Matteo Ruggeri

Matteo Ruggeri
Ruggeri playing for Atalanta in 2017
Personal information
Full name Matteo Ruggeri
Date of birth (2002-07-11) 11 July 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth San Giovanni Bianco, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Atalanta
Number 22
Youth career
2011–2020 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Atalanta 73 (0)
2021–2022 → Salernitana (loan) 14 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Italy U17 16 (0)
2019–2020 Italy U18 9 (0)
2020 Italy U19 1 (0)
2021–2022 Italy U20 3 (0)
2022– Italy U21 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:32, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Matteo Ruggeri (born 11 July 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for Serie A club Atalanta.

Club career

Atalanta

Matteo Ruggeri grew up in Zogno, Lombardy, Italy, where he started playing football, before joining Atalanta's youth sector in 2011. He made his professional debut for Atalanta on 3 November 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute in a UEFA Champions League group stage match against Liverpool, which Atalanta lost 5–0 at home. Five days later, he made his Serie A debut in a 1–1 home draw against Inter.

On 22 May 2024, he started in Atalanta's 3–0 victory over German champions Bayer Leverkusen in the 2024 UEFA Europa League final.

Salernitana

On 27 July 2021, Ruggeri joined newly-promoted Serie A club Salernitana on a season-long loan.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atalanta 2020–21 Serie A 6 0 0 0 2 0 — 8 0
2022–23 Serie A 15 0 0 0 — — 15 0
2023–24 Serie A 34 0 4 0 10 2 — 48 2
2024–25 Serie A 18 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 26 0
Total 73 0 4 0 18 2 2 0 97 2
Salernitana (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 14 0 1 0 — — 15 0
Career total 87 0 5 0 18 2 2 0 112 2
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Supercoppa Italiana

Honours

Atalanta

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ Rinaldi, Leandro (24 May 2019). "Matteo Ruggeri, dalla Zognese agli azzurrini: 'mi ispiro a Spinazzola sognando la serie A'". La voce delle valli (in Italian). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Incubo Liverpool a Bergamo, Atalanta travolta 5-0". Sky Sport (in Italian). 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. ^ Pegoraro, Paolo (8 November 2020). "Serie A: Atalanta-Inter, pagelle: Lautaro e Miranchuk, che numeri". Eurosport (in Italian). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ Wilson, Jonathan (22 March 2024). "Atalanta win Europa League as Lookman hat-trick ends Leverkusen's unbeaten run". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Ufficiale – Matteo Ruggeri è un nuovo calciatore della Salernitana" (in Italian). Tutto Salernitana. 27 July 2021.
  7. ^ "M. Ruggeri". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Atalanta 3-0 Leverkusen: Lookman treble brings UEFA Europa League glory to Bergamo". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  9. ^ "2023/24 UEFA Europa League Team of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.