Simone Mazzocchi (born 17 August 1998) is an Italian football player who plays as forward for Serie C Group C club Cosenza.[1]
Born in Milan, raised in a small neighborhood club (G. S. Villa), Mazzocchi was a youth exponent of Atalanta where he played 54 matches and scored 16 goal for their U-19 team.
On 24 July 2017, Mazzocchi was signed by Serie C side Siracusa on a season-long loan deal.[2] One weeks later, on 30 July, he made his professional debut in a 3–1 home win over Renate in the first round of Coppa Italia, he played the entire match.[3] One month kater, on 26 August, Mazzocchi made his Serie C debut as a starter in a 1–0 away defeat against Trapani, he was replaced by Paolo Grillo in the 79th minute.[4] Mazzocchi ended his season-long loan to Siracusa with 25 appearances, including 11 of them as a starter, and 1 assist, but he never played any entire match in the championship.[5]
On 17 July 2018, Mazzocchi was loaned to Serie C club Südtirol on a season-long loan deal.[6] On 29 July he made his debut for Südtirol in a 2–1 home win over Albalonga in the first round of Coppa Italia, he was replaced by Gianluca Turchetta in the 58th minute.[7] On 17 September he made his Serie C debut for Südtirol as a substitute replacing Gianluca Turchetta in the 56th minute of a 1–0 home win over Teramo.[8] On 30 September he played his first match as a starter and he scored his first professional goal in the 42nd minute of a 3–2 away defeat against Virtus Verona.[9] On 2 February 2019, Mazzocchi scored twice in a 4–2 away win over AlbinoLeffe.[10] Mazzocchi ended his loan with 37 appearances and 4 goals.[5]
On 1 July 2019, after the loan, Mazzocchi joined to Serie C club Südtirol on an undisclosed fee and a 3-year contract, however Atalanta had a buy-back clause after the second season.[11] On 4 August he made his seasonal debut as a substitute replacing Niccolò Romero in the 84th minute and he scored his first goal of the season five minutes later in a 4–2 home win over Città di Fasano in the first round of Coppa Italia, and two weeks later, on 18 August, he played his first entire match for the club, a 3–1 away defeat against Udinese in the third round.[12][13] One week later, Mazzocchi made his league debut and he scored his first goal in the championship in the 33rd minute of a 2–1 away win over Vis Pesaro, he was replaced by Niccolò Romero in the 84th minute.[14]
On 11 September 2020, Mazzocchi joined newly promoted Serie B club Reggiana on a season-long loan.[15] Two weeks later, on 27 September, Mazzzocchi made his debut for the club as a starter and he scored his first goal for Reggiana in the 7th minute of a 2–2 home draw against Pisa, he was replaced by Nicolò Cambiaghi after 78 minutes.[16] One week later, on 3 October, he scored his second consecutive goal in the 43rd minute of a 2–0 away win over Virtus Entella.[17] He became a regular starter early in the season. Two more weeks later, on 17 October, he played his first entire match for Reggiana, a 1–0 home defeat against ChievoVerona.[18] Mazzocchi ended his season-long loan to Reggiana with 29 appearances, 7 goals and 1 assist.[5]
On 14 July 2021, Atalanta exercised their buy-back option.
On the same day, the club loaned him to newly promoted Serie B club Ternana for the 2020–21 season on a season-long loan deal.[19]
On 7 July 2022, Mazzocchi returned on a new loan to Südtirol.[20]
On 22 July 2023, Mazzochi was loaned to Cosenza, with an option to buy.[21]
On 26 July 2024, Mazzochi returned to Cosenza on a new loan, this time with an obligation to buy.[22]
Mazzocchi represented Italy at U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-20 level. On 27 August 2014, Mazzocchi made his U-17 debut in a 0–0 home draw against Portugal U-17, he played the entire match. On 31 August 2014 he scored his first goal at U-17 level as a substitute in the 78th minute of a 4–3 away defeat against England U-17. Mazzocchi played 5 matches in the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification and he played 7 matches and scored 1 goal in the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. On 12 August 2015, Mazzocchi made his U-18 debut as a substitute replacing Marco Tumminello in the 57th minute of a 0–0 home draw against Bulgaria U-18. On 16 September he scored twice in a 3–2 away defeat against Czech Republic U-18. On 14 December 2016 he made his U-19 debut as a substitute replacing Andrea Pinamonti in the 56th minute of a 0–0 home draw against Serbia U-19. On 5 September 2017, Mazzocchi made his U-20 debut as a substitute replacing Federico Bonazzoli in the 69th minute of a 6–1 win over Poland U-20.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Siracusa (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie C | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Südtirol (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 38 | 4 |
| Südtirol | 2019–20 | Serie C | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | 28 | 11 |
| Reggina (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 7 | |
| Ternana (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie B | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 4 | |
| Südtirol (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie B | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 36 | 3 |
| Cosenza (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie B | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 9 | 4 | |
| Career totals | 174 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 190 | 32 | ||
