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Emiliano Ariel Rigoni (Spanish pronunciation: [emiˈljano riˈɣoni]; born 4 February 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Major League Soccer club Austin FC.[1]

Emiliano Rigoni

Rigoni with Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Emiliano Ariel Rigoni
Date of birth	(1993-02-04) 4 February 1993 (age 29)
Place of birth	Colonia Caroya, Argentina
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Austin FC
Number	77
Youth career
2005–2013	Belgrano
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Belgrano	73	(8)
2016–2017	Independiente	46	(15)
2017–2021	Zenit Saint Petersburg	47	(5)
2018	→ Atalanta (loan)	12	(3)
2019–2020	→ Sampdoria (loan)	8	(0)
2020–2021	→ Elche (loan)	22	(1)
2021–2022	São Paulo	53	(6)
2022–	Austin FC	7	(0)
National team‡
2017	Argentina	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2017

Club career

Rigoni is a youth exponent from Club Atlético Belgrano. He made his league debut on 4 August 2013 against CA Lanús in a 3–0 away defeat.[2] In January 2016, he joined Club Atlético Independiente. He has scored in his debut for Independiente against his former club Belgrano.

On 23 August 2017, Rigoni moved to Russia, signing a four-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.[3]

On 19 October 2017, he scored the first hat-trick of his career in a 3–1 Europa League group win over Rosenborg BK.[4]

On 17 August 2018, Zenit announced that Rigoni would join Serie A club Atalanta B.C. for the 2018–19 season, with Atalanta holding an option to make the transfer permanent at the end of the loan.[5] On 14 January 2019, Rigoni returned to Zenit.[6]

On 2 September 2019, Zenit announced that Rigoni would spend the rest of the 2019–20 on loan to Italian club U.C. Sampdoria, with Sampdoria holding an option to purchase his rights at the end of the loan.[7] On 1 February 2020, Sampdoria terminated the loan early.[8]

On 1 July 2020, he scored a late winner in Zenit's 2–1 away victory against FC Tambov.[9] On 5 October, deadline day, he moved to La Liga side Elche via one-year loan.[10]

On 21 May 2021, Rigoni signed a three-year contract with Brazilian club São Paulo FC.[11]

On 29 July 2022, Rigoni joined Major League Soccer club Austin FC on a deal until the end of the 2024 season.[12]

International career

Rigoni made his debut for the Argentina national football team on 5 October 2017 in a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Peru.[13]

Personal life

Rigoni is of Italian descent and holds an Italian passport, which counts him as an EU player for European competitions.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 October 2022[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Belgrano	2012–13	Argentine Primera División	0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
	2013–14		26	1	1	0	–		0	0	–		27	1
	2014		16	3	0	0	–		–		–		16	3
	2015		31	4	1	0	–		1	0	–		33	4
	Total		73	8	2	0	–		1	0	–		76	8
Independiente	2016	Argentine Primera División	16	4	2	0	–		4	1	–		22	5
	2016–17		30	11	0	0	–		4	1	–		34	12
	Total		46	15	2	0	–		8	2	–		56	17
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2017–18	Russian Premier League	17	0	1	0	–		10[lower-alpha 1]	6	–		28	6
	2018–19		11	3	0	0	–		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	–		12	3
	2019–20		12	2	1	1	–		0	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	14	3
	2020–21		7	0	0	0	–		0	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	8	0
	Total		47	5	2	1	–		11	6	2	0	62	12
Atalanta (loan)	2018–19	Serie A	12	3	0	0	–		0	0	–		12	3
Sampdoria (loan)	2019–20	Serie A	8	0	1	0	–		–		–		9	0
Elche (loan)	2020–21	La Liga	23	1	2	1	–		–		–		25	2
São Paulo	2021	Série A	30	4	5	5	–		3[lower-alpha 3]	2	–		38	11
	2022		11	0	2	0	–		7[lower-alpha 4]	0	12[lower-alpha 5]	2	32	2
	Total		41	4	7	5	–		10	2	12	2	70	13
Austin FC	2022	MLS	7	0	0	0	3	0	–		–		10	0
Career total			249	36	15	7	3	0	30	10	14	2	312	55

International

As of match played 14 November 2017.[15]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Argentina	2017	2	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg

• Russian Premier League: 2018–19,[16][17] 2019–20,[18] 2020–21[19]
• Russian Cup: 2019–20[20]
• Russian Super Cup: 2020[21]

References

На других языках

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[de] Emiliano Rigoni

Emiliano Ariel Rigoni (* 4. Februar 1993 in Colonia Caroya) ist ein argentinischer Fußballspieler. Er steht beim brasilianischen Fußballverein FC São Paulo unter Vertrag.

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- [en] Emiliano Rigoni

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[es] Emiliano Rigoni

Emiliano Ariel Rigoni (Colonia Caroya, provincia de Córdoba, Argentina, 4 de febrero de 1993) mejor conocido como Rigoni es un futbolista argentino que juega como centrocampista en el Austin de la MLS de Estados unidos. Cómo pasatiempo, es percusionista de banda de cumbia argentina “La player”.

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[fr] Emiliano Rigoni

Emiliano Ariel Rigoni est un footballeur international argentin né le 4 février 1993 à Colonia Caroya (es). Il joue au poste de milieu offensif à l'Austin FC en MLS.

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[it] Emiliano Rigoni

Emiliano Ariel Rigoni (Colonia Caroya, 4 febbraio 1993) è un calciatore argentino, attaccante dell'Austin FC.

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[ru] Ригони, Эмилиано

Эмилиа́но Ариэ́ль Риго́ни (исп. Emiliano Ariel Rigoni; родился 4 февраля 1993 года, Колония-Каройя, Кордова) — аргентинский футболист, вингер американского клуба «Остин». Сыграл два матча за сборную Аргентины.

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