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

Luca Zanimacchia
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Desio, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger[1]
Team information
Current team
Cremonese
Number 98
Youth career
2004–2011 Nova Milanese
2014–2015 Varese
2016–2018 Genoa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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 50 (2)
2023Parma (loan) 18 (1)
International career
2016–2017 Italy U19 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024

Club career

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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]

Career statistics

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As of match played 19 August 2022[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League League National cup1 Europe2 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Genoa 2016–17 Serie A 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017–18 Serie A 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0
Juventus U23 2018–19 Serie C 34 3 0 0 34 3
2019–20 Serie C 25 4 0 0 25 4
Total 59 7 0 0 59 7
Juventus 2019–20 Serie A 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Real Zaragoza 2020–21 Segunda División 26 2 2 0 28 2
Cremonese (loan) 2021–22 Serie B 36 8 1 0 37 8
Cremonese (loan) 2022–23 Serie A 1 0 1 0 2 0
Career total 124 17 4 0 0 0 128 17

Honours

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Juventus U23[11]

Juventus[11]

References

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  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. ^ a b c Luca Zanimacchia at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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