Claudio Zappa

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Claudio Zappa
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-03-30) 30 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Brescia, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Real Calepina
Number 10
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– Real Calepina 23 (5)
International career
2012 Italy under-16[1] 3 (0)
2013 Italy under-17[1] 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2023

Claudio Zappa (born 30 March 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie D club Real Calepina.

Club career[edit]

Early career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

On 18 August 2020 he moved to Mantova, newly promoted to Serie C.[18]

Vibonese[edit]

On 31 January 2022, Zappa moved to Vibonese.[19]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b FIGC
  2. ^ "Allievi blucelesti Campioni d'Italia" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Beira-Mar: Cláudio Zappa e Elisson impedidos de jogar" (in Portuguese). Agente Desportivo. 28 March 2014. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Sassuolo, dal Beira-Mar arriva il giovane Zappa" (in Italian). Gianluca di Marzio.com. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Nota Integrativa". Bilancio al 31/12/2014 [Financial Report at 31 December 2014] (in Italian). Modena: Italian C.C.I.A.A. 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "Claudio Zappa - Profile". Juventus F.C. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Squalificato l'ex Zappa: sanzione "educativa" dal Tribunale" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  8. ^ "AlbinoLeffe al TAS di Losanna: il comunicato ufficiale bluceleste" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 21 June 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Annual financial report 30 June 2015" (PDF). Juventus F.C. 1 October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Relazione sulla gestione". Bilancio al 31/12/2015 [Financial Report at 31 December 2015] (in Italian). Modena: Italian C.C.I.A.A. 2016. p. 1.
  11. ^ "UFFICIALE: CURTI, CAIS, UDOH E ZAPPA IN MAGLIA GRANATA" (in Italian). U.S. Città di Pontedera. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  12. ^ "Fixtures and Results". legaseriea.it. 31 July 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Pontedera - Racing Roma" (in Italian). datasport.it. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  14. ^ "Juventus: Claudio Zappa è il nuovo rinforzo per il Pordenone" (in Italian). footballscouting.it. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  15. ^ "Claudio Zappa è un giocatore della Pistoiese" (Press release) (in Italian). U.S. Pistoiese 1921. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  16. ^ "OFFICIAL: CLAUDIO ZAPPA CENTROCAMPISTA IN AZZURRO" (in Italian). Novara. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  17. ^ "UFFICIALE: Sliema Wanderers, arriva Zappa dalla Juve Under 23". TuttoMercatoWeb (in Italian). 2 September 2019.
  18. ^ "DOPPIO COLPO DALLA JUVENTUS: È UFFICIALE L'ACQUISTO A TITOLO DEFINITIVO DI CLAUDIO ZAPPA E GIANMARIA ZANANDREA" (Press release) (in Italian). Mantova. 18 August 2020. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  19. ^ "Dal Mantova arriva Claudio Zappa" (Press release) (in Italian). Vibonese. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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