Giovanni Bonfanti
Italian footballer (born 2003)
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Giovanni Bonfanti (born 17 January 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Spezia on loan from Atalanta.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 January 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Spezia (on loan from Atalanta) | ||
| Number | 94 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2022 | Atalanta | ||
| 2021–2022 | → Sampdoria (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Atalanta | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Pontedera (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Atalanta U23 | 23 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | → Pisa (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | → Pisa (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2026– | → Spezia (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023–2024 | Italy U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2024 | Italy U21 | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03:33, 29 January 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 October 2024 | |||
Club career
Born in Milan, Bonfanti joined the academy of Atalanta in 2015, aged 12,[1][2] and subsequently came through the club's youth ranks;[2][3] in the summer of 2021, he was sent on loan to Sampdoria,[1][4][5] where he played for the under-19 squad, while receiving his first call-ups to the first team, under head coach Marco Giampaolo.[2][5]
On 14 July 2022, Bonfanti joined Serie C side Pontedera on loan until the end of the campaign.[6][7] The defender made a total amount of 23 appearances (split between the league and the Coppa Italia Serie C) for the club throughout his first professional season.[3][8]
Having returned to Atalanta in the summer of 2023, Bonfanti started training with the first team during the pre-season, under manager Gian Piero Gasperini;[1][8][9] at the start of the league campaign, he was initially assigned to the club's newly-formed reserve team, Atalanta Under-23.[1][2][8] On 3 September 2023, he started in the Under-23 team's first official match, a 3–2 league loss to Virtus Verona.[10] After establishing himself as a regular starter for the reserve team,[2][8] the defender made his Serie A debut on 25 November, coming on as a substitute for Sead Kolašinac in the 76th minute of a 2–1 league defeat to Napoli.[2][11] On 14 December, he made his debut in a European competition, starting and scoring his first professional goal in a 4–0 UEFA Europa League win over Raków Częstochowa in the group stage.[3][12]
On 9 August 2024, Bonfanti joined Serie B club Pisa on a season-long loan.[13][14]
After returning to Atalanta and remaining on the bench in the first two 2025–26 Serie A games, on 1 September 2025 Bonfanti returned to Pisa on a new loan, with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.[15]
On 28 January 2026, after returning from Pisa, Bonfati was loaned again, this time to Serie B club Spezia.[16]
International career
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 29 January 2026[19]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atalanta | 2022–23 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Sampdoria (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Pontedera (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie C | 21 | 0 | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Atalanta U23 | 2023–24 | Serie C | 23 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| Pisa | 2024–25 | Serie B | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Spezia | 2025–26 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 77 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 3 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance(s) in Coppa Italia Serie C