Simone Zaza
Zaza in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Simone Zaza | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Policoro, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Valencia (on loan from Juventus) |
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| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2002 | Stella Azzurra Bernalda | ||
| 2002–2006 | Valdera | ||
| 2006–2008 | Atalanta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Atalanta | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Sampdoria | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Juve Stabia (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Viareggio (loan) | 18 | (11) |
| 2012–2013 | → Ascoli (loan) | 35 | (18) |
| 2013 | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Sassuolo | 64 | (20) |
| 2015– | Juventus | 19 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | → West Ham United (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2017– | → Valencia (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Italy U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | Italy U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Italy U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014– | Italy | 16 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:18, 20 November 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:18, 20 November 2016 (UTC) |
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Simone Zaza (Italian pronunciation: [siˈmoːne ˈdzaddza]; born 25 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Valencia, on loan from Juventus, and the Italian national team.
Zaza began his professional club career with Atalanta in 2008, where he remained for two seasons. In 2010, he moved to Sampdoria, where he was sent on loan spells to Juve Stabia, Viareggio and Ascoli. In 2013, he joined Sassuolo, and in 2015, Juventus. In his first season with the latter club, he immediately won a domestic double. At international level, Zaza made his senior debut for Italy in 2014, and went on to represent his nation at UEFA Euro 2016.
Born in Policoro in the Province of Matera, Zaza grew up in Metaponto and began his youth career with Stella Azzurra from Bernalda in 1997. He remained with the organization until 2002, when he moved to the youth academy of Valdera at the age of 11. He remained until 2006, when he was scouted by Serie A side Atalanta, whom he joined shortly after. He remained within the club's youth team for four years and even began to earn senior call-ups towards the end of the 2008–09 Serie A campaign. He made his Serie A debut on 1 March 2009 in a 0–2 home defeat to Chievo Verona as an 86th-minute substitute for Ferreira Pinto. He made two further substitute appearances for Atalanta that season, though he remained within the club's youth setup for the entire 2009–10 Serie A campaign.
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