Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 March 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Cesena, Italy | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Pescara | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2013 | Cesena | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Cesena | 3 | (0) |
2015–2022 | Atalanta | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Cesena (loan) | 17 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Cittadella (loan) | 34 | (1) |
2017–2018 | → Pescara (loan) | 33 | (5) |
2019 | → Frosinone (loan) | 13 | (2) |
2019–2022 | → Cremonese (loan) | 96 | (8) |
2022–2024 | Cremonese | 0 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → SPAL (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2024 | → Ascoli (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2024– | Pescara | 16 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2017–2019 | Italy U21 | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2019 |
Luca Valzania (born 5 March 1996) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie C Group B club Pescara.
Valzania started his career at Cesena. On 13 May 2014 he made his professional debut for Cesena in Serie B as a substitute replacing Moro Alhassan in the 76th minute of a 1–0 home win over Empoli. [1] At the end of 2013–14 season Cesena won the Serie B play-off and it was promoted in Serie A. On 6 January 2015, Valzania made his Serie A debut in a 4–1 home defeat against Napoli, he was replaced by Massimo Volta in the 79th minute. [2]
On 30 June 2015, Valzania was sold to Atalanta for €6 million. [3] That transfer window Cesena also signed Moussa Koné and Federico Varano from Atalanta, for a total transfer fee of €6 million. [4]
On 2 July 2015, Valzania was loaned back to Cesena on a season-long loan deal. [5] On 9 August, Valzania made his debut for Cesena in a 4–0 home win over Lecce in the second round of Coppa Italia, he played the entire match. [6] On 5 September he made his Serie B debut for Cesena in a 2–0 home win over Brescia, he was replaced by Luca Garritano in the 63rd minute. [7] On 19 September he played his first entire match for Cesena, a 3–1 away win over Ascoli. [8] On 1 December he played in the fourth round of Coppa Italia, a 4–1 away defeat against Torino. [9] Valzania ended his loan to Cesena with 19 appearances and 1 assist. [10]
On 15 July 2016, Valzania was loaned to Serie B club Cittadella on a season-long loan deal. [11] On 7 August he made his debut for Cittadella as a substitute replacing Lucas Chiaretti in the 79th minute of a 2–1 home defeat, after extra-time, against Cremonese in the second round of Coppa Italia. [12] On 27 August, Valzania made his Serie B debut for Cittadella in a 2–1 away win over Bari, he was replaced by Andrea Schenetti in the 77th minute. [13] On 1 January 2017, Valzania played his first entire match for Cittadella, a 2–0 away win over Trapani. [14] On 22 April he scored his first professional goal in the 66th minute of a 4–1 home win over Carpi. [15] Valzania ended his season-long loan to Cittadella with 35 appearances, 1 goal and 5 assists. [10]
On 15 July 2017, Valzania left for Pescara on a season-long loan deal, with an option to buy at the end of season. [16] [17] On 12 August he made his debut for Pescara as a substitute replacing Christian Capone in the 59th minute of a 3–1 away win over Brescia in the third round of Coppa Italia. [18] On 3 September, Valzania made his Serie B debut for Pescara as a substitute replacing Mamadou Coulibaly in the 65th minute of a 4–2 away defeat against Perugia. [19] On 19 September he played his first entire match for Pescara, a 2–2 home draw against Virtus Entella. [20] On 2 December, Valzania scored twice in a 3–3 home draw against Ternana. [21] On 8 December he was sent off with a red card in the 90th minute of a 4–2 away defeat against Cesena. [22] On 28 December, Valzania scored his third goal in the 86th minute of a 1–0 home win over Venezia. [23] Valzania ended his loan to Pescara with 34 appearances, 5 goals and 4 assists. [10]
On 8 January 2019, Valzania joined on loan to Frosinone until 30 June 2019. [24] On 4 February he made his debut for the club in Serie A in a 1–0 home defeat against Lazio, he was replaced by Marcello Trotta after 81 minutes. [25] On 17 March, Valzania scored his first goal for Frosinone, as a substitute, in the 70th minute of a 2–1 away defeat against Empoli. [26] Two weeks later, on 31 March he played his first entire match for the club, a 1–0 home defeat against SPAL. [27] Three days later, on 3 April, he scored his second goal in the 47th minute of a 3–2 home win over Parma. [28] Valzania ended his season-long loan to Frosinone with 13 appearances, 2 goals and 1 assist, however Frosinone was relegated in Serie B. [10]
On 31 August 2019, Valzania joined to Serie B side Cremonese on a season-long loan. [29] On 15 September he made his debut for the club in a 4–1 away defeat against Pisa, he played the entire match. [30] On 5 September 2020, he returned on loan at Cremonese until 30 June 2021. [31] On 16 July 2021, he returned to Cremonese on a third loan. Cremonese held an obligation to purchase his rights in case of promotion to Serie A. [32]
On 31 August 2022, Valzania joined SPAL on loan until 30 June 2023. [33]
On 30 August 2024, Valzania returned to Pescara in Serie C. [35]
On 10 October 2017 he made his debut with Italy U21 team as a substitute replacing Alessandro Murgia in the 82nd of a 4–0 home win over Marocco U-20 in an international friendly.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Cesena | 2013–14 | Serie B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Cesena (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie B | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
Cittadella (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie B | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
Pescara (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie B | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 5 | ||
Atalanta | 2018–19 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
Frosinone (loan) | 2018–19 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||
Cremonese (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | Serie B | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 5 | |||
2019–20 | Serie B | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | |||
Total | 96 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 8 | ||
Career total | 197 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 208 | 16 |
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