Mattia Zanotti
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| Full name | Mattia Zanotti[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 January 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brescia, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lugano | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 46 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Virtus Feralpi Lonato | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | Brescia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2023 | Inter Milan | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Inter Milan | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → St. Gallen (loan) | 34 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Lugano | 52 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Italy U15 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Italy U16 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Italy U17 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Italy U19 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Italy U20 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Italy U21 | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 June 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Mattia Zanotti (born 11 January 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Swiss Super League club Lugano.
Zanotti played for Virtus Feralpi Lonato and Brescia, before joining Inter Milan's youth academy in 2017.[3] In October 2021, Zanotti signed a four-year professional contract with the Nerazzurri.[4]
On 12 December 2021, he made his Serie A debut for Inter Milan, coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute of a 4–0 league win over Cagliari.[5][6]
Shortly after extending his contract with the club until 2027,[7][8] on 3 July 2023, Zanotti officially joined Swiss Super League club St. Gallen on a season-long loan.[8][9][10] On 22 July, he made his debut for the club in a 2–1 league win over Basel.[11] On 28 October, he scored his first professional goal and served two assists in a 3–1 league win over Grasshoppers.[12] Throughout the season, he helped St. Gallen qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League.[13][14]
On 13 July 2024, Zanotti joined Swiss Super League club Lugano on a permanent deal, signing a four-year contract.[15][16]
International career
Zanotti is a youth international for Italy, having represented the Italy U15s, U16s, U17s and U19s.[17]
In May 2023, he was included in the Italy U20 squad that took part in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina,[18] where the Azzurrini finished runners-up after losing to Uruguay in the final match.[19][20]
On 8 September 2023, he made his debut for the Italy under-21 national team, starting in a goalless draw against Latvia in the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers.[21][22]