Roberto Piccoli

Roberto Piccoli (born 27 January 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Atalanta.

Roberto Piccoli
Personal information
Full name Roberto Piccoli
Date of birth (2001-01-27) 27 January 2001
Place of birth Bergamo, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Atalanta
Number 99
Youth career
2011–2019 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Atalanta 10 (1)
2020–2021 → Spezia (loan) 20 (5)
National team‡
2016 Italy U15 3 (0)
2016–2017 Italy U16 14 (4)
2018 Italy U18 3 (2)
2018–2020 Italy U19 22 (5)
2021– Italy U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:16, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:55, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Piccoli began playing football at the age of 10 with the Atalanta youth academy.[1] He made his professional debut in a 0–0 Serie A tie with Empoli on 15 April 2019.[2]

On 15 September 2020, he joined Spezia on a season-long loan.[3]

On 21 August 2021, Piccoli came on as a substitute for Atalanta in an away match against Torino and scored the winning goal in the 93rd minute. This was his first goal for the Bergamo club in the top flight.[4]

International career

With the Italy U19 squad he took part in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

On 3 September 2021 he made his debut with the Italy U21 squad, playing as a starter in the qualifying match won 3–0 against Luxembourg.[5]

Career statistics
As of match played 30 October 2021[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atalanta 2018–19 Serie A 200000–20
2019–20 100000–10
2021–22 710000–71
Total 101000000101
Spezia (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 20531––236
Career total 306310000337

References
  1. Maggi, Filippo (16 April 2019). "Dopo Kulusevski dentro anche Piccoli: ecco chi è l'attaccante di Sorisole".
  2. "Atalanta vs. Empoli - 15 April 2019 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  3. "Roberto Piccoli per l'attacco delle Aquile" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  4. "TORINO – ATALANTA – 2021-2022". Atalanta. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  5. "Esordio con vittoria per la nuova Italia. Nicolato: "Ho visto un grande impegno, ma dobbiamo lavorare"" (in Italian). figc.it. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  6. "Roberto Piccoli". Soccerway.
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