Mattia Valoti

Mattia Valoti (born 6 September 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central and attacking midfielder for SPAL.

Mattia Valoti

Personal information
Full name	Mattia Valoti
Date of birth	6 September 1993
Place of birth	Vicenza, Italy
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	SPAL
Number	8
Youth career
1998–1999	Lucchese
1999–2001	Cosenza
2001–2002	Palermo
2002–2003	Crotone
2003–2004	Martina Franca
2004–2006	Dalmine Futura
2006–2011	AlbinoLeffe
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	AlbinoLeffe	1	(0)
2011–2014	Milan	0	(0)
2011	→ AlbinoLeffe (loan)	0	(0)
2013	→ AlbinoLeffe (loan)	10	(0)
2013–2014	→ AlbinoLeffe (loan)	15	(7)
2014–2015	AlbinoLeffe	0	(0)
2014–2015	→ Verona (loan)	10	(1)
2015–2019	Verona	48	(6)
2015–2016	→ Pescara (loan)	9	(1)
2016	→ Livorno (loan)	7	(0)
2018–2019	→ SPAL (loan)	24	(2)
2019–	SPAL	27	(3)
National team^‡
2008	Italy U-16	1	(0)
2011	Italy U-18	2	(2)
2011–2012	Italy U-19	7	(1)
2014	Italy U-20	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:38, 19 August 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 August 2017

Club career

Early career

Valoti was born in Vicenza on 6 September 1993, the son of former footballer Aladino Valoti, who played for several Serie A and Serie B teams during the late 1980s and 1990s and was the director of football at Albinoleffe.[1]

Mattia started playing football at the age of 5 in the youth team of Lucchese, the club where his father was playing at the time. Over the next eight years, Mattia played for several clubs, namely Cosenza, Palermo, Crotone, Martina Franca and Dalmine Futura, as a result of his father's transfers.[2]

Albinoleffe

In 2006, Valoti settled at AlbinoLeffe, spending five seasons in the club's youth system. He went on to make his professional debut, aged 17, coming on as a substitute in a Coppa Italia game against Crotone, on 27 October 2010. Three days later, he also made his Serie B debut, again coming off the bench in a match against Novara.[2]

During the January 2011 transfer window, Serie A club Milan signed Valoti to a co-ownership deal, for €800,000,[3] though they allowed Albinoleffe to keep him on loan for the remainder of the season.[4]

Valoti in Milan uniform

Milan

At the beginning of the 2011–12 campaign, the co-ownership deal was renewed and Valoti joined Milan,[5] taking part in the pre-season trainings and friendlies with the first team.[6] However, he did not make any official appearance during his first season with the Rossoneri and instead he played mainly with the Primavera (under-20) team.

For the 2012–13 season, the co-ownership was extended again.[7] However, Valoti still made no appearances for the first team (instead featuring as an overage player for the Primavera team, which is now an under-19 team) and during the January transfer window he was loaned out to his former club Albinoleffe.[8]

Return to AlbinoLeffe

Valoti returned to AlbinoLeffe in temporary deal on 24 January 2013. In June 2013 the co-ownership was renewed. On 25 July Milan extended the temporary deal of Valoti at AlbinoLeffe.[9] On 20 June 2014, Milan sold Valoti back to AlbinoLeffe[10] for €400,000 fee.[11] However, AlbinoLeffe decided to sell Valoti again on 15 July.

Verona

On 15 July 2014, Valoti signed for Serie A club Verona in a temporary deal, with an option to buy.[12][13] His permanent transfer was confirmed on 7 July 2015, after AlbinoLeffe had relegated from professional leagues.[14]

On 23 July 2015, Valoti joined Pescara on loan along with Pierluigi Cappelluzzo (loan) and Francesco Zampano (definitive).[15][16]

On 1 February 2016, Valoti signed for Livorno.[17][18]

SPAL

On 6 July 2018, Valoti signed with SPAL on loan until 30 June 2019.[19] On 1 July 2019, Valoti signed with SPAL.[20]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 August 2020

Team	Season	Domestic League		Domestic Cup		European Competition^1		Other Tournaments^2		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Albinoleffe	2010–11	1	0	1	0	–		0	0	2	0
Milan	2011–12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2012–13	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albinoleffe (loan)	2013	10	0	–		–		–		10	0
	2013–14	15	7	0	0	–		1	0	16	7
	Total	26	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	28	7
Hellas Verona	2014–15 (loan)	10	1	3	0	–		–		13	1
	2015–16	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Pescara (loan)	2015–16	9	1	2	1	–		–		11	2
Livorno (loan)	2015-16	7	0	0	0	–		–		7	0
Hellas Verona	2016–17	22	3	2	0	–		–		24	3
	2017–18	26	3	2	0	–		–		28	3
	Total	58	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	65	7
SPAL (loan)	2018–19	24	2	1	0	–		–		25	2
SPAL	2019–20	27	3	3	2	–		–		30	5
	Total	51	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	55	7
Career total		151	20	14	3	0	0	1	0	166	23

¹European competitions include the UEFA Champions League.
²Other tournaments include the Supercoppa Italiana and Serie B relegation play–offs.

Honours

Club

A.C. Milan

• Supercoppa Italiana: 2011[21]

References

1. "Mattia Valoti". skt.it (in Italian). SKY Italia. 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
2. Alessandro Paoli (14 July 2011). "Mattia Valoti". tuttonazionali.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2 September 2011.
3. AC Milan bilancio 2011 Archived 16 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine page 45 (in Italian)
4. "Mattia Valoti al Milan". albinoleffe.com (in Italian). Unione Calcio Albinoleffe. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
5. "Risoluzione accordi di partecipazione". legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
6. Pietro Mazzara (17 August 2011). "Buona la pre-season dei "canterani" rossoneri in prima squadra". milannews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 September 2011.
7. "Risoluzione accordi di partecipazione" (PDF). legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
8. "A.C. Milan official communication". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
9. "Mattia Valoti è bluceleste" (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
10. "L'U.C. AlbinoLeffe riscatta Mattia Valoti" (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
11. "nota integrativa". A.C. Milan S.p.A. bilancio d'esercizio 31 dicembre 2014 (in Italian). Italian C.C.I.A.A. 2015. pp. 60, 70.
12. "Ceduto Mattia Valoti all'Hellas Verona FC" (in Italian). UC AlbinoLeffe. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
13. "Ufficiale: Mattia Valoti in gialloblù" (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
14. "Ufficiale, Mattia Valoti ancora gialloblù" (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
15. "Ufficiale: Cappelluzzo, Valoti e Zampano al Pescara" (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
16. "Calciomercato: Fiorillo, Mandragora, Valoti e Cappelluzzo" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 23 July 2015. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
17. "Valoti in prestito al Livorno" (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
18. "Mattia Valoti nuovo acquisto del Livorno Calcio" (in Italian). A.S. Livorno Calcio. 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
19. "Valoti on loan to S.P.A.L." calciomercato.com (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
20. "UFFICIALE: SPAL, riscattati Dickmann, Petagna, Fares e Valoti". Retrieved 1 July 2019.
21. "Super Cup: 24 players called up". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.

External links

• Profile at aic.football.it (in Italian)
• International caps at official FIGC website (in Italian)