Gianmarco Zigoni Explained

Gianmarco Zigoni
Birth Date:10 May 1991
Birth Place:Verona, Italy
Position:Forward
Youthclubs1:Opitergina
Youthclubs2:Treviso
Years1:2008–2009
Caps1:18
Goals1:2
Clubs1:Treviso
Years2:2009–2010
Caps2:1
Goals2:0
Clubs2:AC Milan
Years3:2010–2011
Caps3:0
Goals3:0
Clubs3:Genoa
Years4:2011
Caps4:6
Goals4:1
Clubs4:Frosinone (loan)
Years5:2011–2018
Caps5:0
Goals5:0
Clubs5:AC Milan
Years6:2011–2012
Caps6:30
Goals6:11
Clubs6:Avellino (loan)
Years7:2012–2013
Caps7:11
Goals7:1
Clubs7:Pro Vercelli (loan)
Years8:2013
Caps8:10
Goals8:6
Clubs8:Avellino (loan)
Years9:2013–2014
Caps9:22
Goals9:7
Clubs9:Lecce (loan)
Years10:2014–2015
Caps10:13
Goals10:0
Clubs10:Monza (loan)
Years11:2015–2017
Caps11:88
Goals11:33
Clubs11:SPAL (loan)
Years12:2017–2018
Caps12:40
Goals12:6
Clubs12:Venezia (loan)
Years13:2018–2022
Caps13:23
Goals13:4
Clubs13:Venezia
Years14:2020–2021
Caps14:19
Goals14:2
Clubs14:Novara (loan)
Years15:2021
Caps15:16
Goals15:1
Clubs15:Mantova (loan)
Years16:2022
Caps16:14
Goals16:4
Clubs16:Virtus Verona
Years17:2022–2023
Caps17:27
Goals17:3
Clubs17:Juve Stabia
Years18:2023–2024
Caps18:15
Goals18:2
Clubs18:Virtus Verona
Nationalyears1:2009
Nationalteam1:Italy U-18
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:1
Nationalyears2:2009–2010
Nationalteam2:Italy U-19
Nationalcaps2:5
Nationalgoals2:4
Nationalyears3:2009–2011
Nationalteam3:Italy U-20
Nationalcaps3:2
Nationalgoals3:1
Pcupdate:3 May 2024
Ntupdate:20 April 2017

Gianmarco Zigoni (born 10 May 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

Early career

Raised in Oderzo, Zigoni started playing football with local team Opitergina, before joining Treviso's youth system, where he scored more than one hundred goals. He made his professional debut with the club in a Serie B game against Ancona on 26 January 2009, aged 17. The match ended in a 2–1 loss for Treviso, with Zigoni scoring their lone goal.[1] He scored his second goal only four days later, in a 3–2 win against Brescia.[2] The young striker went on to make a total of 18 appearances for Treviso in the 2008–09 season, being included 8 times in the starting line-up.[3]

AC Milan

Coming to the attention of several Serie A clubs, such Fiorentina, Inter Milan and Juventus,[3] Zigoni was eventually signed by AC Milan at the beginning of the 2009–10 season, for €1.3 million.[4] [5] He became a regular of their youth team, scoring a total of 19 goals in league and cup games.[6] In particular, he scored in both legs of the Coppa Italia Primavera final, as Milan defeated Palermo 3–1 on aggregate to lift the trophy 25 years after the club's last success in the competition.[7]

As for the first team, Zigoni made only one appearance during the season. He came off the bench in the final minutes of a league game against Lazio, which ended in 1–1 draw, on 28 March 2010.[8]

Genoa

In July 2010, Zigoni was transferred to Genoa in co-ownership for €3.75 million,[9] as part of the deal that saw defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos join Milan.[10] With the youth team of his new club Zigoni scored two goals in the Supercoppa Primavera, as Genoa defeated 5–0 his former Milan teammates to secure the trophy.[11] However, he failed to get any first-team appearances in his first months at the club.

Subsequently, on 29 January 2011, Zigoni was sent out on loan to Serie B club Frosinone.[12] In his short stint with the club, he made a mere six appearances with a single goal, and Frosinone ended being relegated to the third tier at the end of the season.

AC Milan return and loans

On 24 May 2011, AC Milan re-acquired the second half of Zigoni from Genoa for the same fee,[13] [14] before being sent on loan to Avellino for the season. Next season he was sent on another loan spell to Serie B club Pro Vercelli.[15] However, during the January transfer window he was called back and sent on a second loan spell to Avellino.[16] Avellino promoted to Serie B at the end of season.

