Dario Zanatta
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dario Zanatta | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Queen's Park (on loan from Heart of Midlothian) | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2007 | Gorge FC | ||
| 2008–2011 | Victoria Capitals | ||
| 2011–2015 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | ||
| 2015– | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Heart of Midlothian | 13 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Queen's Park (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | Canada U16 | 2 | (2) |
| 2014 | Canada U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015– | Canada U20 | 5 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:51, 3 December 2016 (UTC). | |||
Dario Zanatta (born 24 May 1997) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Queen's Park F.C. on loan from Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian, as a forward. He has previously represented Canada at under-16, under-18 and under-20 level.
Career
Youth
Zanatta grew up playing for Gorge Soccer Association and Lower Island Metro[1] during his childhood years.[2] As a teenager, he played for the Victoria Capitals youth program before joining Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency in 2011, aged 14.[3] Zanatta was offered a spot in the academy and slowly worked his way up the academy ranks. He left Vancouver in February 2015, having been unable to agree to terms on a contract and set his ambitions on Europe[4] and went on trial with several European clubs, including Ipswich Town,[5] IFK Gothenburg and Heart of Midlothian (Hearts).[6]
Heart of Midlothian
Zanatta signed his first professional contract on 6 August 2015, signing with Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian, on a two-year contract,[7] initially joining up with the club's under-20 side.[1] Zanatta made his first team debut on 31 October, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute in a Scottish Premiership match against Partick Thistle at Firhill Stadium, replacing Sam Nicholson in a 4–0 win.[8] In January 2016, Zanatta was originally expected to be loaned to a lower division club, but he impressed Hearts coach Robbie Neilson enough to stay with the first team.[9]
In September 2016, Hearts announced they had loaned Zanatta to Queen's Park FC of the Scottish League One on a one month emergency loan.[10][11] He made his debut for Queen's Park on September 24, 2016 against Albion Rovers, impressing after only being with the squad for one training session.[12] In November 2016, Zanatta scored his first goal as a professional in a match against Stranraer. [13]
International
In August 2016, Zanatta was called up to the U-20 team for a pair of friendlies against Costa Rica[14] He scored in the first friendly.[15]
Statistics
| Club | League | Season | League | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | |||
| Heart of Midlothian | Scottish Premiership | 2015–16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Queen's Park (loan) | Scottish League One | 2016–17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Total | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
Personal life
Zanatta grew up in Victoria, British Columbia[1] and attended Prospect Lake Elementary School, Royal Oak Middle School, then Holy Cross Regional High School in Surrey, British Columbia and graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "Victoria teenager signs for Scottish soccer club Hearts". timescolonist.com. Times Colonist. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- 1 2 "Dario Zanatta Biography". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ↑ "Hearts set to snap up Canada U18 cap Dario Zanatta". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ↑ "Canadian U18 international Dario Zanatta leaves Whitecaps to explore opportunities in Europe". Canadian Soccer News. AFTN.ca. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ↑ "Gerks stakes first-team claim after 90 minutes in comeback game at Portman Road". itfc.co.uk. Ipswich Town. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ↑ "Hearts bring in Canadian youth cap Dario Zanatta". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ↑ "Hearts deal for Canadian kid Dario Zanatta". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ↑ "Hearts moved up to second place in the Premiership with a clinical and impressive victory over Partick Thistle.". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ↑ "Dario Zanatta forces Hearts boss Neilson into loan rethink". Edinburgh News. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ↑ Heart of Midlothian Football Club (September 23, 2016). "Loan Moves for Duo".
- ↑ Queen's Park FC Football Club (September 23, 2016). "Signing News- Dario Zanatta".
- ↑ Murray Spooner (September 30, 2016). "Albion Rovers v Queen's Park: Loan signing Dario Zanatta boosts Spiders' attacking options". Daily Record.
- ↑ Queens Park FC (November 5, 2016). "What a difference a week makes!". Queens Park FC.
- ↑ "Canada m20 announces squad and matches against Costa Rica". Canada Soccer Association. August 24, 2016.
- ↑ Canada Soccer Twitter (Sep 1, 2016). https://twitter.com/CanadaSoccerEN/status/771383377781927936. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Dario Zanatta career statistics at Soccerbase
- ↑ "Dario Zanatta Stats". uk.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 1 November 2015.