Samuele Vignato

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Samuele Vignato
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Vignato with Monza in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 (age 22)
Place of birth Negrar, Italy
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rijeka
Number 19
Youth career
–2010 Pieve
2010–2021 ChievoVerona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 ChievoVerona 2 (0)
2021–2025 Monza 45 (2)
2025– Rijeka 6 (1)
International career‡
2019 Italy U15 4 (3)
2019–2020 Italy U16 12 (3)
2021–2022 Italy U18 5 (1)
2021–2023 Italy U19 16 (7)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner 2023 Malta
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:14, 26 September 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 July 2023

Samuele Vignato (born 24 February 2004) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Rijeka.

Early life

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Vignato was born on 24 February 2004 in Negrar in the Province of Verona, Italy, to Italian father Davide and a Brazilian mother Shèrida.[2][3] Having begun playing youth football at local club Pieve,[3] Vignato joined ChievoVerona's youth sector aged six.[2]

Club career

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ChievoVerona

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After having played for ChievoVerona's under-17s, Vignato was promoted to their Primavera (under-19) side, scoring 14 goals and making 11 assists in 18 games in the 2020–21 Campionato Primavera 2 (it) season.[2][3] He made his first-team debut for Chievo on 4 May 2021, as a 76th-minute substitute in a Serie B game against Cremonese.[4][5] Vignato finished the season with two league games, having also played against Virtus Entella as a substitute.[2]

Monza

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On 11 August 2021, Vignato joined Serie B side Monza on a three-year deal.[2] He made his debut on 29 August, playing the first half of a 1–0 league win against Cremonese.[6] On 25 September, Vignato scored his first professional goal, in a 3–1 Serie B win against Pordenone.[7] He became the first player born in 2004 to score in an Italian professional league.[8]

On 25 February 2022, Vignato's contract was extended until 30 June 2025.[9] After having helped Monza gain promotion to the Serie A for the first time in their history, Vignato made his Italian top-flight debut in the 2022–23 Serie A on 7 November 2022, as a stoppage-time substitute in a 2–0 home win against Hellas Verona.[10]

On Vignato's first game as a starter, on 8 October 2023, he scored his first Serie A goal in a 3–0 home win against Salernitana.[11] He became the first player born in 2004 to score in the Italian top flight,[12] and the youngest Monza player to do so.[13]

International career

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Eligible to also represent Brazil internationally, Vignato played for Italy at under-15, under-16 and under-18 levels.[14] Having played 16 games for the under-16s, Vignato made his under-18 debut in a friendly against Austria in June 2021.[2]

Vignato was first called up to the under-19 team on 4 August 2022, for a friendly game against Albania on 10 August.[15] In June 2023, he was included in the Italian squad for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Malta,[16] where the Azzurrini eventually won their second continental title.[17][18]

Style of play

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Mainly an attacking midfielder,[19] Vignato can also play as a mezzala.[5] His main characteristics are his dribbling and technical abilities.[5]

Personal life

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Vignato's brother, Emanuel, is also a professional football player.[5]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 4 May 2025[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chievo 2020–21 Serie B 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Monza 2021–22 Serie B 13 1 0 0 0 0 13 1
2022–23 Serie A 5 0 2 0 — 7 0
2023–24 Serie A 10 1 1 0 — 11 1
2024–25 Serie A 17 0 1 0 — 18 0
Total 45 2 4 0 0 0 49 2
Career total 47 2 4 0 0 0 51 2

Honours

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Italy U19

References

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  1. ^ Profile at AC Monza (in Italian)
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