Matteo Zanini (born 10 May 1994) is an Italian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a defender for club AlbinoLeffe.

Career

Born in Pavia, Lombardy, Zanini started his career at hometown club

A.C. Pavia Associazione Calcio Pavia 1911 Società Sportiva Dilettantistica, or more simply Pavia, is an Italian football club, based in Pavia, Lombardy. Pavia plays in Eccellenza, informally called Serie E. History The club was founded in 1911. Benn ...

. He was the member of the reserve team in 2011–12 season. He made his first team debut during

2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione The 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season was the thirty-fifth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fifth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into two pha ...

season. On 6 December 2012 he signed his first fully professional contract. However at the end of season, on 29 June 2013, he was sold to Serie B club

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and '' comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was ...

in co-ownership deal for €400,000 in 3-year contract, with

Caio De Cenco Caio De Cenco (born 5 May 1989) is an Italian Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie D club Ostia Mare. Career Boca Born in São Paulo, Brazil, De Cenco started his Italian career at Emilia-Romagna club Boca ...

moved to Pavia also in co-ownership deal for €350,000. On 18 July 2013 he returned to

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the cap ...

along with Cesena team-mate

Fabio Reato Fabio Reato (born 20 March 1993) is an Italian former professional footballer who plays as a defender. Career Born in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Reato started his career at Lombard club A.C. Milan. In 2010–11 season he was a member of Berretti under- ...

(whom Cesena signed him in 2012). Pavia finished as the last of Group A in

2013–14 Lega Pro Prima Divisione The 2013–14 Prima Divisione season is the thirty-sixth and final football league season of Italian Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fifth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It is divided into two phases: the ...

season, but due to the merger of the prime and second division of Lega Pro, the team did not relegate. On 20 June 2014 the co-ownership of Zanini, Reato and De Cenco were renewed. In June 2015 Zanini joined Cesena outright. In summer 2015 Zanini joined

Messina Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital city, capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 in ...

. On 2 August 2016 Zanini joined

Akragas Agrigento (; scn, Girgenti or ; grc, Ἀκράγας, translit=Akrágas; la, Agrigentum or ; ar, كركنت, Kirkant, or ''Jirjant'') is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy and capital of the province of Agrigento. It was one of ...

in a 2-year contract. On 31 January 2017 Zanini was signed by

Catanzaro Catanzaro (, or ; scn, label= Catanzarese, Catanzaru ; , or , ''Katastaríoi Lokrói''; ; la, Catacium), also known as the "City of the two Seas", is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its ...

in a -year deal. On 17 October 2018, he signed with Lucchese. On 18 July 2019, he signed with Reggio Audace. On 1 February 2021 he joined Paganese. On 17 July 2023, Zanini moved to AlbinoLeffe.

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zanini, Matteo 1994 births Sportspeople from Pavia Footballers from the Province of Pavia Living people Italian men's footballers Men's association football defenders AC Pavia 1911 SSD players AC Cesena players Cosenza Calcio players ACR Messina players ASD Akragas 2018 players US Catanzaro 1929 players Lucchese 1905 players AC Reggiana 1919 players Paganese Calcio 1926 players Imolese Calcio 1919 players UC AlbinoLeffe players Serie C players