Valentino Fattore Scotta (born 10 August 2001) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
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. Born in Argentina, he is a youth international for Spain.

Club career

Born in

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, Fattore moved to Spain at early age, and joined

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Euro ...

's at the age of eight, from local side AD Nervión. He made his senior debut with the C-team on 16 September 2018, aged 17, by starting in a 1–2

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

home loss against

Córdoba CF B Córdoba Club de Fútbol "B" is a Spanish football team based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as Club Atlético Almagro, it is the reserve team of Córdoba CF and currently plays in Tercera División RFEF ...

. Fattore first appeared with the reserves on 21 April 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 1–2 home loss against

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...

. He was definitely promoted to the B-side ahead of the 2020–21 campaign, and renewed his contract until 2023 on 23 February 2021. Fattore made his first team – and

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– debut on 21 December 2021, replacing

Lucas Ocampos Lucas Ariel Ocampos (; born 11 July 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for La Liga club Sevilla and the Argentina national team. Ocampos began his senior career in Argentina with River Plate before joining ...

late into a 1–1 home draw against

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International career

Born in Argentina and raised in Spain, Fattore is of Italian descent through his father, and therefore holds Argentine, Italian, and Spanish nationalities. He represented the latter's under-19 team in a 1–1 friendly with

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on 15 January 2020.

Personal life

Fattore's grandfather

Héctor Scotta Héctor Horacio Leonel Scotta Guigo (born 27 September 1950) is a retired Argentine football striker. He was born in the city of San Justo in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. Scotta is most famous for his feat of scoring 60 goals in 1975. ...

was also a footballer. A

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, he represented Sevilla in the late 1970s.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fattore, Valentino 2001 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Spanish men's footballers Argentine men's footballers Spanish people of Argentine descent Spanish people of Italian descent Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine emigrants to Spain Men's association football fullbacks La Liga players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Sevilla FC C players Sevilla Atlético players Sevilla FC players Spain men's youth international footballers