Italian footballer (born 2003)
Giovanni Bonfanti 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 Current team
Atalanta Number
43 2015–2022
Atalanta 2021–2022
→ Sampdoria (loan) Years
Team
Apps
(Gls ) 2022–
Atalanta
2
(0) 2022–2023
→ Pontedera (loan)
21
(0) 2023–
Atalanta U23
23
(2) 2019
Italy U16
3
(1) 2023–
Italy U20
3
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023
Giovanni Bonfanti (born 17 January 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Serie A club Atalanta and its reserve team , Atalanta Under-23 .
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]
International career
Bonfanti is a youth international for Italy, having played for the under-16 [8] [13] and under-20 national teams.[8] [14]
Career statistics
Club
As of match played 18 May 2024 [15]
References
^ a b c d "Bonfanti, il difensore dell'Atalanta U23 che ha conquistato Gasperini" (in Italian). Tuttosport . 6 November 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ Pintimalli, Alessandro (29 March 2022). "Dalla Primavera a San Siro, Bonfanti: "Alla Samp per crescere" " (in Italian). UC Sampdoria . Retrieved 14 December 2023 .
^ 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 .
^ Sergi, Antonino (14 July 2022). "UFFICIALE – Pontedera, dalla Sampdoria arriva in prestito Bonfanti" . Tutto C (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2023 .
^ "Pontedera Calcio, due arrivi: un portiere dalla Juve e un difensore dalla Sampdoria" (in Italian). Il Tirreno . 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2023 .
^ 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 .
^ "L'ESORDIO. Ecco Bonfanti. Innesto dall'U23" (in Italian). Il Giorno . 28 November 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023 .
^ "Atalanta U23-Virtus Verona 2–3: il tabellino" . La Casa di C (in Italian). 3 September 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023 .
^ "Atalanta-Napoli LIVE" . Sky Sport (in Italian). 25 November 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023 .
^ "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 .
^ "In Slovenia un pari amaro nell'ultimo match contro il Perù" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation . 8 April 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2023 .
^ "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 .
^ Giovanni Bonfanti at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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