Dario Zanatta

Dario Zanatta
Personal information
Full name Dario Zanatta
Date of birth (1997-05-24) 24 May 1997
Place of birth Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Alloa Athletic
(on loan from Heart of Midlothian)
Youth career
2002–2007 Gorge FC
2008–2011 Victoria Capitals
2011–2015 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2015– Heart of Midlothian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Heart of Midlothian 15 (1)
2016 → Queen's Park (loan) 10 (1)
2017 → Queen's Park (loan) 14 (5)
2017–2018 → Raith Rovers (loan) 14 (5)
2018 → Raith Rovers (loan) 11 (2)
2018– → Alloa Athletic (loan) 6 (0)
National team‡
2013 Canada U16 2 (2)
2014 Canada U18 1 (0)
2015–2017 Canada U20 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 Octobert 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:32, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Dario Zanatta (born 24 May 1997) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Alloa Athletic, on loan from Heart of Midlothian, as a forward. He has also played for Queen's Park and Raith Rovers on loan and the Canadian national team at youth level.

Career

Youth

Zanatta grew up playing for Gorge Soccer Association and Lower Island Metro[1] during his childhood years.[2] As a teenager, he played for the Victoria Capitals youth program before joining Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency in 2011, aged 14.[3] Zanatta was offered a spot in the academy and slowly worked his way up the academy ranks. He left Vancouver in February 2015, having been unable to agree to terms on a contract and set his ambitions on Europe[4] and went on trial with several European clubs, including Ipswich Town,[5] IFK Gothenburg and Heart of Midlothian.[6]

Heart of Midlothian

Zanatta signed his first professional contract on 6 August 2015, signing with Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian, on a two-year contract,[7] initially joining up with the club's under-20 side.[1] Zanatta made his first team debut on 31 October, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute in a Scottish Premiership match against Partick Thistle at Firhill Stadium, replacing Sam Nicholson in a 4–0 win.[8] In January 2016, Zanatta was originally expected to be loaned to a lower division club, but he impressed Hearts coach Robbie Neilson enough to stay with the first team.[9]

In September 2016, Hearts announced they had loaned Zanatta to Queen's Park of the Scottish League One on a one-month emergency loan.[10][11] He made his debut for Queen's Park on 24 September 2016 against Albion Rovers, impressing after only being with the squad for one training session.[12] In November 2016, Zanatta scored his first goal as a professional in a match against Stranraer.[13] Zanatta returned from loan in December 2016, and made his Hearts season debut against Kilmarnock, drawing and missing a penalty.[14]

On 31 January 2017, Zanatta joined Queen's Park on another loan, this time, until the end of season.[15] On 31 August 2017, it was revealed that Zanatta had joined Raith Rovers on a loan deal until the end of the season.[16] After impressing in his loan spell, Zanatta was recalled by Hearts in January 2018, and his departure was considered a significant blow to Rovers' promotion battle with Ayr United.[17][18] In his first appearance with Hearts after his recall, Zanatta would score his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win over Hamilton Academical.[19] At the end of January 2018, Zanatta was loaned again to Raith Rovers for the rest of the 2017–18 season.

In August 2018, Zanatta moved on loan to Scottish Championship club Alloa Athletic.

International

In August 2016, Zanatta was called up to the Canada U-20 team for a pair of friendlies against Costa Rica[20] He scored in the first friendly.[21] In February 2017, Zanatta was named to Canada's roster for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship[22]

Career statistics

As of 13 October 2018 [23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Heart of Midlothian 2015–16[24] Scottish Premiership 130100000140
2016–17[25] 1020000030
2017–18[26] 1100000011
Total 151300000181
Queen's Park (loan) 2016–17[25] Scottish League One 246000000246
Raith Rovers (loan) 2017–18[26] 257000020277
Alloa Athletic (loan) 2018-19 Scottish Championship 6000001070
Total 70133000307613

Personal life

Zanatta grew up in Victoria, British Columbia[1] and attended Prospect Lake Elementary School, Royal Oak Middle School, then Holy Cross Regional High School in Surrey, British Columbia and graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Victoria teenager signs for Scottish soccer club Hearts". timescolonist.com. Times Colonist. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Dario Zanatta Biography". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Hearts set to snap up Canada U18 cap Dario Zanatta". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Canadian U18 international Dario Zanatta leaves Whitecaps to explore opportunities in Europe". Canadian Soccer News. AFTN.ca. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Gerks stakes first-team claim after 90 minutes in comeback game at Portman Road". itfc.co.uk. Ipswich Town. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Hearts bring in Canadian youth cap Dario Zanatta". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Hearts deal for Canadian kid Dario Zanatta". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Hearts moved up to second place in the Premiership with a clinical and impressive victory over Partick Thistle". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Dario Zanatta forces Hearts boss Neilson into loan rethink". Edinburgh News. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  10. ↑ Heart of Midlothian Football Club (23 September 2016). "Loan Moves for Duo".
  11. ↑ Queen's Park FC Football Club (23 September 2016). "Signing News- Dario Zanatta".
  12. ↑ Murray Spooner (30 September 2016). "Albion Rovers v Queen's Park: Loan signing Dario Zanatta boosts Spiders' attacking options". Daily Record.
  13. ↑ Queens Park FC (5 November 2016). "What a difference a week makes!". Queens Park FC.
  14. ↑ Ricahrd Wilson (27 December 2016). "Heart of Midlothian 4 0 Kilmarnock". BBC.
  15. ↑ Hearts Media (31 January 2017). "DARIO HEADS TO QUEEN'S PARK". heartsfc.co.uk.
  16. ↑ "DARIO LOAN MOVE Heart of Midlothian | News". www.heartsfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  17. ↑ Neil Robertson (10 January 2017). "Raith dealt big blow ahead of crunch clash after Hearts recall Dario Zanatta from loan spell". The Courier.
  18. ↑ Matthew Elder (10 January 2018). "Blow for Raith as Hearts recall Zanatta on eve of big game". Fife Today.
  19. ↑ "Hamilton 0 Hearts 3 as Jambos secure eighth clean sheet on the spin with teens starring again - 3 talking points". Daily Record. 24 January 2018.
  20. ↑ "Canada m20 announces squad and matches against Costa Rica". Canada Soccer Association. 24 August 2016.
  21. ↑ Canada Soccer (1 September 2016). "21' Zanatta finishes from a nice passing combo between Brault, Borges and Tabla 1:0 #CanM20". Twitter. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  22. ↑ Neil Davidson (9 Feb 2017). "Canada names young squad for CONCACAF U-20 Championship". Sportsnet.
  23. ↑ Dario Zanatta at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Dario Zanatta in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  25. 1 2 "Games played by Dario Zanatta in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  26. 1 2 "Games played by Dario Zanatta in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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