| Luca Valzania | |
| Birth Date: | 1996 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Cesena, Italy |
| Height: | 1.86 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Pescara |
| Youthyears1: | –2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Cesena |
| Years1: | 2013–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Cesena |
| Caps1: | 3 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2015–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Atalanta |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs3: | → Cesena (loan) |
| Caps3: | 17 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs4: | → Cittadella (loan) |
| Caps4: | 34 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs5: | → Pescara (loan) |
| Caps5: | 33 |
| Goals5: | 5 |
| Years6: | 2019 |
| Clubs6: | → Frosinone (loan) |
| Caps6: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 2 |
| Years7: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs7: | → Cremonese (loan) |
| Caps7: | 96 |
| Goals7: | 8 |
| Years8: | 2022–2024 |
| Clubs8: | Cremonese |
| Caps8: | 0 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs9: | → SPAL (loan) |
| Caps9: | 21 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2024 |
| Clubs10: | → Ascoli (loan) |
| Caps10: | 13 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2024– |
| Clubs11: | Pescara |
| Caps11: | 0 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 10 June 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 25 March 2019 |
Luca Valzania (born 5 March 1996) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Pescara.
Valzania started his career at Cesena. On 13 May 2014 he made his professional debut for Cesena in Serie B as a substitute replacing Moro Alhassan in the 76th minute of a 1–0 home win over Empoli.[1] At the end of 2013–14 season Cesena won the Serie B play-off and it was promoted in Serie A. On 6 January 2015, Valzania made his Serie A debut in a 4–1 home defeat against Napoli, he was replaced by Massimo Volta in the 79th minute.[2]
On 30 June 2015, Valzania was sold to Atalanta for €6 million.[3] That transfer window Cesena also signed Moussa Koné and Federico Varano from Atalanta, for a total transfer fee of €6 million.[4]
On 2 July 2015, Valzania was loaned back to Cesena on a season-long loan deal.[5] On 9 August, Valzania made his debut for Cesena in a 4–0 home win over Lecce in the second round of Coppa Italia, he played the entire match.[6] On 5 September he made his Serie B debut for Cesena in a 2–0 home win over Brescia, he was replaced by Luca Garritano in the 63rd minute.[7] On 19 September he played his first entire match for Cesena, a 3–1 away win over Ascoli.[8] On 1 December he played in the fourth round of Coppa Italia, a 4–1 away defeat against Torino.[9] Valzania ended his loan to Cesena with 19 appearances and 1 assist.[10]
On 15 July 2016, Valzania was loaned to Serie B club Cittadella on a season-long loan deal.[11] On 7 August he made his debut for Cittadella as a substitute replacing Lucas Chiaretti in the 79th minute of a 2–1 home defeat, after extra-time, against Cremonese in the second round of Coppa Italia.[12] On 27 August, Valzania made his Serie B debut for Cittadella in a 2–1 away win over Bari, he was replaced by Andrea Schenetti in the 77th minute.[13] On 1 January 2017, Valzania played his first entire match for Cittadella, a 2–0 away win over Trapani.[14] On 22 April he scored his first professional goal in the 66th minute of a 4–1 home win over Carpi.[15] Valzania ended his season-long loan to Cittadella with 35 appearances, 1 goal and 5 assists.
On 15 July 2017, Valzania left for Pescara on a season-long loan deal, with an option to buy at the end of season.[16] [17] On 12 August he made his debut for Pescara as a substitute replacing Christian Capone in the 59th minute of a 3–1 away win over Brescia in the third round of Coppa Italia.[18] On 3 September, Valzania made his Serie B debut for Pescara as a substitute replacing Mamadou Coulibaly in the 65th minute of a 4–2 away defeat against Perugia.[19] On 19 September he played his first entire match for Pescara, a 2–2 home draw against Virtus Entella.[20] On 2 December, Valzania scored twice in a 3–3 home draw against Ternana.[21] On 8 December he was sent off with a red card in the 90th minute of a 4–2 away defeat against Cesena.[22] On 28 December, Valzania scored his third goal in the 86th minute of a 1–0 home win over Venezia.[23] Valzania ended his loan to Pescara with 34 appearances, 5 goals and 4 assists.
On 8 January 2019, Valzania joined on loan to Frosinone until 30 June 2019.[24] On 4 February he made his debut for the club in Serie A in a 1–0 home defeat against Lazio, he was replaced by Marcello Trotta after 81 minutes.[25] On 17 March, Valzania scored his first goal for Frosinone, as a substitute, in the 70th minute of a 2–1 away defeat against Empoli.[26] Two weeks later, on 31 March he played his first entire match for the club, a 1–0 home defeat against SPAL.[27] Three days later, on 3 April, he scored his second goal in the 47th minute of a 3–2 home win over Parma.[28] Valzania ended his season-long loan to Frosinone with 13 appearances, 2 goals and 1 assist, however Frosinone was relegated in Serie B.
On 31 August 2019, Valzania joined to Serie B side Cremonese on a season-long loan.[29] On 15 September he made his debut for the club in a 4–1 away defeat against Pisa, he played the entire match.[30] On 5 September 2020, he returned on loan at Cremonese until 30 June 2021.[31] On 16 July 2021, he returned to Cremonese on a third loan. Cremonese held an obligation to purchase his rights in case of promotion to Serie A.[32]
On 31 August 2022, Valzania joined SPAL on loan until 30 June 2023.[33]
On 5 January 2024, Valzania was loaned by Ascoli.[34]
On 30 August 2024, Valzania returned to Pescara in Serie C.[35]
On 10 October 2017 he made his debut with Italy U21 team as a substitute replacing Alessandro Murgia in the 82nd of a 4–0 home win over Marocco U-20 in an international friendly.
| Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Cesena | 2013–14 | Serie B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Cesena (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie B | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Cittadella (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie B | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[36] | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| Pescara (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie B | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 5 | |||
| Atalanta | 2018–19 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[37] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Frosinone (loan) | 2018–19 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 2 | ||||
| Cremonese (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | Serie B | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 5 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Serie B | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 96 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 8 | |||
| Career total | 197 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 208 | 16 | |||