Eyob Zambataro (born 18 August 1998) is an Italian

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of Ethiopian origin who plays as a defender for club

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Club career

Zambataro made his

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debut for

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on 25 November 2017 in a game against AlbinoLeffe. On 22 December 2019, he joined

club

Ravenna Ravenna ( ; , also ; ) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th century until its Fall of Rome, collapse in 476, after which ...

on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season. On 25 August 2020 he moved to

Monopoli Monopoli (; ) is a town and comune, municipality in Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Bari and region of Apulia. The town is roughly in area and lies on the Adriatic Sea about southeast of Bari. It has a population of 49,246 (2014), ...

. On 10 August 2021 he was loaned to Serie C club

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. On 27 July 2022, Zambataro returned to Lecco on a permanent basis with a two-year contract. On 5 January 2024, Zambataro signed with

Personal life

Born in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; ,) is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the List of cities in Africa b ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

, he became an

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in his early years, being housed in an orphanage together with his younger brother Akililu, who also had a short-lived football career as a goalkeeper. In 2007, both brothers were adopted by an Italian family from

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zambataro, Eyob 1998 births Living people Footballers from Addis Ababa Ethiopian emigrants to Italy Italian men's footballers Ethiopian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Serie C players Atalanta BC players Calcio Padova players Ravenna FC players SS Monopoli 1966 players Calcio Lecco 1912 players SEF Torres 1903 players 21st-century Italian sportsmen