Emmanuele Zurlo Explained

Emmanuele Zurlo
Fullname:Emmanuele Zurlo
Birth Date:7 February 1988
Birth Place:Catanzaro, Italy[1]
Height:1.73 m[2]
Position:Forward
Clubnumber:9
Nationalyears1:2013–
Nationalteam1:Italy[3]
Nationalcaps1:152
Nationalgoals1:142
Ntupdate:15 May 2023

Emmanuele Zurlo (born 7 February 1988) is an Italian beach soccer player who plays as a forward for the Italy national team.

Career

Zurlo originally pursued a career in association football, reaching Serie C2 with US Catanzaro 1929.[4]

He began his transition to beach soccer in 2011 when he began playing in the Italian National League (Serie A). In 2013, he was the second top scorer in the league and top scorer in the Coppa Italia.[5] He was subsequently called up to the Italy national team for the first time[6] for a friendly versus Iran in August of that year.[7] His competitive debut came at Stage 1 of the 2014 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL); his performances during the season earnt him a nomination for the Pallone Azzurro (Blue Ball).[5]

In 2015, he attended his first World Cup, and has since been part of the Italian squads at three further editions (2017, 2019, 2014). He was top scorer of Serie A in back-to-back seasons in 2016 and 2017, and was named as the league's MVP in 2018 whilst playing for club side Catania.[8] He successfully converted his penalty in the shootout win versus Spain in the final of the 2018 EBSL to help seal Italy's first European title in 13 years.[9]

At the 2019 World Cup, he won the Silver Boot award with 10 goals,[10] [11] was shortlisted for the Golden Ball,[12] and his first goal versus Switzerland was voted as the best of the tournament[13] as he played a crucial role in Italy's run to the final. It was also in 2019 when Zurlo made his 100th appearance for Italy in a 4–3 win versus Russia at the European Games in Minsk,[14] and he scored his 100th goal at the World Beach Games in Doha.[15]

In 2023, Italy coach, Emiliano Del Duca, revamped the national team, purging it of some veteran players.[16] [17] However, Zurlo's services were retained and he was promoted to team captain;[4] in this role, he was flag bearer for Italy at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games,[18] and he led Italy to a third European crown at the 2023 EBSL,[19] being one of just two surviving squad members from the previous title win five years prior.[20]

Statistics

Competition Year Apps Goals Ref.
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
6 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20170428142323/http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/archive/portugal2015/statistics/players/goal-scored.html
4 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20170711214931/http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/statistics/players/goal-scored.html
6 10 https://web.archive.org/web/20191202023904/https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/statistics/players/goal-scored
Total16 19 —

Honours

The following is a selection, not an exhaustive list, of the major international honours Zurlo has achieved:

Team

Individual

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beach soccer, premiato Emmanuele Zurlo - Comune di Catanzaro . Comune di Catanzaro . 30 January 2024 . it .
  2. Web site: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019 – List of Players. FIFA.com. 15 November 2019. 17 November 2019. 16 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191116211601/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FBSWC/2019/pdf/FBSWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF. dead.
  3. Web site: Il bomber Zurlo continua a vestire la maglia del Catania Beach Soccer . Menolascina, Omar . CataniaToday . 15 May 2023 . 30 January 2024 . it.
  4. Web site: Il catanzarese Emmanuele Zurlo: "2023 un anno incredibile. Con il Beach Soccer amore a prima vista" . Costanzo, Claudio . . 14 October 2023 . 30 January 2024 . it .
  5. Web site: Pallone Azzurro 2014: Corosiniti, Marrucci e Zurlo, i tre finalisti per la nazionale di Beach Soccer . . 23 December 2014 . 30 January 2024 . it.
  6. Web site: Coppa Italia Beach Soccer, Zurlo è il Re dei bomber . CatanzaroInforma . 3 June 2013 . 30 January 2024 . it .
  7. Web site: Beach Soccer: oggi l'amichevole Iran-Italia . . 27 August 2013 . 30 January 2024 . it .
  8. Web site: World Cup Beach Soccer, conosciamo meglio tutti gli azzurri mondiali . . 20 November 2019 . 17 May 2021 . it.
  9. Web site: Beach Soccer: Italia campione d’Europa, 9-8 alla Spagna . . 9 September 2018 . 30 January 2024 . it.
  10. Web site: Zurlo: We’ve shown the world who Italy are . FIFA.com . 2 December 2019 . 30 January 2024 .
  11. Web site: Beach Soccer, Mondiali 2019: Portogallo campione del mondo, Italia 2a . Corradi, Marco . Azzurri di Gloria . 1 December 2019 . 30 January 2024 . it .
  12. Web site: Golden Ball shortlist and digital success highlighted at closing press conference. https://web.archive.org/web/20191201181725/https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/golden-ball-shortlist-and-digital-success-highlighted-at-closing-press-conferenc. dead. December 1, 2019. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. FIFA.com. 30 November 2019. 1 December 2019.
  13. Web site: 2019's greatest goals . FIFA.com . 21 December 2019 . 30 January 2024 .
  14. Web site: Giochi Europei di Minsk: L’Italia supera la Russia per 4-3 e chiude al 5^ posto . . 29 June 2019 . 30 January 2024 . it . Giornata particolare per Emmanuele Zurlo che ha raggiunto le 100 presenze con la maglia azzurra .
  15. Web site: I record dei cannonieri del calcio dilettantistico calabrese . Scerbo, Massimo . Calabria Dilettanti . 10 January 2020 . 30 January 2024 .
  16. https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/beachsoccerworldcup/united-arab-emirates-2024/articles/emiliano-del-duca-italy Del Duca: We’ll give it everything to make the Italy fans proud
  17. Web site: Rodrigo: It’s a wonderful sensation to be a Best Player finalist . FIFA.com . 26 January 2024 . 30 January 2024 . Italy have undergone a renewal. They have new players who have shown how good they are. .
  18. Web site: Giochi del Mediterraneo su sabbia, Zurlo portabandiera, ma gli Azzurri partono con un ko: l’Egitto vince 3-2 . . 9 September 2023 . 30 January 2024 . it .
  19. Web site: La Nazionale italiana di beach soccer campione d'Europa: una vittoria che parla anche calabrese . Spina, Francesco . . 24 September 2023 . 30 January 2024 . it .
  20. Web site: Gravina lancia gli Azzurri: “La vittoria dell’Europeo alimenta l’entusiasmo per il Mondiale”, il 29 scatta il raduno per Dubai . . 18 January 2024 . 30 January 2024 . it . Emmanuele Zurlo, l’unico, insieme ad Andrea Carpita, rimasto in gruppo dal trionfo all’Europeo del 2018 a poter dire di aver bissato il titolo continentale .

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