Gianmarco Zigoni

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Gianmarco Zigoni
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-05-10) 10 May 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Verona, Italy
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 SPAL (on loan from Milan)
Youth career
Opitergina
Treviso
2009–2010 Milan
2010–2011 Genoa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Treviso 18 (2)
2009– Milan 1 (0)
2010–2011 → Genoa (loan) 0 (0)
2011 → Frosinone (loan) 6 (1)
2011–2012 → Avellino (loan) 30 (11)
2012–2013 → Pro Vercelli (loan) 11 (1)
2013 → Avellino (loan) 10 (6)
2013–2014 → Lecce (loan) 22 (7)
2014–2015 → Monza (loan) 13 (0)
2015– → SPAL (loan) 19 (11)
International career‡
2009 Italy U-18 4 (1)
2009–2010 Italy U-19 6 (4)
2009–2011 Italy U-20 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 August 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 April 2011

Gianmarco Zigoni (born 10 May 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for SPAL on loan from Milan.

Early years

Zigoni was born in Verona, the son of former Juventus and Hellas Verona striker Gianfranco Zigoni and grandson of former Napoli midfielder Pierluigi Ronzon.[1]

Club career

Early career

Raised in Oderzo, Zigoni started playing football with local team Opitergina, before joining Treviso's youth system, where he scored more than one hundred goals.[1] He made his professional debut with the club in a Serie B game against Ancona on 26 January 2009, aged 17. The match ended in a 2–1 loss for Treviso, with Zigoni scoring their lone goal.[2] He scored his second goal only four days later, in a 3–2 win against Brescia.[3] The young striker went on to make a total of 18 appearances for Treviso in the 2008–09 season, being included 8 times in the starting line-up.[4]

Milan

Coming to the attention of several Serie A clubs, such Fiorentina, Internazionale and Juventus,[4] Zigoni was eventually signed by Milan at the beginning of the 2009–10 season, for €1.3 million.[5][6] He became a regular of their youth team, scoring a total of 19 goals in league and cup games.[7] In particular, he scored in both legs of the Coppa Italia Primavera final, as Milan defeated Palermo 3–1 on aggregate to lift the trophy 25 years after the club's last success in the competition.[8]

As for the first team, Zigoni made only one appearance during the season. He came off the bench in the final minutes of a league game against Lazio, which ended in 1–1 draw, on 28 March 2010.[9]

Genoa

In July 2010, Zigoni was transferred to Genoa in co-ownership for €3.75 million,[10] as part of the deal that saw defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos join Milan.[11] With the youth team of his new club Zigoni scored two goals in the Supercoppa Primavera, as Genoa defeated 5–0 his former Milan teammates to secure the trophy.[12] However, he failed to get any first-team appearances in his first months at the club.

Subsequently, on 29 January 2011, Zigoni was sent out on loan to Serie B club Frosinone.[13] In his short stint with the club, he made a mere six appearance with a single goal, and Frosinone ended being relegated to the third tier at the end of the season.

Milan return and loan

On 24 May 2011, Milan re-acquired the second half of Zigoni from Genoa for the same fee,[14][15] before being sent on loan to Avellino for the season. Next season he was sent on another loan spell to Serie B club Pro Vercelli.[16] However, during the January transfer window he was called back and sent on a second loan spell to Avellino.[17] Avellino promoted to Serie B at the end of season.

On 29 July 2013 he was signed by Italian third division club U.S. Lecce,[18] re-joining teammate Giacomo Beretta and Marcus Diniz. Next season, he moved to Monza, once again on loan.[19] On 8 January 2015 Zigoni was released by Monza.[20] He was signed by SPAL.[21] The loan was extended on 13 July 2015.[22]

International career

Zigoni won his first international cap in February 2009, shortly after his debut in Serie B with Treviso, being called up by Italy U-20 for a game against Austria.[23] Italy lost 2–1, with Zigoni himself scoring their lone goal.[24]

Zigoni went on to be selected also at under-18 and under-19 level, being capped a total of 10 times and scoring 5 goals.[25] Among the 5 goals, 3 of them was from 3 substitute appearances in 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification. However Zigoni was dropped out from the squad for the elite round and the final tournament as the team already had Mattia Destro, Fabio Borini and Nicolao Dumitru as centre forwards.

Career statistics

As of 24 January 2013.

Team Season Domestic
League		 Domestic
Cup		 European
Competition1		 Other
Tournaments2		 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Treviso 2008–09 18 2 0 0 – – 18 2
Milan 2009–10 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0
Genoa 2010–11 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Frosinone 2011 6 1 0 0 – – 6 1
Avellino 2011–12 30 11 0 0 – – 30 11
Pro Vercelli 2012–13 11 1 1 0 – – 12 1
Avellino 2013 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 30 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 11
Career Total 66 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 67 16

1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League.
2Other tournaments include none to date.

References

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