Davide Zappacosta, born on 11 June 1992 (age 34), is an Italian full-back whose career has been shaped far more by Atalanta than by any passing stop elsewhere. Listed primarily as a left-back and wearing squad number 77, he has built a long Serie A body of work at a club that has suited his durability and directness.
His early development included loan football, the useful kind rather than the glamorous kind, before he settled into the rhythm of senior football. The most productive league season of his career came away from Atalanta, at Genoa in 2020-2021, when he scored four times in 25 league appearances.
Atalanta remains the main thread. Across seven seasons there, Zappacosta has made 185 league appearances and scored 17 league goals, a sizeable return for a full-back and a fair indication of how regularly he has been trusted. In 2026-2027, he has made five Serie A appearances and one Conference League appearance for Atalanta.
His current market value is around £5m, according to Transfermarkt. Zappacosta’s career is not hard to read: early loan grounding, a productive Genoa spell, and a long Atalanta association that gives the whole thing its shape.
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