Gianluca Scamacca

Gianluca Scamacca (born 1 January 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Ascoli on loan from Sassuolo, and the Italy under-21 team.[1]

Gianluca Scamacca
Personal information
Full name Gianluca Scamacca
Date of birth (1999-01-01) 1 January 1999
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Ascoli
Number 9
Youth career
Roma
2015–2017 PSV Eindhoven
2017 Sassuolo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Jong PSV 3 (0)
2017– Sassuolo 3 (0)
2018 → Cremonese (loan) 14 (1)
2018–2019 → PEC Zwolle (loan) 8 (0)
2019– → Ascoli (loan) 22 (7)
National team‡
2014–2016 Italy U17 28 (6)
2016–2017 Italy U18 4 (3)
2017–2018 Italy U19 11 (8)
2018–2019 Italy U20 12 (5)
2018– Italy U21 8 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Club career

Youth and early career

A product of Roma youth academy, Scamacca joined PSV Eindhoven in January 2015. He made his professional debut in Eerste Divisie as a Jong PSV player on 22 January 2016, aged 17, in a 1–2 away win against VVV-Venlo, replacing Steven Bergwijn after 61 minutes.[2]

Sassuolo

In January 2017, he was sold to Italian club Sassuolo, where he played with the Primavera until the end of the season. On 29 October, at age 18, he made his Serie A debut in a 3–1 loss against Napoli at the Stadio San Paolo.

Loans to Cremonese, PEC Zwolle and Ascoli

In January 2018, Scamacca joined Serie B club Cremonese on loan. He scored his first professional goal on 14 April 2018, in the league match against Palermo.

On 31 August 2018, Scamacca joined Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle on loan. He made his debut on 2 September 2018 in the away league match won 1–0 against FC Groningen.

On 13 July 2019, he joined Serie B club Ascoli on loan.[3]

International career

As a member of the Italy U17 side he took part at the 2015 and 2016 editions of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

On 25 May 2018, he made his debut with the Italy U21 team in a friendly match lost 3–2 against Portugal.

With the Italy U19 he took part in the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, and scored two goals in the tournament, including one in the 4–3 final loss against Portugal after extra time.[4] The following year he took part in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Italy U20 squad, reaching the fourth place.

He scored his first goal with the Italy U21 team on 6 September 2019, in a friendly match won 4–0 against Moldova.

Honours

International
Italy U19
Italy U20

Individual

References
  1. "Italy - G. Scamacca - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  2. "VVV-Venlo vs. Jong PSV - 22 January 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  3. "Calciomercato: Scamacca in prestito secco dal Sassuolo" [Scamacca on loan from Sassuolo.] (in Italian). Ascoli. 13 July 2019.
  4. "Portugal win epic U19 EURO final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 July 2018.
  5. "Mina sparks historic finish for Ecuador". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019.


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