Giacomo Bonaventura

Atalanta

After playing for San Francesco 93' youth team, he was transferred to Tolentino, where he was noticed by one of Atalanta's scouts, Antonio Bongiorni. Bonaventura made his debut with Atalanta on 4 May 2008, in a match against Livorno. He only played this match in the whole 2007–08 season. He appeared again on 9 November, against Fiorentina. On 13 January 2009, Atalanta announced he had joined Pergocrema on loan for the remainder of the 2008–09 season. Five days later, he made his debut for Pergocrema, getting on the scoresheet in a match against Sambenedettese. He made three more appearances before returning to Atalanta. He returned to La Dea, but had to wait until January 2010 to appear again, this time against Palermo. On 1 February, he joined Serie B club Padova on loan until the end of the season. He made his debut for the club on the 20th, against Triestina. In June 2010, Padova decided not to buy him outright, and Bonaventura returned to Atalanta, signing a contract extension until 2015. On 9 November, he scored his first Atalanta goal, against Modena. He played a key part for La Dea during the 2010–11 season, scoring nine times, with his club being crowned Serie B champions, thus earning promotion to Serie A. On 11 April 2012, he scored his first Serie A goal, against Napoli, before scoring again in a 2–0 victory against Fiorentina on 29 April. He scored his first brace on 3 March 2013, in a 2–0 victory against Siena.

AC Milan

2014–15…

After featuring with under-19, under-20 levels, Bonaventura made his debut with the senior squad on 31 May 2013, in a 4–0 friendly victory against San Marino in Bologna, under Cesare Prandelli. His second appearance for Italy came 16 months later, in a friendly against Albania, during which he managed to assist Stefano Okaka's match–winning goal in a 1–0 victory in Genoa. In May 2016, he was named to Antonio Conte's preliminary 30-man Italy squad for UEFA Euro 2016. However he was later left out of the final 23-man squad for the tournament. At 34 years, one month and 22 days, Bonaventura became the oldest player to score his debut goal for Italy when he found the back of the net against Malta in a Euro 2024 qualifier at Stadio San Nicola in Bari on 14 October 2023. The record had been held by Sassuolo striker Ciccio Caputo since 7 October 2020 after he tallied his inaugural goal at age 33 years and 62 days on 7 October 2020 in 6–0 friendly victory over Moldova.

Being an offensive midfielder, Bonaventura played in several midfield positions; in addition to his favoured central position as a trequartista behind the strikers, he was often deployed as a central midfielder, in the mezzala role, or as a left winger, or on the left in an attacking trident. He was also deployed in a box-to-box role on occasion, a position in which he was described as a tuttocampista in the Italian media. He was sometimes called the nickname "Jack" (from the poker card, which is also an Anglicized abbreviation of his name) in the media.

Club

International

Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.