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Giorgio Scalvini

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Giorgio Scalvini
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-12-11)11 December 2003(age 20)
Place of birth Chiari,Italy
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Atalanta
Number 42
Youth career
0000–2013 Palazzolo
2013–2015 Brescia
2015–2021 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Atalanta 83 (4)
International career‡
2018 Italy U15 2 (0)
2019 Italy U16 3 (0)
2019–2020 Italy U17 4 (0)
2021–2022 Italy U19 8 (0)
2021– Italy U21 6 (0)
2022– Italy 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:31, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024

Giorgio Scalvini(born 11 December 2003) is an Italian professionalfootballerwho plays ascentre-backforSerie AclubAtalantaand theItaly national team.

Club career

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Early career

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Having been born in Chiari, he commenced his career playing for thePalazzoloscuola calcio,[1]to continue atBresciaaged 10.[2]He joined theAtalanta Youth Sectorin 2015.[3]On 8 November 2020, Scalvini was called up for aSerie Amatch againstInter Milanfrom thefirst squad's managerGian Piero Gasperini,though remained an unused substitute.[3]On 21 January 2021, Scalvini won the Supercup with the U19 team, defeatingFiorentina3–1 in the final.[3][4]

First team breakthrough

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Scalvini debuted for Atalanta on 24 October 2021, aged 17, in aSerie Amatch draw 1–1 at home againstUdinese,coming on as substitute in the 85th minute.[5]On 7 April 2022, Scalvini debuted in theUEFA Europa Leaguein a match drawn 1–1 against German clubRB Leipzig.[6]Later that month, on 18 April, Scalvini scored his first goal in his career in Atalanta's 2–1 defeat toVerona.[7]On 5 October 2023, he scored his first goal in European competitions in a 2–1 away victory overSporting CPduring theEuropa League group stage.[8]

On 22 May 2024, he made a second-half substitute appearance in Atalanta's 3–0 victory over German championsBayer Leverkusenin the2024 UEFA Europa League final.[9]On 2 June, he scored his first goal of the2023–24 Serie Ain a 3–2 home defeat againstFiorentinaon the final matchday, in which he sustained a knee injury late in the match.[10]

International career

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Scalvini represented Italy internationally atunder-15,[11]under-16,[12]under-17,[13]andunder-19levels.[14]

He made his debut with theItaly U21on 16 November 2021, aged 17, playing as a starter in afriendly matchwon 4–2 againstRomaniainFrosinone.

On 24 January 2022, Scalvini accepted a call-up byItaly national teammanagerRoberto Mancinito join theAzzurrifor a three-day training camp inCoverciano.[15]He made his debut with the senior national team as a second-half substitute in a 5–2 loss againstGermanyon 14 June 2022.[16]

On 23 May 2024, he was named in the 30-man preliminary squad for theUEFA Euro 2024.[17]However, on 2 June, he sustained an ACL injury, withdrawing him from the preliminary squad, thus, ruling him out of the tournament.[18]

Style of play

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Scalvini is a centre-back who has a good technique and is good atheaderswith his height of 1.94 metres (6 ft 4 in).[19]He has also been likened toAlessandro Bastoni.[3]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 2 June 2024[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atalanta 2021–22 Serie A 18 1 1 0 2[a] 0 — 21 1
2022–23 Serie A 32 2 2 0 — — 34 2
2023–24 Serie A 33 1 3 0 8[a] 1 — 44 2
Career total 83 4 6 0 10 1 0 0 99 5
  1. ^abAppearance(s) inUEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 21 March 2024[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 2022 3 0
2023 4 0
2024 1 0
Total 8 0

Honours

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Atalanta

Individual

References

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  1. ^"Sulle orme di Bastoni: Scalvini è il nuovo gioiello di casa Atalanta | Goal.com".www.goal.com.Retrieved2 October2022.
  2. ^Siotto, Paolo (26 May 2021)."Chi è Giorgio Scalvini, talentuoso difensore dell'Atalanta".SerieBnews.com(in Italian).Retrieved24 October2021.
  3. ^abcd"Giorgio Scalvini, il classe 2003 che sta facendo impazzire l'Atalanta e Gasperini: «Può essere il nuovo Bastoni»".www.sprintesport.it(in Italian).Retrieved24 October2021.
  4. ^Sport, Sky."Supercoppa all'Atalanta: battuta 3-1 la Fiorentina".sport.sky.it(in Italian).Retrieved24 October2021.
  5. ^D'anna, Riccardo (24 October 2021)."Atalanta Udinese 1-1: Beto salva i friulani nel finale. La Dea viene fermata nel lunch match".Calcio News 24(in Italian).Retrieved24 October2021.
  6. ^"Atalanta, esordio europeo per Giorgio Scalvini".MondoPrimavera(in Italian).Retrieved2 October2022.
  7. ^online, Redazione Bergamo (18 April 2022)."Atalanta-Verona, a Bergamo nerazzurri battuti per 1-2".Corriere della Sera(in Italian).Retrieved19 April2022.
  8. ^"Sporting CP 1–2 Atalanta".ESPN. 5 October 2023.
  9. ^Wilson, Jonathan (22 March 2024)."Atalanta win Europa League as Lookman hat-trick ends Leverkusen's unbeaten run".The Guardian.
  10. ^Bettoni, Lorenzo (2 June 2024)."Injury scare for Italy defender Scalvini ahead of Euro 2024".Football Italia.
  11. ^"Giorgio Scalvini U15".figc.it(in Italian).Retrieved12 November2021.
  12. ^"Giorgio Scalvini U16".figc.it(in Italian).Retrieved12 November2021.
  13. ^"Giorgio Scalvini U17".figc.it(in Italian).Retrieved12 November2021.
  14. ^"Giorgio Scalvini U19".figc.it(in Italian).Retrieved12 November2021.
  15. ^"Nazionale, convocati per lo stage Balotelli, Joao Pedro, Luiz Felipe e Frattesi"(in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 24 January 2022.Retrieved24 January2022.
  16. ^Campanale, Susy (14 June 2022)."Nations League | Germany 5–2 Italy: Embarrassed in Gladbach".Football Italia.
  17. ^"Spalletti selects 30-player provisional squad for EURO 2024".Italian Football Federation.23 May 2024.Retrieved30 May2024.
  18. ^"Italy's Scalvini suffers ACL tear on eve of Euros".ESPN.com. 3 June 2024.Retrieved3 June2024.
  19. ^"Debutto in casa Atalanta: prima in Serie A per il giovane difensore Scalvini | Goal.com".www.goal.com.Retrieved24 October2021.
  20. ^Giorgio Scalviniat Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  21. ^Giorgio ScalviniFIGC Italy profile(in Italian)
  22. ^"Atalanta 3-0 Leverkusen: Lookman treble brings UEFA Europa League glory to Bergamo".UEFA.Union of European Football Associations.22 May 2024.Retrieved23 May2024.
  23. ^Best Italian Player Under 21 Award Giorgio Scalvini 2023.
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