Enrico Del Prato

Enrico Del Prato (born 10 November 1999) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for Serie B club Parma.

Enrico Del Prato
Personal information
Full name Enrico Del Prato[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-10) 10 November 1999
Place of birth Bergamo, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Parma
Number 15
Youth career
0000–2019 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Atalanta 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Livorno (loan) 33 (1)
2020–2021 → Reggina (loan) 26 (0)
2021–2022 → Parma (loan) 34 (1)
2022– Parma 36 (3)
International career‡
2016–2017 Italy U18 2 (0)
2017–2018 Italy U19 5 (0)
2018–2019 Italy U20 14 (0)
2019–2021 Italy U21 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2021

Club career

Atalanta

Del Prato is a product of Atalanta youth teams and started playing for their Under-19 squad in the 2016–17 season.[2]

In the 2017–18 Serie A and 2018–19 Serie A seasons, he was called up to the senior squad on several occasions (including the 2019 Coppa Italia Final), but remained on the bench every time.

Loan to Livorno

On 13 July 2019, he was loaned to Serie B club Livorno.[3]

He made his professional Serie B debut for Livorno on 24 August 2019 in a game against Virtus Entella, substituting Andrea Luci in the 74th minute.[4] He first appeared in the starting lineup and played his first full game on 24 September 2019 against Cosenza.

Loan to Reggina

On 11 September 2020, he joined Serie B club Reggina on loan.[5]

Parma

On 31 August 2021, after remaining with Atalanta for the entirety of the preseason, Del Prato joined Serie B club Parma on a one-year loan.[6] Del Prato transferred to Parma on a permanent deal on 21 June 2022.[7]

International career

He was first called up to represent his country in November 2016 with the Under-18 squad.[8]

He was selected for Italy's squad at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, but did not make any appearances as Italy finished as runners-up.

At the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he started every game, except for the group stage game against Japan, as Italy finished in 4th place.

On 6 September 2019 he made his debut for Italy U21 in a friendly against Moldova.[9]

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. Enrico Del Prato at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  3. "ENRICO DELPRATO A LIVORNO" (Press release) (in Italian). Atalanta. 13 July 2019.
  4. "Virtus Entella v Livorno game report". Soccerway. 24 August 2019.
  5. "ENRICO DELPRATO È UN GIOCATORE DELLA REGGINA" (Press release) (in Italian). Reggina. 11 September 2020.
  6. "ENRICO DEL PRATO IS A PARMA CLACIO PLAYER". parmacalcio1913.com. 31 August 2021.
  7. "ENRICO DELPRATO SIGNS PERMANENT DEAL". Parma Calcio 1913. 21 June 2022.
  8. "Del Prato Italy U18 profile by FIGC" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  9. "Successo all'esordio per Nicolato, la nuova Under si presenta con un poker alla Moldavia" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 6 September 2019.
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