Simone Zaza
Italian footballer (born 1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Simone Zaza (born 25 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker, most recently for Serie A club Torino.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simone Zaza[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 33) | ||
Place of birth | Policoro, Italy | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2][3] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2002 | Stella Azzurra Bernalda | ||
2002–2006 | Valdera | ||
2006–2008 | Atalanta | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Atalanta | 3 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Sampdoria | 2 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Juve Stabia (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2012 | → Viareggio (loan) | 18 | (11) |
2012–2013 | → Ascoli (loan) | 35 | (18) |
2013 | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Sassuolo | 64 | (20) |
2015–2017 | Juventus | 19 | (5) |
2016–2017 | → West Ham United (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2017 | → Valencia (loan) | 20 | (6) |
2017–2019 | Valencia | 33 | (13) |
2018–2019 | → Torino (loan) | 29 | (4) |
2019–2022 | Torino | 63 | (12) |
International career‡ | |||
2007 | Italy U16 | 3 | (0) |
2007 | Italy U17 | 2 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Italy U19 | 1 | (0) |
2014–2018 | Italy | 18 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:21, 18 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2018 (UTC) |
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Zaza began his professional club career with Atalanta in 2008, where he remained for two seasons. In 2010, he moved to Sampdoria, where he was sent on loan spells to Juve Stabia, Viareggio and Ascoli. In 2013, he joined Sassuolo, and in 2015 Juventus. In his first season with the latter club, he immediately won a domestic double.
At the international level, Zaza made his senior debut for Italy in 2014, and went on to represent his nation at UEFA Euro 2016.