Claudio Zappa

Claudio Zappa
Personal information
Date of birth	30 March 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Brescia, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Virtus CiseranoBergamo
Youth career
	Lumezzane[citation needed]
	AlbinoLeffe
2013–2014	Beira-Mar
2014–2015	Sassuolo
2015	→ Juventus (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2020	Juventus
2016–2017	→ Pontedera (loan)
2017	→ Pordenone (loan)
2017–2018	→ Pistoiese (loan)
2018–2019	→ Juventus U23 (res.)
2019	→ Novara (loan)
2019–2020	→ Sliema Wanderers (loan)
2020–2022	Mantova
2022	Vibonese
2022	United Riccione
2022–2024	Real Calepina
2024–	Virtus CiseranoBergamo
International career
2012	Italy under-16
2013	Italy under-17
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 November 2024

Claudio Zappa (born 30 March 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie D club Virtus CiseranoBergamo.

Club career

Early career

Zappa was born in Brescia, Italy. He began his professional career in the youth teams of local Lombardy club Lumezzane.^{[citation needed]} In 2011, he was transferred to AlbinoLeffe,^{[citation needed]} again in the youth sector.^[2] In 2013, he completed a transfer to Portuguese club S.C. Beira-Mar, before returning to Italy less than a year later to sign with Sassuolo^[3]^[4] for a fee of €220,000.^[5] After impressing^{[according to whom?]} for the youth sides, reigning Serie A champions Juventus made an approach for Zappa, initially signing him to a 6-month loan in February 2015.^[6] Zappa was also suspended for 45 days in 2015 due to the irregular transfer to Portugal.^[7] AlbinoLeffe also appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in order to recover part of the transfer fee.^[8]

Juventus

Juventus signed Zappa on loan in February 2015,^[6] for a loan fee of €200,000.^[9] He impressed^{[according to whom?]} coach Fabio Grosso and was generally the starting left-back for the Primavera side, playing in the Campionato Nazionale Primavera,^{[failed verification]} 2015–16 UEFA Youth League,^{[failed verification]} Supercoppa Primavera^{[failed verification]} and Torneo di Viareggio.^{[failed verification]}^[6] In June 2015 Juventus signed Zappa in a definitive deal for an additional fee of €1.5 million.^[9]^[10]

On 22 July 2016, Juventus confirmed that they had loaned Zappa to Lega Pro side Pontedera.^[11] He made his debut for the club in a 3–1 Loss to Foggia Calcio in the first round of the Coppa Italia, on 31 July 2016.^[12] Zappa's league debut came on 18 September 2016, playing 74 minutes against Racing Roma, after being listed on the bench for the previous two games against Olbia 1905 and Pistoiese.^[13] On 16 January 2017, Zappa was recalled from Pontedera by Juventus, and the following day was sent out on loan again, this time to Pordenone until 30 June 2017.^[14]

On 19 July 2017 Zappa was signed by Pistoiese.^[15]

On 31 January 2019 he joined Novara on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.^[16]

On 2 September 2019 he joined Maltese club Sliema Wanderers on loan.^[17]

Mantova

On 18 August 2020 he moved to Mantova, newly promoted to Serie C.^[18]

Vibonese

On 31 January 2022, Zappa moved to Vibonese.^[19]

References

^ ^a ^b FIGC
^ "Allievi blucelesti Campioni d'Italia" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
^ "Beira-Mar: Cláudio Zappa e Elisson impedidos de jogar" (in Portuguese). Agente Desportivo. 28 March 2014. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
^ "Sassuolo, dal Beira-Mar arriva il giovane Zappa" (in Italian). Gianluca di Marzio.com. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
^ "Nota Integrativa". Bilancio al 31/12/2014 [Financial Report at 31 December 2014] (in Italian). Modena: Italian C.C.I.A.A. 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Claudio Zappa - Profile". Juventus F.C. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
^ "Squalificato l'ex Zappa: sanzione "educativa" dal Tribunale" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
^ "AlbinoLeffe al TAS di Losanna: il comunicato ufficiale bluceleste" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 21 June 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Annual financial report 30 June 2015" (PDF). Juventus F.C. 1 October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
^ "Relazione sulla gestione". Bilancio al 31/12/2015 [Financial Report at 31 December 2015] (in Italian). Modena: Italian C.C.I.A.A. 2016. p. 1.
^ "UFFICIALE: CURTI, CAIS, UDOH E ZAPPA IN MAGLIA GRANATA" (in Italian). U.S. Città di Pontedera. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
^ "Fixtures and Results". legaseriea.it. 31 July 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
^ "Pontedera - Racing Roma" (in Italian). datasport.it. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
^ "Juventus: Claudio Zappa è il nuovo rinforzo per il Pordenone" (in Italian). footballscouting.it. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ "Claudio Zappa è un giocatore della Pistoiese" (Press release) (in Italian). U.S. Pistoiese 1921. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
^ "OFFICIAL: CLAUDIO ZAPPA CENTROCAMPISTA IN AZZURRO" (in Italian). Novara. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ "UFFICIALE: Sliema Wanderers, arriva Zappa dalla Juve Under 23". TuttoMercatoWeb (in Italian). 2 September 2019.
^ "DOPPIO COLPO DALLA JUVENTUS: È UFFICIALE L'ACQUISTO A TITOLO DEFINITIVO DI CLAUDIO ZAPPA E GIANMARIA ZANANDREA" (Press release) (in Italian). Mantova. 18 August 2020. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
^ "Dal Mantova arriva Claudio Zappa" (Press release) (in Italian). Vibonese. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.