Zak Ruggiero (born 9 January 2001) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Cerignola.

Club career

On 11 September 2019, he signed his first professional contract with

Crotone Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...

for a term of 5 years. He made his Serie B debut for Crotone on 29 December 2019 in a game against Trapani. He substituted Junior Messias in the 85th minute. On 25 September 2020 he was loaned to Serie C club Pro Vercelli. On 1 February 2021, he was sent on another Serie C loan to Pro Sesto. On 31 August 2021, he was loaned to Lucchese, again in Serie C. On 26 July 2022, Ruggiero signed with Cerignola.

Personal life

His father is Italian and his mother English. He was born in England but moved to

a few months later.

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* * 2001 births Living people Footballers from Bishop Auckland English people of Italian descent Italian people of English descent English men's footballers Italian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Serie B players Serie C players FC Crotone players FC Pro Vercelli 1892 players Pro Sesto 1913 players Lucchese 1905 players SS Audace Cerignola players {{Italy-footy-forward-2000s-stub