Matteo Lovato
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 February 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Monselice, Italy[1] | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Atalanta | ||
Number | 66 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2016 | Padova | ||
2016–2019 | Genoa | ||
2018–2019 | → Padova (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Padova | 17 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Hellas Verona | 25 | (0) |
2021– | Atalanta | 6 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2020– | Italy U21 | 8 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:58, 6 November 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2021 |
Matteo Lovato (born 14 February 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Atalanta.
Club career[]
Early years[]
Lovato spent his early years in the youth teams of Padova before moving to Genoa's under-17 team at age 16, where he made 18 appearances and scored two goals.[3] Lovato did not join Genoa's Primavera team, though; he returned to Padova on loan in January 2018.[4]
On 25 August 2019, Lovato made his Serie C debut with Padova under coach Salvatore Sullo, as a starter in a 3–1 away victory against Virtus Verona. He would remain with the club for the first half of the 2019–20 season, accumulating 18 appearances in all competitions.[3]
Verona[]
On 31 January 2020, Hellas Verona announced the acquisition of Lovato for a reported fee of €500,000.[3][5][6] He made his Serie A debut with the club on 18 July 2020 under coach Ivan Jurić as a late substitute for Koray Günter in a 1–1 home draw against Atalanta.[7][8]
The next season, Lovato broke into the starting lineup following the sale of Marash Kumbulla.[9][10] He made a total of 24 appearances for Verona, helping the club to a 10th-place finish.[11]
Atalanta[]
On 31 July 2021, Lovato signed for Atalanta on a four-year contract, for a reported fee of €8 million plus €3 million in bonuses.[12]
International career[]
On 12 November 2020, Lovato made his debut with the Italy U21 playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–1 against Iceland in Reykjavík.[13]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of match played 6 November 2021[14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Padova | 2019–20 | Serie C | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||
Hellas Verona | 2019–20 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 | ||||
Total | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
Atalanta | 2021–22 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
Career total | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ Matteo Lovato at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Lovato". Hellas Verona Football Club (in Italian). Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ a b c Manzoni, Samuele (16 December 2020). "Da Kumbulla a... Matteo Lovato, il nuovo difensore del Verona" (in Italian). SportPaper. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Tutti i movimenti del mercato invernale del settore giovanile del Calcio Padova" (in Italian). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Matteo Lovato ceduto a titolo definitivo all'Hellas Verona". padovacalcio.it (in Italian). 31 January 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Ufficiale: dal Padova arriva Lovato". hellasverona.it (in Italian). 31 January 2020. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Verona-Atalanta 1-1, gol e highlights. Pessina risponde a Zapata" (in Italian). Sky Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Verona, primo gettone in Serie A anche per Lovato". mondoprimavera.com (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Fanta guida: il Verona 2020–21 punta su Faraoni, Lazovic e Veloso per ripetere il miracolo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 15 September 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ Antolini, Simone (11 October 2020). "Juric, tesoro da cento milioni: È caccia ai nuovi... Kumbulla" (in Italian). L'Arena. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ Bettoni, Lorenzo (30 July 2021). "Lovato to Atalanta 'a done deal', will he replace Romero?". Football Italia. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ Mork, Martin (31 July 2021). "Official: Lovato moves to Atalanta". Football Italia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Iceland U21 vs. Italy U21 - 12 November 2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "M. Lovato". Soccerway.
External links[]
- Matteo Lovato at Soccerway
- Living people
- 2000 births
- Italian footballers
- Italy under-21 international footballers
- Association football defenders
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Calcio Padova players
- Hellas Verona F.C. players
- Atalanta B.C. players
- Italian football defender, 2000s birth stubs