Leonardo Zottele

Leonardo Mattheo Zottele (born 16 April 1999) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a centre-back.

Leonardo Zottele
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Mattheo Zottele
Date of birth (1999-04-16) 16 April 1999
Place of birth Bludenz, Austria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2007–2013 FC Klostertal
2013–2015 AKA Vorarlberg
2015–2018 1. FC Nürnberg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Rheindorf Altach II 12 (2)
2020 → Dornbirn (loan) 5 (0)
International career
2014–2015 Austria U16 11 (2)
2015–2016 Austria U17 3 (0)
2017 Austria U18 1 (0)
2017–2018 Austria U19 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:44, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Career

Club career

Zottele started his career at FC Klostertal.[2] Ahead of the 2013/14 season he moved to AKA Vorarlberg.[3] After two seasons at the academy os Vorarlberg, 16-year old Zottele moved to Germany in the 2015/16 season to join the youth team at 1. FC Nürnberg.[3][4]

For the 2018/19 season he returned to Austria and joined Austrian Bundesliga club SC Rheindorf Altach, signing a deal until June 2021.[5] At Altach, however, he was used only used on the clubs reserve team. In January 2020, he was loaned out to FC Dornbirn 1913 until the end of the season.[6] He made his debut for Dornbirn in the 2nd division in February 2020 when he started against SC Austria Lustenau on the 17th matchday of the 2019/20 season. In August 2020, the deal was extended by one season.[7] However, he suffered a concussion in September 2020 and didn't make a single appearance for Dornbirn until the winter break. In January 2021, Zottele finally returned to Altach, after the loan deal was cut short.[8] After the 2020/21 season, he left Altach.[9]

References
  1. Leonardo Zottele at WorldFootball.net
  2. „Fußball ist mein Leben“, vol.at, 28 September 2015
  3. Profile at Kicker, kicker.de
  4. „Krisen geben einem die Möglichkeit zu wachsen“ krone.at
  5. SCRA verpflichtet zwei Jung-Nationalspieler, newsroom.scra.at, 15 June 2021
  6. Leonardo Zottele leihweise zum FC Dornbirn, newsroom.scra.at, 7 January 2020
  7. Nussbaumer & Zottele wechseln leihweise zum FC Dornbirn, newsroom.scra.at, 10 August 2020
  8. ZURÜCK IN ALTACH, fc-dornbirn.at, 4 January 2021
  9. Fix! Neven Subotic verlässt Altach nach Saisonende, krone.at, 19 May 2021


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