Claudio Zappa
Italian footballer (born 1997)
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Claudio Zappa (born 30 March 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie D club Virtus CiseranoBergamo.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 March 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Brescia, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Virtus CiseranoBergamo | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lumezzane[citation needed] | |||
| AlbinoLeffe | |||
| 2013–2014 | Beira-Mar | ||
| 2014–2015 | Sassuolo | ||
| 2015 | → Juventus (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2020 | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Pontedera (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Pordenone (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Pistoiese (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Juventus U23 (res.) | 10 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Novara (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Sliema Wanderers (loan) | 14 | (4) |
| 2020–2022 | Mantova | 27 | (1) |
| 2022 | Vibonese | 8 | (1) |
| 2022 | United Riccione | 11 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Real Calepina | 50 | (6) |
| 2024– | Virtus CiseranoBergamo | 7 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Italy under-16[1] | 3 | (0) |
| 2013 | Italy under-17[1] | 7 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 November 2024 | |||
Club career
Early career
Zappa was born in Brescia, Italy. He began his professional career in the youth teams of local Lombardy club Lumezzane.[citation needed] In 2011, he was transferred to AlbinoLeffe,[citation needed] again in the youth sector.[2] In 2013, he completed a transfer to Portuguese club S.C. Beira-Mar, before returning to Italy less than a year later to sign with Sassuolo[3][4] for a fee of €220,000.[5] After impressing[according to whom?] for the youth sides, reigning Serie A champions Juventus made an approach for Zappa, initially signing him to a 6-month loan in February 2015.[6] Zappa was also suspended for 45 days in 2015 due to the irregular transfer to Portugal.[7] AlbinoLeffe also appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in order to recover part of the transfer fee.[8]
Juventus
Juventus signed Zappa on loan in February 2015,[6] for a loan fee of €200,000.[9] He impressed[according to whom?] coach Fabio Grosso and was generally the starting left-back for the Primavera side, playing in the Campionato Nazionale Primavera,[failed verification] 2015–16 UEFA Youth League,[failed verification] Supercoppa Primavera[failed verification] and Torneo di Viareggio.[failed verification][6] In June 2015 Juventus signed Zappa in a definitive deal for an additional fee of €1.5 million.[9][10]
On 22 July 2016, Juventus confirmed that they had loaned Zappa to Lega Pro side Pontedera.[11] He made his debut for the club in a 3–1 Loss to Foggia Calcio in the first round of the Coppa Italia, on 31 July 2016.[12] Zappa's league debut came on 18 September 2016, playing 74 minutes against Racing Roma, after being listed on the bench for the previous two games against Olbia 1905 and Pistoiese.[13] On 16 January 2017, Zappa was recalled from Pontedera by Juventus, and the following day was sent out on loan again, this time to Pordenone until 30 June 2017.[14]
On 19 July 2017 Zappa was signed by Pistoiese.[15]
On 31 January 2019 he joined Novara on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[16]
On 2 September 2019 he joined Maltese club Sliema Wanderers on loan.[17]
Mantova
On 18 August 2020 he moved to Mantova, newly promoted to Serie C.[18]