italian association football player

Leonardo Spinazzola ( behave 25 March 1993 ) is an italian professional football player who plays as a left-sided midfielder or wing-back for Serie A club Roma and the Italy home team .

Club career [edit ]

early years with Siena, Juventus, and loan spells across Italy [edit ]

Born in Foligno, Spinazzola started his career at Siena ‘s young person setup. [ 4 ] In 2010, he joined Juventus in a irregular deal, being assigned to the Primavera squad. In June 2012 Juventus signed half of the registration rights for €400,000.

On 5 July 2012 Spinazzola and Filippo Boniperti were loaned to Serie B side Empoli in a season-long loanword. [ 5 ] On 1 September he played his beginning match as a professional, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 aside draw against Novara. [ 6 ] Spinazzola scored his inaugural professional goal on the 15th, but in a 2–4 loss at Livorno. [ 7 ] After appearing in only seven matches, his loanword spell was cut short and he moved to Virtus Lanciano besides in a temp deal in January 2013. [ 8 ] Spinazzola alone appeared in three matches with Virtus, all from the bench. On 10 August 2013 he was again loaned, this time to his first gear club Siena ; [ 9 ] he appeared regularly with the latter, contributing with 24 matches and one goal for the latter, which narrowly missed out play-offs. In June 2014 the co-ownership agreement between Siena and Juventus was renewed again. however, after the bankruptcy of Siena in July, Juventus acquired the remaining 50 % registration rights of Spinazzola from Siena for free. On 11 August 2014, Spinazzola joined Serie A side Atalanta besides in a loanword hand. [ 10 ] On 23 August, he made his debut for the club, scoring the last goal of a 2–0 home gain against Pisa in the Coppa Italia. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Spinazzola made his debut in the italian top escape on 31 August, replacing Marcelo Estigarribia in the 82nd minute of a 0–0 home reap against Verona. [ 13 ] After spells on loan with Vicenza and Perugia, Spinazzola returned to Atalanta in July 2016. [ 11 ] After spending two seasons on loanword with Atalanta, Spinazzola returned to Juventus in the summer of 2018. [ 14 ] Following an injury that ruled him out for the beginning one-half of the 2018–19 temper, Spinazzola made his Juventus debut on 12 January 2019, in a 2–0 away win over Bologna in the Coppa Italia. [ 15 ] He made his Champions League debut on 12 March, starting in a 3–0 home gain over Atlético Madrid, in the round of golf of 16 of the tournament, which enabled Juventus to advance to the quarter-finals 3–2 on aggregate. [ 16 ] [ 17 ]

rome [edit ]

On 1 July 2019, Leonardo Spinazzola joined Roma from Juventus for €29.5 million, signing a four-year shrink with the clubhouse, while Luca Pellegrini moved in the face-to-face focus. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] In January 2020, Spinazzola was close to a transfer be active to Inter Milan in substitution for Matteo Politano, but the hand collapsed at the survive hour as Inter was not wholly satisfied with Spinazzola ‘s physical conditions. [ 20 ]

International career [edit ]

On 28 March 2017, Spinazzola made his senior international debut for the Italy national football team, along with four other players, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 friendly away win against the Netherlands. [ 21 ] In June 2021, Spinazzola was included in Italy ‘s police squad for UEFA Euro 2020 by director Roberto Mancini. [ 22 ] In the first step match of the tournament on 11 June, a 3–0 succeed over Turkey, Spinazzola was named man of the match by UEFA for his performance, during which he was credited with an aid on his team ‘s irregular goal, after his hedge nip was scored by Ciro Immobile off the recoil. [ 23 ] On 26 June, he assisted the open goal scored by Federico Chiesa in extra-time on an eventual 2–1 winnings over Austria in the attack of 16, and was besides late besides involved in the match-winning goal scored by Matteo Pessina ; due to his performance, he was named man of the match for the second time in the tournament by UEFA. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] On 2 July, belated in the 2–1 quarter-final win over Belgium, Spinazzola was stretchered off the pitch with an Achilles tendon rupture, ending his time in the tournament. [ 26 ] On 5 July, Spinazzola underwent a successful surgery of his leave Achilles tendon. [ 27 ] On 11 July, Spinazzola won the european championship with Italy following a 3–2 penalty shoot-out victory over England in the concluding at Wembley Stadium after a 1–1 draw in extra-time. [ 28 ] Spinazzola was clocked as the fastest actor of the tournament, tied with Hungary ‘s Loïc Négo, reaching a top speed of 33.8 kilometers per hour. [ 29 ] For his performances, he was included in the team of the tournament. [ 30 ]

vogue of play [edit ]

Although naturally right-footed, Spinazzola prefers playing on the entrust flank, either as a full-back, wing-back, or winger ; a versatile player, he is besides capable of playing on the right side of the pitch. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] [ 34 ] A immediate, acrobatic, and offensive-minded player, he is known for his stamina, populace classify travel rapidly and acceleration, animalism, and his polish drivel skills, which enable him to beat his man in one on one situations on the annex with feints or changes of tempo. He is besides capable of playing the ball first time, cutting into the center and providing in-swinging crosses to teammates, or providing depth to his team with his attacking runs down the flank. defensively, he is known for his anticipation and ability in the publicize. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] His versatility, characteristics, role, and playing dash have drawn comparisons with former Italy and Juventus wing-back Gianluca Zambrotta, [ 32 ] [ 33 ] whom Spinazzola himself has cited as one of his major influences. [ 34 ]

personal life sentence [edit ]

In May 2018, Spinazzola and then girlfriend Miriam Sette had a son together. [ 35 ] On 24 December 2020, the pair married. [ 36 ] In February 2021, the copulate had a second gear child together, a daughter. [ 37 ]

career statistics [edit ]

clubhouse [edit ]

As of match played 29 April 2021[38]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club

Season

League

Cup
Europe

Other

Total

Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals

Empoli (loan)

2012–13
Serie B

7
1
1
0


8
1

Virtus Lanciano (loan)

2012–13

Serie B

3
0
0
0


3
0

Siena (loan)

2013–14

Serie B

24
1
2
0


26
1

Atalanta (loan)

2014–15
Serie A

2
0
3
1


5
1

Vicenza (loan)

2014–15

Serie B

10
0
0
0


10
0

Perugia (loan)

2015–16

Serie B

34
0
2
0


36
0

Atalanta (loan)

2016–17

Serie A

30
0
2
0


32
0

2017–18

18
0
1
0
6
0

25
0

Total

48
0
3
1
6
0

57
1

Juventus
2018–19

Serie A

10
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
12
0

Roma
2019–20

Serie A

24
1
0
0
8
1

32
2

2020–21

27
2
1
0
11
0

39
2

2021–22

0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0

Total

51
3
1
0
19
1

71
4

Career total

189
5
13
1
26
1
0
0
228
7

International [edit ]

As of match played 2 July 2021[39]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Italy

2017
5
0

2018
0
0

2019
3
0

2020
2
0

2021
8
0

Total
18
0

Honours [edit ]

Juventus Youth
Juventus [ 38 ]
Italy
Individual

Orders [edit ]

References [edit ]