Giovanni Bonfanti

Giovanni Bonfanti
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Pisa (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– → Pisa (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2023–2024 Italy U20 4 (0)
2024– Italy U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024

Giovanni Bonfanti (born 17 January 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Pisa, on loan from Serie A club Atalanta.

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]

International career

Bonfanti is a youth international for Italy, having played for the under-16[8][15] and under-20 national teams.[8][16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 June 2024[17]
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 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
Career total 46 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 49 3
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Coppa Italia Serie C

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bonfanti, il difensore dell'Atalanta U23 che ha conquistato Gasperini" (in Italian). Tuttosport. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Basile, Fabio (8 December 2023). "Bonfanti, dall'Under 23 alla possibile titolarità contro il Milan: la sua storia". La Casa di C (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Paulillo, Giovanni (14 December 2023). "Bonfanti, primo gol in Europa: chi è il difensore dell'Atalanta". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  4. ^ Pintimalli, Alessandro (29 March 2022). "Dalla Primavera a San Siro, Bonfanti: "Alla Samp per crescere"" (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b Eremita, Alessio (13 February 2022). "Chi è Bonfanti, il talento della Sampdoria Primavera convocato da Giampaolo". Samp News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  6. ^ Sergi, Antonino (14 July 2022). "UFFICIALE – Pontedera, dalla Sampdoria arriva in prestito Bonfanti". Tutto C (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Pontedera Calcio, due arrivi: un portiere dalla Juve e un difensore dalla Sampdoria" (in Italian). Il Tirreno. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Rossetti, Andrea; Pagliarini, Alessandro Giovanni (13 November 2023). "Bonfanti sta crescendo bene: il "fratello" di Scalvini s'è preso l'Atalanta U23". Prima Bergamo (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  9. ^ "L'ESORDIO. Ecco Bonfanti. Innesto dall'U23" (in Italian). Il Giorno. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Atalanta U23-Virtus Verona 2–3: il tabellino". La Casa di C (in Italian). 3 September 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Atalanta-Napoli LIVE". Sky Sport (in Italian). 25 November 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Rakow-Atalanta 0–4: i nerazzurri chiudono in bellezza il girone di Europa League" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Giovanni Bonfanti è del Pisa!" (in Italian). Pisa SC. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  14. ^ Marrone, Claudia (9 August 2024). "Pisa, c'è l'atteso rinforzo in difesa. In prestito dall'Atalanta arriva Bonfanti". TUTTO mercato WEB (in Italian). Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  15. ^ "In Slovenia un pari amaro nell'ultimo match contro il Perù" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  16. ^ "A Doncaster è un'Italia da favola: Hasa (doppietta) e Missori firmano la vittoria in Inghilterra. Azzurrini in testa all'Elite League" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  17. ^ Giovanni Bonfanti at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2024.