Zak Ruggiero
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 January 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Bishop Auckland, England | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Trapani | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | Crotone | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Crotone | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Pro Vercelli (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Pro Sesto (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Lucchese (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2022–2025 | Cerignola | 79 | (5) |
| 2025– | Trapani | 13 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | → Cerignola (loan) | 28 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 May 2026 | |||
Zak Ruggiero (born 9 January 2001) is an English-Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie D club Trapani.
Career
[edit]On 11 September 2019, Ruggiero signed his first professional contract with Crotone for a term of 5 years.[1]
He made his Serie B debut for Crotone on 29 December 2019, in a game against Trapani. He came on in place of Junior Messias who was substituted in the 85th minute.[2]
On 25 September 2020, Ruggiero was loaned to Serie C club Pro Vercelli.[3] On 1 February 2021, he was sent on another loan to fellow Serie C side Pro Sesto.[4]
On 31 August 2021, Ruggiero was loaned to Lucchese, again in Serie C.[5]
Personal life
[edit]His father, Giorgio Ruggiero, is Italian and his mother English. He was born in England but moved to Crotone a few months later.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Zak Ruggiero, rossoblù fino al 2024!" (Press release) (in Italian). Crotone. 11 September 2019.
- ↑ "Crotone v Trapani game report". Soccerway. 29 December 2019.
- ↑ "Nanni al Cesena e Zak alla Pro Vercelli" (in Italian). Crotone. 25 September 2020.
- ↑ "TRE OPERAZIONI IN CHIUSURA DI CALCIOMERCATO" (in Italian). Pro Sesto. 1 February 2021. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ↑ "Oddei e le altre operazioni di mercato" (in Italian). Crotone. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ↑ "Benvenuto Zak Ruggiero" (in Italian). Cerignola. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- Zak Ruggiero at Soccerway
- Zak Ruggiero at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bishop Auckland
- English people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople of Italian descent
- Italian people of English descent
- English men's footballers
- Italian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- FC Crotone players
- FC Pro Vercelli 1892 players
- Pro Sesto 1913 players
- Lucchese 1905 players
- SS Audace Cerignola players
- FC Trapani 1905 players
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- Italian football forward, 2000s birth stubs