On 29 July 2013 he was signed by Italian third division club U.S. Lecce,[17] re-joining teammate Giacomo Beretta and Marcus Diniz. Next season, he moved to Monza, once again on loan.[18] On 8 January 2015 Zigoni was released by Monza.[19] He was signed by SPAL on loan.[20] The loan was extended on 13 July 2015,[21] and again on 15 July 2016.[22]

Venezia

On 10 August 2017, Zigoni was signed by Serie B side Venezia, on a season-long loan deal with an obligation to buy.[23]

Serie C

On 19 September 2020 he joined Novara on loan.[24] On 30 January 2021 he was sub-loaned to Mantova.[25]

On 31 January 2022, Zigoni was sold to Serie C club Virtus Verona on a permanent transfer.[26]

On 9 September 2022, Zigoni moved to Juve Stabia on a one-season contract.[27]

On 24 August 2023, Zigoni returned to Virtus Verona for one year.[28]

International career

Zigoni won his first international cap in February 2009, shortly after his debut in Serie B with Treviso, being called up by Italy U-20 for a game against Austria.[29] Italy lost 2–1, with Zigoni himself scoring their lone goal.[30]

Zigoni went on to be selected also at under-18 and under-19 level, being capped a total of 10 times and scoring 5 goals.[31] Among the 5 goals, 3 of them was from 3 substitute appearances in 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification. However Zigoni was dropped out from the squad for the elite round and the final tournament as the team already had Mattia Destro, Fabio Borini and Nicolao Dumitru as centre forwards.

Personal life

Zigoni was born in Verona, the son of former Juventus, Roma, and Hellas Verona striker Gianfranco Zigoni and grandnephew of former Napoli midfielder Pierluigi Ronzon.[32]

