Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 December 2003 | ||
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 | |||
–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 professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Serie A club Atalanta and the Italy national team.
Having been born in Chiari, he commenced his career playing for the Palazzolo scuola calcio, [1] to continue at Brescia aged 10. [2] He joined the Atalanta Youth Sector in 2015. [3] On 8 November 2020, Scalvini was called up for a Serie A match against Inter Milan from the first squad's manager Gian Piero Gasperini, though remained an unused substitute. [3] On 21 January 2021, Scalvini won the Supercup with the U19 team, defeating Fiorentina 3–1 in the final. [3] [4]
Scalvini debuted for Atalanta on 24 October 2021, aged 17, in a Serie A match draw 1–1 at home against Udinese, coming on as substitute in the 85th minute. [5] On 7 April 2022, Scalvini debuted in the UEFA Europa League in a match drawn 1–1 against German club RB Leipzig. [6] Later that month, on 18 April, Scalvini scored his first goal in his career in Atalanta's 2–1 defeat to Verona. [7] On 5 October 2023, he scored his first goal in European competitions in a 2–1 away victory over Sporting CP during the Europa League group stage. [8]
On 22 May 2024, he made a second-half substitute appearance in Atalanta's 3–0 victory over German champions Bayer Leverkusen in the 2024 UEFA Europa League final. [9] On 2 June, he scored his first goal of the 2023–24 Serie A in a 3–2 home defeat against Fiorentina on the final matchday, in which he sustained a knee injury late in the match. [10]
Scalvini represented Italy internationally at under-15, [11] under-16, [12] under-17, [13] and under-19 levels. [14]
He made his debut with the Italy U21 on 16 November 2021, aged 17, playing as a starter in a friendly match won 4–2 against Romania in Frosinone.
On 24 January 2022, Scalvini accepted a call-up by Italy national team manager Roberto Mancini to join the Azzurri for a three-day training camp in Coverciano. [15] He made his debut with the senior national team as a second-half substitute in a 5–2 loss against Germany on 14 June 2022. [16]
On 23 May 2024, he was named in the 30-man preliminary squad for the UEFA 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]
Scalvini is a centre-back who has a good technique and is good at headers with his height of 1.94 metres (6 ft 4 in). [19] He has also been likened to Alessandro Bastoni. [3]
Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Italy | 2022 | 3 | 0 |
2023 | 4 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 8 | 0 |
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