| Matteo Lovato | |
| Birth Date: | 2000 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Monselice, Italy |
| Height: | 1.88 m[1] |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Sassuolo (on loan from Salernitana) |
| Clubnumber: | 20 |
| Youthyears1: | –2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | Padova |
| Youthyears2: | 2016–2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | Genoa |
| Youthyears3: | 2018–2019 |
| Youthclubs3: | → Padova (loan) |
| Years1: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Padova |
| Caps1: | 17 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs2: | Hellas Verona |
| Caps2: | 25 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs3: | Atalanta |
| Caps3: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2022 |
| Clubs4: | → Cagliari (loan) |
| Caps4: | 16 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2022– |
| Clubs5: | Salernitana |
| Caps5: | 30 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2024 |
| Clubs6: | → Torino (loan) |
| Caps6: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2024– |
| Clubs7: | → Sassuolo (loan) |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2020–2023 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 8 June 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 28 June 2023 |
Matteo Lovato (born 14 February 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Sassuolo, on loan from Salernitana.
Lovato spent his early years in the youth teams of Padova before moving to Genoa's under-17 team at age 16, where he made 18 appearances and scored two goals. Lovato did not join Genoa's Primavera team, though; he returned to Padova on loan in January 2018.[2]
On 25 August 2019, Lovato made his Serie C debut with Padova under coach Salvatore Sullo, as a starter in a 3–1 away victory against Virtus Verona. He would remain with the club for the first half of the 2019–20 season, accumulating 18 appearances in all competitions.[3]
On 31 January 2020, Hellas Verona announced the acquisition of Lovato for a reported fee of €500,000.[3] [4] [5] He made his Serie A debut with the club on 18 July 2020 under coach Ivan Jurić as a late substitute for Koray Günter in a 1–1 home draw against Atalanta.[6] [7]
The next season, Lovato broke into the starting lineup following the sale of Marash Kumbulla.[8] [9] He made a total of 24 appearances for Verona, helping the club to a 10th-place finish.[10]
On 31 July 2021, Lovato signed for Atalanta on a four-year contract, for a reported fee of €8 million plus €3 million in bonuses.[11]
On 3 January 2022, Lovato joined Cagliari on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season.[12]
Lovato joined Salernitana on 6 July 2022 on a five-year contract,[13] as part of a deal in which Éderson moved the other way.[14]
On 31 January 2024, Lovato moved on loan to Torino, with an option to buy.[15]
On 7 August 2024, Lovato joined Sassuolo on loan, with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.[16]
On 12 November 2020, Lovato made his debut with the Italy U21 playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–1 against Iceland in Reykjavík.[17]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Padova | 2019–20 | Serie C | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| Hellas Verona | 2019–20 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| Atalanta | 2021–22 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| Cagliari (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | |||