Leonardo Mattheo Zottele (born 16 April 1999) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a centre-back.

Leonardo Zottele
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Mattheo Zottele
Date of birth (1999-04-16) 16 April 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Bludenz, Austria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2007–2013 FC Klostertal
2013–2015 AKA Vorarlberg
2015–2018 1. FC Nürnberg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Rheindorf Altach II 12 (2)
2020Dornbirn (loan) 5 (0)
International career
2014–2015 Austria U16 11 (2)
2015–2016 Austria U17 3 (0)
2017 Austria U18 1 (0)
2017–2018 Austria U19 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:44, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Career

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Club career

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Zottele started his career at FC Klostertal.[2] Ahead of the 2013/14 season he moved to AKA Vorarlberg.[3] After two seasons at the academy os Vorarlberg, 16-year old Zottele moved to Germany in the 2015/16 season to join the youth team at 1. FC Nürnberg.[3][4]

For the 2018/19 season he returned to Austria and joined Austrian Bundesliga club SC Rheindorf Altach, signing a deal until June 2021.[5] At Altach, however, he was used only used on the clubs reserve team. In January 2020, he was loaned out to FC Dornbirn 1913 until the end of the season.[6] He made his debut for Dornbirn in the 2nd division in February 2020 when he started against SC Austria Lustenau on the 17th matchday of the 2019/20 season. In August 2020, the deal was extended by one season.[7] However, he suffered a concussion in September 2020 and didn't make a single appearance for Dornbirn until the winter break. In January 2021, Zottele finally returned to Altach, after the loan deal was cut short.[8] After the 2020/21 season, he left Altach.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Leonardo Zottele at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ „Fußball ist mein Leben“, vol.at, 28 September 2015
  3. ^ a b Profile at Kicker, kicker.de
  4. ^ „Krisen geben einem die Möglichkeit zu wachsen“ krone.at
  5. ^ SCRA verpflichtet zwei Jung-Nationalspieler, newsroom.scra.at, 15 June 2021
  6. ^ Leonardo Zottele leihweise zum FC Dornbirn, newsroom.scra.at, 7 January 2020
  7. ^ Nussbaumer & Zottele wechseln leihweise zum FC Dornbirn, newsroom.scra.at, 10 August 2020
  8. ^ ZURÜCK IN ALTACH, fc-dornbirn.at, 4 January 2021
  9. ^ Fix! Neven Subotic verlässt Altach nach Saisonende, krone.at, 19 May 2021
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