Leonardo Davide Gatto (born 28 April 1992) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Atalanta

Born in

Trebisacce Trebisacce is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is 92 km from the provincial capital of Cosenza, overlooking the Ionian Sea. Twin towns — sister cities Trebisacce is town twinning ...

, Calabria, Gatto started his career at Lombard side

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. Gatto was a member of U17 team in 2008–09 season; U18 in 2009–10 and the reserve in 2010–11.

Pisa

In July 2011 the club decided to gift

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half of the registration rights in order to farm out the player from the reserve, for a peppercorn of €250. In June 2012 the deal was renewed.

Return to Atalanta and loans

Gatto returned to Atalanta in June 2013 for €75,000. In the same transfer window he was signed by

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. In July 2014 the loan was renewed. On 10 July 2015, he was signed by

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in a temporary deal. On 1 February 2016, Gatto was signed by Salernitana. He picked no.18 from departing

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. In July 2016 Gatto was signed by

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Return to Salernitana

On 16 August 2017 Salernitana signed Gatto on a three-year contract.

Entella

On 10 January 2018 Gatto was signed by

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Pro Vercelli

On 24 August 2018 he joined

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on loan.

Triestina

On 8 August 2019 he joined

Triestina Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918, commonly referred to as Triestina, is an Italian football club based in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally founded in 1918, the club has been re-established several times in its history. As of the ...

on loan with an obligation to buy.

Return to Pro Vercelli

On 7 January 2021 he returned to

on another loan.

International career

Gatto received a U17 call-up in March 2009 He did not enter the final squad for elite qualification nor final tournament. In 2011, he received call-up twice from Italy national under-20 football team. The latter was act as a replacement of

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. In the 2012–13 season, Gatto, now an employee of a Lega Pro club, received call-up from Italy U20 Lega Pro team, the feeder team of U21 and dedicated to Lega Pro player (temporary deal excluded). He played the match against

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(twice),

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and

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. He also played in the unofficial friendly against

ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...

reserve.

References

External links

FIGC

Leonardo Gatto
at Scoresway {{DEFAULTSORT:Gatto, Leonardo 1992 births Living people People from Trebisacce Footballers from the Province of Cosenza Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Pisa SC players Atalanta BC players SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 players LR Vicenza players US Salernitana 1919 players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Virtus Entella players FC Pro Vercelli 1892 players US Triestina Calcio 1918 players SSD Sanremese Calcio players Italy men's youth international footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers