Giacomo Raspadori

Giacomo Raspadori Cavaliere OMRI (born 18 February 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Sassuolo and the Italy national team.

Giacomo Raspadori
Raspadori with Italy in 2021
Personal information
Full name Giacomo Raspadori[1]
Date of birth (2000-02-18) 18 February 2000
Place of birth Bentivoglio, Italy
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 18
Youth career
2006–2009 Progresso
2009–2019 Sassuolo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Sassuolo 72 (18)
National team‡
2016–2017 Italy U17 9 (1)
2018–2019 Italy U19 14 (4)
2019 Italy U20 5 (1)
2020–2021 Italy U21 8 (3)
2021– Italy 9 (3)
Honours
Representing  Italy
UEFA European Championship
Winner2020 Europe
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:59, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2022

Club career

Raspadori joined the youth academy of Sassuolo in 2009, after a year with local club Progresso.[2] On 9 August 2018, he signed his first professional contract with Sassuolo for four years.[3] Raspadori made his professional debut with Sassuolo in a 3–1 Serie A defeat to Atalanta on 26 May 2019.[4]

International career

Youth

Raspadori took part in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with the Italy U19 squad, scoring one goal in the tournament.

He made his debut with the Italy U21 squad on 3 September 2020, playing against Slovenia in a friendly match. He took part in the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship where he scored one goal in the group stage phase.[5]

Senior

In June 2021, Raspadori was called up by coach Roberto Mancini to the final 26-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, despite never having been capped for the senior squad.[6] On 4 June 2021, he debuted for Italy in a friendly win over the Czech Republic, replacing Ciro Immobile in the second half.[7] He made his only appearance of Euro 2020 on 20 June, in Italy's final group match against Wales in Rome, coming on as a second–half substitute for Federico Bernardeschi; the match ended in a 1–0 victory to the Italians, allowing them to top their group,[8] On 11 July, Raspadori won the European Championship with Italy following a 3–2 penalty shoot-out victory over England at Wembley Stadium in the final, after a 1–1 draw in extra-time.[9]

On 8 September, Raspadori scored his first goal for the Italy senior national team, making the score 3–0 in an eventual 5–0 home win over Lithuania in a World Cup qualifier; ten minutes before, his off-goal shot also contributed to an own goal from the opposing defender Edgaras Utkus.[10]

Style of play

Raspadori is a quick, diminutive, and agile forward, with a low centre of gravity, who is capable of playing as a second striker, as an out-and-out striker or centre-forward, as an attacking midfielder, and even as a winger in a 4–2–3–1 formation. A two-footed player, who possesses good vision and technical skills, he is capable of both creating and scoring goals. He is also known for his ability to provide depth to his team and either exploit or create space with his runs, although he is also capable of dropping deep and linking-up with midfielders. His playing style has drawn comparisons with Antonio Di Natale and Carlos Tevez, although he has cited Sergio Agüero as one of his major inspirations.[11][12][13]

In October 2021 he was described as "Italy's next centre-forward in the making" by Daniele Verri of BBC Sport.[14]

Personal life

Raspadori is an Inter Milan fan.[14]

In 2021 he was combining his football career with studying sports science at university.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 30 April 2022[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sassuolo 2018–19 Serie A 10——10
2019–20 Serie A 11220—132
2020–21 Serie A 27610—286
2021–22 Serie A 331010—3410
Career total 721840007618

International
As of match played 29 March 2022[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Italy 202171
202222
Total93
Italy score listed first, score column indicates score after each Raspadori goal.
List of international goals scored by Giacomo Raspadori
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 8 September 2021 Mapei Stadium, Reggio Emilia, Italy 5  Lithuania 3–0 5–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [16]
2 29 March 2022 Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium, Konya, Turkey 9  Turkey 2–1 3–2 Friendly [17]
3 3–1

Honours

Italy

Individual

Orders

Notes
  1. Includes Coppa Italia

References
  1. "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 63" [Official Statement No. 63] (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 15 October 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. Boscagli, Gabriele (27 May 2019). "Sapevamo tutti che sarebbe successo: Raspadori esordisce in A".
  3. "Rinnovi contrattuali per Adjapong e Raspadori, prodotti del vivaio neroverde". www.sassuolocalcio.it.
  4. "Atalanta vs. Sassuolo - 26 May 2019 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  5. "Parte l'avventura europea. Ufficializzata la lista dei 23, da domani ritiro a Tirrenia" (in Italian). 24 May 2021.
  6. "26-man squad announcement for the Euros: Giacomo Raspadori makes it". Italian Football Federation. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  7. "Esordio Raspadori in Nazionale: entra al 78′ di Italia-Repubblica Ceca". Calcio News 24 (in Italian). 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  8. "Euro 2020 Italia-Galles 1-0, 5 verità: capolavoro di Mancini. La forza del gruppo e del centrocampo azzurro" (in Italian). Eurosport. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  9. McNulty, Phil (11 July 2021). "England lose shootout in Euro 2020 final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  10. "Italy-Lithuania". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  11. Atturo, Emanuele (1 September 2020). "Raspadori è un centravanti atipico per il calcio italiano" (in Italian). L'Ultimo Uomo. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  12. Riggio, Salvatore (22 April 2021). "Raspadori: ecco chi è il bomber che con 2 gol ha sconfitto il Milan". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  13. Perisse, Marco (18 May 2021). "Chi è Giacomo Raspadori, la novità tra i neo-convocati del ct Roberto Mancini" (in Italian). GQ Italia. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  14. Verri, Daniele (5 October 2021). "Is Raspadori Italy's next star striker?" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  15. "G. Raspadori". Soccerway.
  16. "Italy 5–0 Lithuania: Italy make sure of unbeaten record". BBC Sport. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  17. "Turkey 2–3 Italy: Giacomo Raspadori scores twice in first win since missing out on World Cup". BBC Sport. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  18. "Italy 2-1 Belgium: Azzurri secure third place at Nations League finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 10 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. "Giacomo Raspadori EA Sports Player of the Month for January". Serie A. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  20. "Mattarella ha conferito onorificenze motu proprio ai giocatori e allo staff della Nazionale vincitrice del campionato europeo" (in Italian). quirinale.it. 16 July 2021.
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