Emiliano Rigoni
Emiliano Ariel Rigoni (Spanish pronunciation: [emiˈljano riˈɣoni]; born 4 February 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg.[1]
 Rigoni with Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emiliano Ariel Rigoni | ||
| Date of birth | 4 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Colonia Caroya, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Zenit Saint Petersburg | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2013 | Belgrano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Belgrano | 73 | (8) |
| 2016–2017 | Independiente | 46 | (15) |
| 2017– | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 35 | (3) |
| 2018 | → Atalanta (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017 | Argentina | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2017 | |||
Club career
Rigoni is a youth exponent from Club Atlético 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 Club Atlético 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 four-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 would join Serie A club Atalanta B.C. for the 2018–19 season, with Atalanta holding an option to make the transfer permanent at the end of the loan.[5] On 14 January 2019, Rigoni returned to Zenit.[6]
On 2 September 2019, Zenit announced that Rigoni would spend the rest of the 2019–20 on loan to Italian club U.C. Sampdoria, with Sampdoria holding an option to purchase his rights at the end of the loan.[7] On 1 February 2020, Sampdoria terminated the loan early.[8]
International career
Rigoni made his debut for the Argentina national football team on 5 October 2017 in a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Peru.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 20 June 2020[10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Belgrano | 2012–13 | Superliga Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 1 | ||||
| 2014 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 16 | 3 | |||||
| 2015 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 33 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 73 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 76 | 8 | ||||
| Independiente | 2016 | Superliga Argentina | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 22 | 5 | ||
| 2016–17 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 34 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 46 | 15 | 2 | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 56 | 17 | ||||
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 6 | – | 28 | 6 | ||
| 2018–19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 12 | 3 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Total | 35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 10 | |||
| Atalanta (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 3 | ||
| Sampdoria (loan) | 2019–20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 166 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 194 | 38 | ||
References
- Emiliano Rigoni at Soccerway
- "Lanús vs. Belgrano - 4 August 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- Эмилиано Ригони продолжит карьеру в «Зените» (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 23 August 2017.
- "Zenit-Rosenborg game report". UEFA. 19 October 2017.
- "Emiliano Rigoni will spend the rest of the season at Atalanta". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 17 August 2018.
- "Эмилиано Ригони: «Понимаю, что мне предоставился еще один шанс»" [Emiliano Rigoni: I understand I am getting another chance] (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 14 January 2019.
- "Эмилиано Ригони продолжит сезон в «Сампдории»" [Emiliano Rigoni will continue the season at Sampdoria] (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 2 September 2019.
- "RISOLUZIONE DELL'ACCORDO TEMPORANEO: RIGONI TORNA ALLO ZENIT" (Press release) (in Italian). Sampdoria. 1 February 2020.
- "Game report by FIFA". FIFA. 5 October 2017.
- "E.Rigoni". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- Emiliano Rigoni at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 May 2019.
- "20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 May 2019.