Luca Zanimacchia

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Luca Zanimacchia
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Desio, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger [1]
Team information
Current team
Modena
(on loan from Cremonese)
Number 98
Youth career
2004–2011 Nova Milanese
2014–2015 Varese
2016–2018 Genoa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Legnago Salus 22 (5)
2018–2019 Genoa 0 (0)
2018–2019Juventus U23 (loan) 36 (4)
2019–2022 Juventus U23 33 (6)
2020–2021Zaragoza (loan) 28 (2)
2021–2022Cremonese (loan) 37 (8)
2022– Cremonese 81 (3)
2023Parma (loan) 18 (1)
2025–Modena (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2016–2017 Italy U19 7 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2025

Luca Zanimacchia (born 19 July 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Serie B club Modena on loan from Cremonese.

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Club career

In August 2018, Zanimacchia was aggregated to Juventus U23 for the whole season. Zanimacchia made his debut for Juventus U23 in a 1–0 victory against Cuneo, in which he scored the first goal of Juventus U23's history. [2] He made his Serie C debut for Juventus U23 on 16 September 2018 in a game against Alessandria. [3] Juventus later redeemed the buying option of the player, after a good season where he had played 34 games and scored three goals. [4]

He made his Serie A debut, as well as his Juventus senior debut, in a 2–0 away defeat to Cagliari on 29 July 2020. [5] On 1 September, he was loaned to the Spanish Segunda División side Real Zaragoza for the 2020–21 season, with a buyout clause. [6]

On 9 July 2021 he joined Cremonese on loan. [7] On 4 July 2022, he returned to the Cremona team on loan with an obligation to buy. [8] [9]

On 29 January 2023, Zanimacchi was loaned by Cremonese to Parma, with an option to buy and a buy-back option for Cremonese. [10]

On 7 August 2025, he moved on loan to Modena, with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy. [11]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 August 2022 [12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueLeagueNational cup 1 Europe 2 Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Genoa 2016–17 Serie A 000000
2017–18 Serie A000000
Total000000
Juventus U23 2018–19 Serie C 34300343
2019–20 Serie C25400254
Total59700597
Juventus 2019–20 Serie A20000020
Real Zaragoza 2020–21 Segunda División 26220282
Cremonese (loan)2021–22 Serie B 36810378
Cremonese (loan)2022–23Serie A101020
Career total12417400012817

Honours

Juventus U23 [12]

Juventus [12]

References

  1. Luca Zanimacchia at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Coppa Italia Serie C, Juventus Under 23-Cuneo 1-0: decide Zanimacchia". tuttosport.com (in Italian). 21 August 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. "Juventus II vs. Alessandria 1 - 2". Soccerway. 16 September 2018.
  4. "Ag. Zanimacchia (61°): "La Juve lo ha riscattato, ha qualità"". Tutto mercato (in Italian). 28 March 2019.
  5. Dinoi, Simone (29 July 2020). "Cagliari-Juventus 2-0: le pagelle. Difesa ancora battuta, Ronaldo a secco. Che esordio Zanimacchia!". Tutto Juve (in Italian). Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. "Luca Zanimacchia, nueva incorporación del Real Zaragoza" [Luca Zanimacchia, new signing of Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. "ZANIMACCHIA NUOVO CALCIATORE GRIGIOROSSO" [Zanimacchia new grey and red player] (in Italian). Cremonese. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  8. JuventusNews24, Redazione (4 July 2022). "Zanimacchia alla Cremonese, è ufficiale: l'annuncio del club bianconero". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 4 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. "ZANIMACCHIA ANCORA IN GRIGIOROSSO" (in Italian). U.S. Cremonese. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  10. "LUCA ZANIMACCHIA JOINS PARMA". Parma Calcio 1913. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  11. "Calciomercato: Zanimacchia è canarino" [Transfer Market: Zanimacchia is a canary] (in Italian). Modena FC 2018. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 Luca Zanimacchia at Soccerway . Retrieved 2 July 2020.