta.
Born in Milan, Bonfanti joined the academy of Atalanta in 2015, aged 12, [1] [2] and subsequently came through the club's youth ranks; [2] [3] in the summer of 2021, he was sent on loan to Sampdoria, [1] [4] [5] where he played for the under-19 squad, while receiving his first call-ups to the first team, under head coach Marco Giampaolo. [2] [5]
On 14 July 2022, Bonfanti joined Serie C side Pontedera on loan until the end of the campaign. [6] [7] The defender made a total amount of 23 appearances (split between the league and the Coppa Italia Serie C) for the club throughout his first professional season. [3] [8]
Having returned to Atalanta in the summer of 2023, Bonfanti started training with the first team during the pre-season, under manager Gian Piero Gasperini; [1] [8] [9] at the start of the league campaign, he was initially assigned to the club's newly-formed reserve team, Atalanta Under-23. [1] [2] [8] On 3 September 2023, he started in the Under-23 team's first official match, a 3–2 league loss to Virtus Verona. [10] After establishing himself as a regular starter for the reserve team, [2] [8] the defender made his Serie A debut on 25 November, coming on as a substitute for Sead Kolašinac in the 76th minute of a 2–1 league defeat to Napoli. [2] [11] On 14 December, he made his debut in a European competition, starting and scoring his first professional goal in a 4–0 UEFA Europa League win over Raków Częstochowa in the group stage. [3] [12]
On 9 August 2024, Bonfanti joined Serie B club Pisa on a season-long loan. [13] [14]
Bonfanti is a youth international for Italy, having played for the under-16 [8] [15] and under-20 national teams. [8] [16]
Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Atalanta | 2022–23 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | |||
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Sampdoria (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Pontedera (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie C | 21 | 0 | — | — | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
Atalanta U23 | 2023–24 | Serie C | 23 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
Career total | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 3 |
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