Enrico Del Prato Explained

Enrico Del Prato
Full Name:Enrico Del Prato[1]
Birth Date:10 November 1999
Birth Place:Bergamo, Italy
Height:1.86 m
Position:Defender, defensive midfielder
Currentclub:Parma
Clubnumber:15
Youthyears1:–2019
Youthclubs1:Atalanta
Years1:2018–2022
Clubs1:Atalanta
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:2019–2020
Clubs2:Livorno (loan)
Caps2:33
Goals2:1
Years3:2020–2021
Clubs3:Reggina (loan)
Caps3:26
Goals3:0
Years4:2021–2022
Clubs4:Parma (loan)
Caps4:34
Goals4:1
Years5:2022–
Clubs5:Parma
Caps5:69
Goals5:5
Nationalyears1:2016–2017
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2017–2018
Nationalcaps2:5
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:2018–2019
Nationalcaps3:14
Nationalgoals3:0
Nationalyears4:2019–2021
Nationalcaps4:12
Nationalgoals4:1
Pcupdate:9 June 2024
Ntupdate:31 May 2021

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

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.

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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] Del Prato transferred to Parma on a permanent deal on 21 June 2022.[6]

International career

He was first called up to represent his country in November 2016 with the Under-18 squad.[7]

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.[8]

Career statistics

Club!rowspan=2
SeasonLeagueCoppa ItaliaEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atalanta2017–18Serie A00000000
2018–1900000000
2021–220000
Total00000000
Livorno (loan)2019–20Serie B33100331
Reggina (loan)2020–21Serie B26020280
Parma (loan)2021–22Serie B34100341
Parma2022–233433020393
2023–2435220372
Total103650201106
Career total16277000201717

Honours

Parma

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Italy . FIFA . 6 . 13 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200206013743/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf . 6 February 2020.
  2. Atalanta. ENRICO DELPRATO A LIVORNO. 13 July 2019. Italian.
  3. Web site: Soccerway. Virtus Entella v Livorno game report. 24 August 2019.
  4. Reggina. ENRICO DELPRATO È UN GIOCATORE DELLA REGGINA. 11 September 2020. Italian.
  5. Web site: ENRICO DEL PRATO IS A PARMA CLACIO PLAYER . 31 August 2021 . parmacalcio1913.com.
  6. Web site: ENRICO DELPRATO SIGNS PERMANENT DEAL . Parma Calcio 1913 . 21 June 2022.
  7. Web site: Italian Football Federation. Del Prato Italy U18 profile by FIGC. 1 October 2019. Italian.
  8. Web site: Italian Football Federation. Successo all’esordio per Nicolato, la nuova Under si presenta con un poker alla Moldavia. 6 September 2019. Italian.