| Bruno Zuculini | |
| Fullname: | Bruno Zuculini[1] |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Belén de Escobar, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.82 m[2] |
| Position: | Central midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Racing Club |
| Clubnumber: | 36 |
| Youthclubs1: | Racing Club |
| Years1: | 2010–2014 |
| Clubs1: | Racing Club |
| Caps1: | 92 |
| Goals1: | 10 |
| Years2: | 2014–2017 |
| Clubs2: | Manchester City |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs3: | → Valencia (loan) |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2015 |
| Clubs4: | → Córdoba (loan) |
| Caps4: | 8 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs5: | → Middlesbrough (loan) |
| Caps5: | 5 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2016 |
| Clubs6: | → AEK Athens (loan) |
| Caps6: | 4 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs7: | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) |
| Caps7: | 9 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2017 |
| Clubs8: | → Hellas Verona (loan) |
| Caps8: | 16 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Years9: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs9: | Hellas Verona |
| Caps9: | 16 |
| Goals9: | 2 |
| Years10: | 2018–2024 |
| Clubs10: | River Plate |
| Caps10: | 85 |
| Goals10: | 4 |
| Years11: | 2024– |
| Clubs11: | Racing Club |
| Caps11: | 12 |
| Goals11: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011 |
| Nationalteam1: | Argentina U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Club-Update: | 15:04, 26 April 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 20 May 2014 |
Bruno Zuculini (born 2 April 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Racing Club.
Born in Belén de Escobar, Zuculini graduated from Racing Club's youth setup. He made his first-team debut on 13 February 2010, starting in a 1–0 away loss against Gimnasia La Plata for the Argentine Primera División championship, and aged only 16.[3]
Zuculini appeared in further six matches during the campaign, and also played 12 during 2011–12. On 17 June 2012, he scored his first professional goal, but in a 4–2 away loss against Atlético de Rafaela.[4]
In the 2012–13 season, after the departures of Giovanni Moreno and Lucas Nahuel Castro, Zuculini was an ever-present figure for the Avellaneda side, appearing in 32 matches and scoring five goals. On 27 September 2013 he renewed his link with the club, running until 2016.[5]
On 23 July 2014, Zuculini scored the opening goal of Manchester City's pre-season match against Sporting Kansas City.[6] On 8 August, he was officially confirmed as a City player, being assigned the number 36 shirt.[7]
Zuculini made his competitive debut two days later in the 2014 FA Community Shield, replacing Yaya Touré after 60 minutes of an eventual 3–0 defeat to Arsenal at Wembley Stadium.[8] On 10 July 2015, it was confirmed that he would be in the club's squad for their pre-season tour in Australia.[9]
On 19 August 2014, Zuculini was loaned to La Liga's Valencia CF in a season-long deal.[10] He made his debut in the competition on 29 August 2014, coming on at half time for André Gomes in a 3–0 home win against Málaga CF.[11]
On 30 January 2015, Zuculini's loan was rescinded, after appearing just 45 minutes for the Che.[12]
Hours after rescinding with Valencia, Zuculini joined fellow league team Córdoba CF on loan until June.[13] The team were relegated in last place in the league, and Spanish newspaper Marca named him in their worst team of the season.[14]
Following loan spells in Spain, Zuculini made his first loan move to an English club on 26 October 2015 as he joined Championship club Middlesbrough on a month-long loan.[15]
On 25 November 2015, the loan was extended to 2 January 2016.
Zuculini was on loan at AEK Athens until the end of the 2016 Greek Superleague campaign.[16] On 4 February 2016, he made his debut with the club, in an away 1–0 win against Iraklis at Kaftanzoglio Stadium for Greek Cup helping his club to advance to semi finals.[17] On 23 February 2016, Argentine midfielder Zuculini suffered a serious fracture injury in the metatarsal and had to return to England in order to undergo surgery.[18]
Zuculini signed on loan for Rayo Vallecano until the end of the 2016–17 Segunda División campaign.[19] On 17 January, after only nine league matches, his loan was cut short and he joined his brother at Verona.[20]
After spending the second half of the 2016–17 on loan at Hellas Verona, Zuculini signed a permanent deal with the club on 11 July 2017.[21]
Zuculini's older brother Franco is also a footballer and a midfielder. He too was groomed at Racing Club, with both playing together in 2011.[22]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Racing Club | 2009–10 | Primera División | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| 2011–12 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||||
| 2012–13 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[23] | 0 | — | 34 | 5 | |||||
| 2013–14 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 92 | 10 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 100 | 10 | |||||
| Manchester City | 2014–15 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[24] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Valencia (loan) | 2014–15 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Córdoba (loan) | 2014–15 | La Liga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Middlesbrough (loan) | 2015–16 | Championship | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| AEK (loan) | 2015–16 | Superleague | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Verona (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie B | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
| Verona | 2017–18 | Serie A | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 18 | 3 | ||||
| River Plate | 2017–18 | Primera División | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6[25] | 0 | 1[26] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[27] | 0 | 4[28] | 0 | 3[29] | 1 | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[30] | 0 | 1[31] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[32] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |||
| 2021 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[33] | 0 | 1[34] | 0 | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4[35] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 74 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 111 | 7 | |||
| Career total | 223 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 276 | 21 | |||
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