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 Ruggeri playing for Atalanta in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Matteo Ruggeri[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 July 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Giovanni Bianco, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2020 | Atalanta | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2025 | Atalanta | 85 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Salernitana (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Atlético Madrid | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Italy U17 | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Italy U18 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Italy U19 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Italy U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Italy U21 | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:36, 24 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 June 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Matteo Ruggeri (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtɛ.o rudˈd͡ʒɛ.ri]; born 11 July 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Atlético Madrid.
Club career
[edit]Atalanta
[edit]Matteo Ruggeri grew up in Zogno, Lombardy, Italy, where he started playing football, before joining Atalanta's youth sector in 2011.[2] He made his professional debut for Atalanta on 3 November 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute in a UEFA Champions League group stage match against Liverpool, which Atalanta lost 5–0 at home.[3] Five days later, he made his Serie A debut in a 1–1 home draw against Inter.[4]
Loan to Salernitana
[edit]On 27 July 2021, Ruggeri joined newly-promoted Serie A club Salernitana on a season-long loan.[5]
Return to Atalanta
[edit]On 22 May 2024, Ruggeri started in Atalanta's 3–0 victory over German champions Bayer Leverkusen in the 2024 UEFA Europa League final.[6]
Atlético Madrid
[edit]On 1 July 2025, Ruggeri joined La Liga side Atlético Madrid, signing a five-year contract.[7]
International career
[edit]In March 2025, he was called up to the senior Italy squad for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League quarter-final matches against Germany on 20 and 23 March 2025.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 24 May 2026[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atalanta | 2020–21 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10[c] | 2 | — | 48 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Total | 85 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 2 | ||
| Salernitana (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Atlético Madrid | 2025–26 | La Liga | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15[b] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| Career total | 125 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 171 | 2 | ||
- ↑ Includes Coppa Italia, Copa del Rey
- 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
- ↑ Appearance in Supercopa de España
Honours
[edit]Atalanta
- UEFA Europa League: 2023–24[10]
- Coppa Italia runner-up: 2020–21,[11] 2023–24[12]
Atlético Madrid
- Copa del Rey runner-up: 2025–26[13]
Individual
- UEFA Europa League Team of the Season: 2023–24[14]
References
[edit]- ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
- ↑ Rinaldi, Leandro (24 May 2019). "Matteo Ruggeri, dalla Zognese agli azzurrini: 'mi ispiro a Spinazzola sognando la serie A'". La voce delle valli (in Italian). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ "Incubo Liverpool a Bergamo, Atalanta travolta 5-0". Sky Sport (in Italian). 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ Pegoraro, Paolo (8 November 2020). "Serie A: Atalanta-Inter, pagelle: Lautaro e Miranchuk, che numeri". Eurosport (in Italian). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ↑ "Ufficiale – Matteo Ruggeri è un nuovo calciatore della Salernitana" (in Italian). Tutto Salernitana. 27 July 2021.
- ↑ Wilson, Jonathan (22 March 2024). "Atalanta win Europa League as Lookman hat-trick ends Leverkusen's unbeaten run". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Welcome, Matteo Ruggeri!". Atlético Madrid. 1 July 2025.
- ↑ "Italia, operazione rimonta. Spalletti: "Se avremo lo stesso comportamento di giovedì, il risultato sarà diverso"" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ↑ "M. Ruggeri". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ↑ "Atalanta 3-0 Leverkusen: Lookman treble brings UEFA Europa League glory to Bergamo". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ↑ "Atalanta 1-2 Juventus: Federico Chiesa goal wins Coppa Italia for Andrea Pirlo's Juve". BBC Sport. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ↑ "Juventus 1-0 Atalanta: Juve win a record 15th Coppa Italia". BBC Sport. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ↑ "Atletico Madrid 2-2 Real Sociedad (3-4 on pens): Sociedad triumph to win fourth Copa del Rey title". BBC Sport. 18 April 2026. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
- ↑ "2023/24 UEFA Europa League Team of the Season". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the Atalanta BC website
- Matteo Ruggeri – UEFA competition record (archive)
Categories:
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Italian men's footballers
- Italian expatriate men's footballers
- Footballers from Lombardy
- Men's association football full-backs
- Italy men's youth international footballers
- Serie A players
- Atalanta BC players
- US Salernitana 1919 players
- UEFA Europa League–winning players
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Spain