Francesco Zampano

Francesco Zampano
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993
Place of birth Genoa, Italy
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Full back / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Pescara
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2011 Sampdoria
2010–2011 → Entella (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Entella 51 (0)
2013–2014 Verona 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Juve Stabia (loan) 33 (2)
2014– Pescara 38 (0)
National team‡
2012 Italy U19 6[nb 1] (0)
2012–2014 Italy U20 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:53, 23 May 2015 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2015

Francesco Zampano (born 30 September 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays for Pescara as a full-back in the Italian Serie A.

Club career

Sampdoria

Born in Genoa, Liguria along with his twin brother Giuseppe, they spent their youth career inside the Italian region. Giuseppe[2] and Francesco[2][3] both played for Genoese side U.C. Sampdoria's U17 team during the 2009–10 season.

Virtus Entella

In the 2010–11 season both left for another Ligurian team Virtus Entella (named after the river).[4][5][6] In 2011–12 season Entella signed Francesco in a co-ownership deal for a peppercorn of €500,[7] and Giuseppe returned to Sampdoria for its reserve. Francesco played for both first team and the reserve for Entella [8] Among the defenders of Lega Pro who born 1991 or after, Francesco had the 4th highest average score of 6.24/10 ranked by La Gazzetta dello Sport, and was the best Lega Pro defender of born 1993 age group.[9] In June 2012, Sampdoria failed to buy back Alberto Masi and Francesco Zampano, both due to fail to give highest price in a sealed bid to Lega Serie B.[10] A.Masi and F.Zampano were the team-mate in representative team of Lega Pro.

Verona

During summer 2013 he moved the Verona, and then on loan to Juve Stabia.

Pescara

After his loan period ended following the 2014–15 season, Zampano was loaned to Pescara, with an option to purchase.[11] On 23 July 2015 Pescara signed Zampano outright.[12]

International career

Francesco Zampano received his first national team call-up in his breakthrough 2011–12 season. Zampano scored a goal against the Italy U19 team when representing the Lega Pro U20 representative team in December 2011.[13][14] Zampano made his debut for the Italy U19 side on 29 February 2012. He played all 3 games of the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification in May.[15] He also received a call-up from the Lega Pro representative team for a youth tournament in Dubai in April.[16] However F.Zampano did not play.

Notes

  1. ↑ FIGC Archive corrupted for the match against Hungary: only 10-men in the archive and Zampano who played 90 minutes, missed.

References

  1. ↑ WebCite Archive of Entella Rosa (Italian)
  2. 1 2 "Torneo Città di Arco: Moreno Beretta stende l'Atalanta" (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Comunicato Ufficiale N°10 (2009–10)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC Settore Giovanile e Scolastico. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "C.U. N°159/TB (2010–11)" (PDF). Campionato Berretti (in Italian). Lega Pro. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "C.U. N°168/TB (2010–11)" (PDF). Campionato Berretti (in Italian). Lega Pro. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "C.U. N°174/TB (2010–11)" (PDF). Campionato Berretti (in Italian). Lega Pro. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  7. ↑ UC Sampdoria SpA Report and Accounts on 31 December 2011 (Italian), CCIAA
  8. ↑ "C.U. N°42/TB (2011–12)" (PDF). Campionato Berretti (in Italian). Lega Pro. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "CLASSIFICHE PREMI CESTANI E LAUDANO" (in Italian). Lega Pro. ca. June 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ↑ "Buste: Masi alla Pro Vercelli, Zampano resta a Chiavari" (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  11. ↑ "News mercato" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "Calciomercato: Francesco Zampano" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "GOALS AND GOOD PLAY BY THE U.19 IN COVERCIANO UNDER WATCHFUL EYE OF PRANDELLI" (in Italian). FIGC. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  14. ↑ http://www.legapro.it/tabellino-italia-lega-pro-under-19/
  15. ↑ UEFA
  16. ↑ "CONVOCAZIONI TORNEO DUBAI" (in Italian). Lega Pro. ca. April 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)
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