Matteo Ruggeri
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 Ruggeri playing for Atalanta in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
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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.
Ruggeri is a product of the Atalanta academy and went on to make over 100 appearances for the side, including winning the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League where he was named in the 2023–24 Europa League Team of the Season. He transferred to Atlético Madrid in July 2025.
He has played for Italy at multiple youth team levels, most recently for Italy U21s. Ruggeri was called into the senior Italy squad for the first time in March 2025 but is yet to make his debut.
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, following regular appearances at multiple youth team levels, 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)
- 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