Emiliano Rigoni

Emiliano Rigoni
Rigoni with Zenit St. Petersburg in 2017
Personal information
Full name Emiliano Ariel Rigoni
Date of birth (1993-02-04) 4 February 1993
Place of birth Colonia Caroya, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Atalanta (on loan from Zenit)
Number 24
Youth career
2005–2013 Belgrano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Belgrano 73 (8)
2016–2017 Independiente 46 (15)
2017– Zenit St. Petersburg 18 (0)
2018–Atalanta (loan) 4 (3)
National team
2017– Argentina 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 October 2017

Emiliano Ariel Rigoni (Spanish pronunciation: [emiˈljano riˈɣoni]; born 4 February 1993) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a right winger for Italian club Atalanta on loan from FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.[1]

Club career

Rigoni is a youth exponent from Belgrano. He made his league debut on 4 August 2013 against CA Lanús in a 3-0 away defeat.[2] In January 2016, he joined Independiente. He has scored in his first debut for Independiente against his former club Belgrano.

On 23 August 2017, Rigoni moved to Russia, signing a 4-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.[3]

On 19 October 2017, he scored the first hat-trick of his career in a 3–1 Europa League group win over Rosenborg BK.[4]

On 17 August 2018, Zenit announced that Rigoni will join Serie A club Atalanta for the 2018–19 season, with Atalanta holding an option to make the transfer permanent at the end of the loan.[5]

International career

He made his debut for the Argentina national football team on 5 October 2017 in a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Peru.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 September 2018[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Belgrano 2012–13 Superliga Argentina 000000
2013–14 2611000271
2014 16300163
2015 3141010334
Total 73820--10--768
Independiente 2016 Superliga Argentina 1642041225
2016–17 301100413412
Total 461520--82--5617
Zenit St.Petersburg 2017–18 Russian Premier League 17010106286
2018–19 101020
Total 18010--116--306
Atalanta 2018–19 Serie A 430043
Career total 1412650--208--16634

International

Argentina
YearAppsGoals
201710
Total10
As of match played 5 October 2017.[8]

References

  1. "Argentina - E. Rigoni - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  2. "Lanús vs. Belgrano - 4 August 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  3. Эмилиано Ригони продолжит карьеру в «Зените» (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 23 August 2017.
  4. "Zenit-Rosenborg game report". UEFA. 19 October 2017.
  5. "Emiliano Rigoni will spend the rest of the season at Atalanta". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 17 August 2018.
  6. "Game report by FIFA". FIFA. 5 October 2017.
  7. "E.Rigoni". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  8. Emiliano Rigoni at National-Football-Teams.com
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