Giovanni Bonfanti
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Atalanta
Number 43
Youth career
2015–2022 Atalanta
2021–2022 → Sampdoria (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Atalanta 1 (0)
2022–2023 → Pontedera (loan) 21 (0)
2023– Atalanta Under-23 9 (0)
International career‡
2019 Italy U16 3 (1)
2023– Italy U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Giovanni Bonfanti (born 17 January 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Serie A club Atalanta and its reserve team, Atalanta Under-23.

Club career

Born in Milan, Bonfanti joined the academy of Atalanta in 2015, aged 12,[1][2] and subsequently came through the club's youth ranks;[2][3] in the summer of 2021, he was sent on loan to Sampdoria,[1][4][5] where he played for the under-19 squad, while receiving his first call-ups to the first team, under head coach Marco Giampaolo.[2][5]

On 14 July 2022, Bonfanti joined Serie C side Pontedera on loan until the end of the campaign.[6][7] The defender made a total amount of 23 appearances (split between the league and the Coppa Italia Serie C) for the club throughout his first professional season.[3][8]

Having returned to Atalanta in the summer of 2023, Bonfanti started training with the first team during the pre-season, under manager Gian Piero Gasperini;[1][8][9] at the start of the league campaign, he was initially assigned to the club's newly-formed reserve team, Atalanta Under-23.[1][2][8] On 3 September 2023, he started in the Under-23 team's first official match, a 3–2 league loss to Virtus Verona.[10] After establishing himself as a regular starter for the reserve team,[2][8] the defender made his Serie A debut on 25 November, coming on as a substitute for Sead Kolašinac in the 76th minute of a 2–1 league defeat to Napoli.[2][11] On 14 December, he made his debut in a European competition, starting and scoring his first professional goal in a 4–0 UEFA Europa League win over Raków Częstochowa in the group stage.[3][12]

International career

Bonfanti is a youth international for Italy, having played for the under-16[8][13] and under-20 national teams.[8][14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 December 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atalanta 2022–23 Serie A 0000——00
2023–24 10001[lower-alpha 1]1—21
Total 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1
Sampdoria (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 000000—00
Pontedera (loan) 2022–23 Serie C 21 0 — — 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 23 0
Atalanta Under-23 2023–24 Serie C 9 0 — — 0[lower-alpha 2] 0 9 0
Career total 313001120344
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League.
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Coppa Italia Serie C.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Bonfanti, il difensore dell'Atalanta U23 che ha conquistato Gasperini" (in Italian). Tuttosport. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Basile, Fabio (8 December 2023). "Bonfanti, dall'Under 23 alla possibile titolarità contro il Milan: la sua storia". La Casa di C (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Paulillo, Giovanni (14 December 2023). "Bonfanti, primo gol in Europa: chi è il difensore dell'Atalanta". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Pintimalli, Alessandro (29 March 2022). "Dalla Primavera a San Siro, Bonfanti: «Alla Samp per crescere»" (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 Eremita, Alessio (13 February 2022). "Chi è Bonfanti, il talento della Sampdoria Primavera convocato da Giampaolo". Samp News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Sergi, Antonino (14 July 2022). "UFFICIALE – Pontedera, dalla Sampdoria arriva in prestito Bonfanti". Tutto C (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Pontedera Calcio, due arrivi: un portiere dalla Juve e un difensore dalla Sampdoria" (in Italian). Il Tirreno. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rossetti, Andrea; Pagliarini, Alessandro Giovanni (13 November 2023). "Bonfanti sta crescendo bene: il "fratello" di Scalvini s'è preso l'Atalanta U23". Prima Bergamo (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "L'ESORDIO. Ecco Bonfanti. Innesto dall'U23" (in Italian). Il Giorno. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Atalanta U23-Virtus Verona 2–3: il tabellino". La Casa di C (in Italian). 3 September 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Atalanta-Napoli LIVE". Sky Sport (in Italian). 25 November 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Rakow-Atalanta 0–4: i nerazzurri chiudono in bellezza il girone di Europa League" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "In Slovenia un pari amaro nell'ultimo match contro il Perù" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "A Doncaster è un'Italia da favola: Hasa (doppietta) e Missori firmano la vittoria in Inghilterra. Azzurrini in testa all'Elite League" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  15. ↑ Giovanni Bonfanti at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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