Career statistics

TeamSeasonDomestic
League
Domestic
Cup
European
Competition1
Other
Tournaments2
Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Treviso2008–0918200182
Milan2009–1010000010
Genoa2010–11000000
Frosinone2011610061
Avellino2011–123011003011
Pro Vercelli2012–1311110121
Avellino2013000000
Total 30 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 11
Career Total66161000006716
1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League.
2Other tournaments include none to date.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Zigoni jr, debutto con gol Ma l'Ancona vola con Nassi . . 22 . 27 January 2009 . 10 September 2010 . it.
  2. News: Il Brescia rimpiange Possanzini . Guglielmo Longhi . . 23 . 1 February 2009 . 10 September 2010 . it.
  3. News: Zigoni jr: rossoneri in pole Ma c' è anche la Juventus . Filippo Di Chiara . . 12 . 7 June 2009 . 10 September 2010 . it.
  4. Web site: AC Milan Group 2009 Annual Report . April 2010 . 11 June 2011 . AC Milan . it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120710130700/http://media3.acmilan.com/uploads/bilancio/BilancioGruppoMilan_ACM_12-09.pdf . 10 July 2012 .
  5. News: A.C. Milan Official Announcement . acmilan.com . . 1 July 2009 . 1 July 2009.
  6. Web site: Calendario Primavera 2009/2010 . acmilan.com . . 10 September 2010 . it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100516151018/http://www.acmilan.com/infoPage.aspx?id=88187 . 16 May 2010 .
  7. News: Il Milan del futuro vola con Verdi e Zigoni . Fabiana Della Valle . . 13 . 15 April 2010 . 10 September 2010 . it.
  8. News: Più di così non-può . Luigi Garlando . . 1–3 . 29 March 2010 . 10 September 2010 . it.
  9. Web site: AC Milan Group 2010 Annual Report . April 2011 . 11 June 2011 . AC Milan . it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120515220657/http://www.acmilan.com/uploads/club/bilancio2010/pdf/Bilancio_Gruppo_Milan_10.pdf . 15 May 2012 .
  10. News: Official A.C. Milan press release . acmilan.com . . 20 July 2010 . 26 July 2010.
  11. News: I Grifoncini sollevano la Supercoppa . genoacfc.it . . 9 September 2010 . 11 September 2010 . it.
  12. News: Ufficiale: Frosinone, ecco Zigoni dal Genoa . Alessio Calfapietra . tuttomercatoweb.com . 29 January 2011 . 29 January 2011 . it.
  13. Web site: AC Milan | Sito Ufficiale.
  14. News: Boateng è del Milan Riscatto da 7 milioni. 25 May 2011. 11 June 2011. La Gazzetta dello Sport. it.
  15. News: Ufficiale l'ingaggio dell'attaccante del Milan Gianmarco Zigoni . fcprovercelli.it . . 10 July 2012 . 12 July 2012.
  16. News: Zigoni è un calciatore dell'Avellino . asavellino.com . . 23 January 2013 . 19 June 2014 . it . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202142343/http://www.asavellino.com/notizia.php?id=6884 . 2 February 2014 . dead .
  17. News: Ufficializzata acquisizione Zigoni. 29 July 2013. 19 June 2014. US Lecce. it.
  18. News: L'attaccante Gianmarco Zigoni è del Monza . acmonzabrianza.it . . 13 August 2014 . 13 August 2014 . it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140814011151/http://www.acmonzabrianza.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2531&catid=46&Itemid=456&lang=it . 14 August 2014 .
  19. Web site: Ufficiali le rescissioni di Zigoni, Anastasi e Viotti . https://web.archive.org/web/20150109225330/http://www.acmonzabrianza.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2790%3Aufficiali-le-rescissioni-di-zigoni-anastasi-e-viotti&catid=46%3Ainformazioni&Itemid=456&lang=it. 9 January 2015. 8 January 2015. A.C. Monza Brianza 1912. it.
  20. News: GIANMARCO ZIGONI E VALERIO NAVA – PRIMI INNESTI DI GENNAIO. 7 January 2015. 10 January 2015. S.P.A.L. 2013. it. 8 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150108115811/http://www.spalferrara.it/news/valerio-nava-innesto-gennaio/. dead.
  21. Web site: ZIGONI CONFERMATO ALLA SPAL NELLA NUOVA STAGIONE. 13 July 2015. 19 October 2015. SPAL 2013. it.
  22. Web site: Zigoni ancora biancazzurro! Rinnovato il prestito dell'attaccante . Zigoni still white-and-blue! Forward's loan extended . spalferrara.it . . 16 July 2016 . it . 7 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160807055707/http://www.spalferrara.it/zigoni-ancora-biancazzurro-rinnovato-prestito-dellattaccante/ . dead .
  23. Web site: Benvenuto Gianmarco Zigoni! . Welcome, Gianmarco Zigoni! . veneziafc.club . . it . 10 August 2017 . 10 August 2017 . 10 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170810212800/http://www.veneziafc.club/stagione/archivio-news/item/702-benvenuto-gianmarco-zigoni.html . dead .
  24. Novara. GIANMARCO ZIGONI È UN CALCIATORE DEL NOVARA. 19 September 2020. it.
  25. Web site: Mantova. UFFICIALE: GIANMARCO ZIGONI È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DEL MANTOVA!. 30 January 2021. it. 4 February 2021. 30 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210130155041/https://www.mantova1911.club/notizia.php?id=439. dead.
  26. Web site: La Casa di C. Virtus Verona, ufficiale l’arrivo di Gianmarco Zigoni. 31 January 2022. it.
  27. Web site: Juve Stabia. S.S. Juve Stabia, ufficiale l’arrivo di Zigoni. 9 September 2022. 22 September 2022. it.
  28. Web site: Virtus Verona. COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: GIANMARCO ZIGONI TORNA IN ROSSOBLÙ. OFFICIAL RELEASE: GIANMARCO ZIGONI RETURNS TO ROSSOBLÙ. 24 August 2023. 26 August 2023. it.
  29. News: Calcio, Treviso; Zigoni Jr.: "Felice della Chiamata nell'Under-20" . . 6 February 2009 . 10 September 2010 . it.
  30. Web site: Italia – Austria . figc.it . . 11 February 2009 . 10 September 2010 . it . 2 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120902062254/http://www.figc.it/nazionali/TabellinoGara?squadra=11&codiceGara=2504 . dead .
  31. Web site: Gianmarco Zigoni . figc.it . . 10 September 2010 . it . https://web.archive.org/web/20120902062312/http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=3392&squadra=1 . 2 September 2012 . dead .
  32. News: Uno Zigoni tira l' altro "Sei più forte di papà" . Sebastiano Vernazza . . 19 . 5 February 2009 . 10 September 2010 . it.