Quick Facts
Aquarius
Biography
Emiliano Ariel Rigoni ([emiˈljano riˈɣoni]; born 4 February 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg.
Club career
Rigoni is a youth exponent from Club Atlético Belgrano. He made his league debut on 4 August 2013 against CA Lanús in a 3–0 away defeat. In January 2016, he joined Club Atlético Independiente. He has scored in his first debut for Independiente against his former club Belgrano.
On 23 August 2017, Rigoni moved to Russia, signing a four-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
On 19 October 2017, he scored the first hat-trick of his career in a 3–1 Europa League group win over Rosenborg BK.
On 17 August 2018, Zenit announced that Rigoni would join Serie A club Atalanta B.C. for the 2018–19 season, with Atalanta holding an option to make the transfer permanent at the end of the loan. On 14 January 2019, Rigoni returned to Zenit.
On 2 September 2019, Zenit announced that Rigoni would spend the rest of the 2019–20 on loan to Italian club U.C. Sampdoria, with Sampdoria holding an option to purchase his rights at the end of the loan. On 1 February 2020, Sampdoria terminated the loan early.
International career
Rigoni made his debut for the Argentina national football team on 5 October 2017 in a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Peru.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 26 May 2019
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Belgrano | 2012–13 | Superliga Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 1 | ||||
| 2014 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 16 | 3 | |||||
| 2015 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 33 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 73 | 8 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 76 | 8 | ||
| Independiente | 2016 | Superliga Argentina | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 22 | 5 | ||
| 2016–17 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 34 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 46 | 15 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 2 | - | - | 56 | 17 | ||
| Zenit | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 6 | – | 28 | 6 | ||
| 2018–19 | 11 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | 12 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 11 | 6 | - | - | 40 | 9 | ||
| Atalanta (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 151 | 29 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 8 | - | - | 176 | 37 | ||
International
- As of match played 5 October 2017.
| Argentina | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
Honours
Zenit Saint Petersburg
- Russian Premier League: 2018–19
