Federico Bonazzoli (born 21 May 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Salernitana.
![]() Bonazzoli with Inter Milan in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1997-05-21) 21 May 1997 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Manerbio, Italy | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Salernitana | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2003 | Ghedi | ||
2003–2004 | Montichiari | ||
2004–2014 | Inter Milan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Inter Milan | 5 | (0) |
2015–2022 | Sampdoria | 26 | (6) |
2016 | → Lanciano (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2016–2017 | → Brescia (loan) | 25 | (2) |
2017–2018 | → SPAL (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Padova (loan) | 35 | (8) |
2020–2021 | → Torino (loan) | 22 | (2) |
2021–2022 | → Salernitana (loan) | 32 | (10) |
2022– | Salernitana | 3 | (1) |
National team | |||
2012 | Italy U15 | 9 | (6) |
2012 | Italy U16 | 1 | (1) |
2012–2014 | Italy U17 | 20 | (8) |
2013 | Italy U18 | 2 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Italy U19 | 12 | (6) |
2017–2018 | Italy U20 | 6 | (3) |
2014–2019 | Italy U21 | 8 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:36, 28 August 2022 (UTC) |
Bonazzoli played at youth level for Ghedi and Montechiari, before joining Inter Milan at the age of seven.[2][3][4]
On 18 May 2014, Bonazzoli made his senior debut against Chievo Verona as a substitute for Rubén Botta in the 85th minute of a 1–2 away defeat on the last day of the Serie A season.[5] He became the second youngest footballer to play in Serie A for Inter aged 16 years, 11 months and 27 days, 17 days older than Massimo Pellegrini, who debuted in 1982.[6] On 6 November 2014 he made his UEFA Europa League debut in a 1–1 away draw against Saint-Étienne in the group stage, he was replaced by Joel Obi in the 66th minute.[7]
On 2 February 2015, he signed for fellow league team Sampdoria for €4.5 million,[8] but would remain at Inter on loan until the end of the season.[9]
On 21 January 2016, he was signed by Serie B club Lanciano on a season-long loan deal, with an option to purchase.[10] On 22 July, he joined Brescia on loan.[11]
On 5 October 2020, Bonazzoli joined Torino on loan.[12]
On 3 August 2021, US Salernitana announced the signing of Bonazzoli on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[13] He scored two goals in his Coppa Italia debut win over Reggina.
On 26 July 2022, Bonazzoli signed permanently with Salernitana on a four year contract,[14] for a reported fee of €5 millions.[15]
With the Italy U-17 side he took part at the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.
He made his debut with the Italy U-21 team on 17 November 2014, in a home friendly match loss 1–0 against Denmark, becoming the youngest player to make his debut with the team at the time.
Bonazzoli models himself on former Inter forward Zlatan Ibrahimović.[6] He is highly rated by Inter fans as a Christian Vieri-like striker, with a great physique and technical abilities.[16]
Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Inter Milan | 2013–14 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |||
Sampdoria | 2015–16 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
2017–18 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | Serie A | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 6 | |||
2020–21 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 29 | 6 | |||
Lanciano (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie B | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 1 | ||
Brescia (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie B | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 2 | ||
SPAL (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie A | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
Padova (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 8 | ||
Torino (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 3 | ||
Salernitana | 2021–22 | Serie A | 32 | 10 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 33 | 12 | ||
2022–23 | Serie A | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 1 | |||
Total | 35 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 13 | ||
Career total | 175 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | 189 | 33 |
U.S. Salernitana 1919 – current squad | |
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