Simone Zaza

Quick Facts

Full Name	Simone Zaza
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 25, 1991(1991-06-25)
Age	33
Birthplace	Policoro
Country	Italy
Birth City	Basilicata
Horoscope	Gemini

Simone Zaza Biography

Simone Zaza is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on June 25, 1991 in Policoro, Basilicata, Italy. A striker for the Italian national team, who made a an important contribution to Sassuolo between 2013 and 2015. He then joined Juventus in the year 2015.

Trainer Coach Antonio Conte called him up to be a part of the Italian senior squad in August of 2014. called him to be member of the Italian senior team in August of 2014.

Zaza began his professional club career with Atalanta in 2008, where he remained for two seasons. In 2010, he moved to Sampdoria, where he was sent on loan spells to Juve Stabia, Viareggio and Ascoli. In 2013, he joined Sassuolo, and in 2015, Juventus. In his first season with the latter club, he immediately won a domestic double. At international level, Zaza made his senior debut for Italy in 2014, and went on to represent his nation at UEFA Euro 2016.

Born in Policoro in the Province of Matera, Zaza grew up in Metaponto and began his youth career with Stella Azzurra from Bernalda in 1997. He remained with the organization until 2002, when he moved to the youth academy of Valdera at the age of 11. He remained until 2006, when he was scouted by Serie A side Atalanta, whom he joined shortly after. He remained within the club’s youth team for four years and even began to earn senior call-ups towards the end of the 2008–09 Serie A campaign. He made his Serie A debut on 1 March 2009 in a 0–2 home defeat to Chievo Verona as an 86th-minute substitute for Ferreira Pinto. He made two further substitute appearances for Atalanta that season, though he remained within the club’s youth setup for the entire 2009–10 Serie A campaign.

His birthplace was in Policoro, Matera, Italy and was raised in Metaponto.

Simone Zaza Net Worth

Simone Zaza is one of the richest Soccer Player from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Simone Zaza 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His young career ran from 1997 to 2008, when he was playing for three teams: Stella Azzurra Bernalda, Valdera and Atalanta during the time. He joined the Atalanta senior team in 2008 and remained in the team until 2010, when he transferred to Sampdoria.

While at Sampdoria the team, he was assigned by Juve Stabia Viareggio as well as Ascoli. He was a part of Italy’s U-16 teams, 17, and 19.

Simone Zaza (born 25 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Torino and the Italian national team.

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On 31 August 2014, he was called up by head coach Antonio Conte as part of the senior team squad for a friendly match against the Netherlands and the first UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying game against Norway. On 4 September, Zaza made his debut with the Italian national team, playing as a starter in a 2–0 win against the Netherlands. He was fouled by Bruno Martins Indi in the ninth minute to win the penalty kick from which Daniele De Rossi scored Italy’s second goal in the 2–0 victory. On 9 September, Zaza scored his first goal for the Italian national team in the 16th minute of their opening Euro 2016 qualifier against Norway, of a 2–0 victory. On 31 May 2016, he was named to Conte’s 23-man Italy squad for Euro 2016. On 17 June, he came off the bench to set-up Éder’s match-winning goal against Sweden in the 88th minute of his nation’s second group match, which qualified Italy to the Round of 16. On 2 July, he was brought on in the last few seconds of extra-time to take a penalty in the resulting penalty shoot-out against Germany in the quarter- final match up, which he subsequently missed after a bizarre run up to the ball, as Italy were defeated in the shoot-out 6–5 and eliminated from the tournament. In the events after the match, Zaza issued an apology to the fans of the national team stating, “I am sorry to have let the Italian people down. I missed the most important penalty of my life and I will carry this burden with me forever … I have always taken penalties like that and I was convinced I would score, I had sent him [Manuel Neuer] the wrong way but the ball set off and it went like that.”

Facts & Trivia

Simone Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Simone Zaza celebrates birthday on June 25 of every year.

On 7 July 2015, Juventus announced that they had exercised their option to sign Zaza for €18 million from Sassuolo. It was reported that the return of Domenico Berardi to Sassuolo for a €10 million fee was part of the deal. On 23 September 2015, Zaza opened the scoring in the 50th minute on his debut, a 1–1 draw against Frosinone. On 30 September 2015, he scored the final goal against Sevilla in the UEFA Champions League group stage to secure a 2–0 win; this was his first Champions League goal. He scored the opening two goals of a 4–0 win over cross-city rivals Torino in the Coppa Italia on 16 December.