Davide Zappacosta, born on 11 June 1992 (age 34), is an Italian full-back whose career has been shaped above all by Atalanta. His early development included loan football, the sort of route that tends to strip away any romance fairly quickly and asks a player to become useful.
Atalanta has been the main thread. Across seven seasons he has made 181 league appearances for the Bergamo club, scoring 17 league goals, and he now wears squad number 77. Listed primarily as a left-back, he has had enough senior mileage to be valued at around £5m by Transfermarkt.
His most productive league season came away from Atalanta, at Genoa in 2020-21, when he scored four times in 25 league appearances. It was a useful reminder that his game has never been limited to simply holding a flank, even if Atalanta remains the club most closely tied to his senior career.
In 2026-27, Zappacosta has made one Serie A appearance and 10 Champions League appearances for Atalanta, scoring once in Europe. He has also been involved with Italy, making one appearance in European World Cup qualifying.
Zappacosta’s career is that of an established Italian full-back with a long Atalanta spine to it, a productive Genoa season in the middle, and continuing involvement at club and international level.
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