Matteo Ruggeri

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Matteo Ruggeri
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Ruggeri playing for Atalanta in 2017
Personal information
Full name Matteo Ruggeri [1]
Date of birth (2002-07-11) 11 July 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth San Giovanni Bianco, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Atalanta
Number 22
Youth career
2011–2020 Atalanta
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020– Atalanta 77 (0)
2021–2022 → Salernitana (loan) 14 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Italy U17 16 (0)
2019–2020 Italy U18 9 (0)
2020 Italy U19 1 (0)
2021–2022 Italy U20 3 (0)
2022– Italy U21 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:13, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Matteo Ruggeri (born 11 July 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for Serie A club Atalanta.

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Club career

Atalanta

Matteo Ruggeri grew up in Zogno, Lombardy, Italy, where he started playing football, before joining Atalanta's youth sector in 2011. [2] He made his professional debut for Atalanta on 3 November 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute in a UEFA Champions League group stage match against Liverpool, which Atalanta lost 5–0 at home. [3] Five days later, he made his Serie A debut in a 1–1 home draw against Inter. [4]

On 22 May 2024, he started in Atalanta's 3–0 victory over German champions Bayer Leverkusen in the 2024 UEFA Europa League final. [5]

Salernitana

On 27 July 2021, Ruggeri joined newly-promoted Serie A club Salernitana on a season-long loan. [6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 March 2025 [7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Coppa Italia Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atalanta 2020–21 Serie A 60002 [a] 0—80
2022–23 Serie A15000——150
2023–24 Serie A3404010 [b] 2—482
2024–25 Serie A220006 [a] 02 [c] 0300
Total77040182201012
Salernitana (loan) 2021–22 Serie A14010——150
Career total91050182201162
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Supercoppa Italiana

Honours

Atalanta

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
  2. ↑ Rinaldi, Leandro (24 May 2019). "Matteo Ruggeri, dalla Zognese agli azzurrini: 'mi ispiro a Spinazzola sognando la serie A'". La voce delle valli (in Italian). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Incubo Liverpool a Bergamo, Atalanta travolta 5-0". Sky Sport (in Italian). 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Pegoraro, Paolo (8 November 2020). "Serie A: Atalanta-Inter, pagelle: Lautaro e Miranchuk, che numeri". Eurosport (in Italian). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Wilson, Jonathan (22 March 2024). "Atalanta win Europa League as Lookman hat-trick ends Leverkusen's unbeaten run". The Guardian.
  6. ↑ "Ufficiale – Matteo Ruggeri è un nuovo calciatore della Salernitana" (in Italian). Tutto Salernitana. 27 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "M. Ruggeri". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "2023/24 UEFA Europa League Team of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
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