Davide Zappacosta, born on 11 June 1992 (age 34), is an Italian full-back whose career has kept circling back to Atalanta. He came through the Italian system with the usual staging posts rather than a clean rise, with loan football at Avellino giving him the senior grounding that mattered before moves up the ladder.
Torino gave him a stronger platform in Serie A, and Chelsea later took him to England, where his time was more useful than transformative. Further spells back in Italy, including a productive 2020-2021 league season at Genoa with four goals in 25 appearances, helped reset the career in familiar territory.
Atalanta has been the substantial part of it. Across seven seasons there, Zappacosta has made 187 league appearances and scored 17 league goals, a proper body of work rather than a passing association. Now wearing number 77, he has remained involved in 2026-2027, with seven Serie A appearances and two in the Conference League.
Primarily used at left-back, Zappacosta’s current market value is around £5m, according to Transfermarkt. His career has had its detours, but its main shape is plain enough: early development through loans, a spell abroad, and a long, durable return to Atalanta.
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