{{short description|Italian footballer (born 1987)}} {{Use British English|date=September 2010}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Davide Lanzafame | image = Davide Lanzafame Catania (cropped).jpg | upright = 1.1 | caption = Lanzafame with Catania | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|2|9}} | birth_place = Turin, Italy | height = 1.80 m | position = Second striker, winger | currentclub = Borgaro (head coach) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Juventus | years1 = 2006–2008 | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Juventus | years2 = 2007–2008 | caps2 = 37 | goals2 = 10 | clubs2 = → Bari (loan) | years3 = 2008–2011 | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = Palermo | years4 = 2009 | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 2 | clubs4 = → Bari (loan) | years5 = 2009–2010 | caps5 = 27 | goals5 = 7 | clubs5 = → Parma (loan) | years6 = 2010–2011 | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = → Juventus (loan) | years7 = 2011 | caps7 = 13 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = → Brescia (loan) | years8 = 2011–2013 | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 1 | clubs8 = Catania | years9 = 2012–2013 | caps9 = 16 | goals9 = 2 | clubs9 = → Grosseto (loan) | years10 = 2013 | caps10 = 10 | goals10 = 5 | clubs10 = → Budapest Honvéd (loan) | years11 = 2014–2015 | caps11 = 41 | goals11 = 1 | clubs11 = Perugia | years12 = 2016 | caps12 = 16 | goals12 = 0 | clubs12 = Novara | years13 = 2016–2018 | caps13 = 57 | goals13 = 29 | clubs13 = Budapest Honvéd | years14 = 2018–2020 | caps14 = 28 | goals14 = 16 | clubs14 = Ferencváros | years15 = 2019–2020 | caps15 = 23 | goals15 = 11 | clubs15 = → Budapest Honvéd (loan) | years16 = 2020–2021 | clubs16 = Adana Demirspor | caps16 = 9 | goals16 = 1 | years17 = 2021–2022 | clubs17 = Vicenza | caps17 = 15 | goals17 = 2 | nationalyears1 = 2008–2009 | nationalteam1 = Italy U-21 | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | manageryears1 = 2022 | managerclubs1 = Pestszentimre | manageryears2 = 2023– | managerclubs2 = Borgaro }}
'''Davide Lanzafame''' ({{IPA|it|ˈdaːvide lantsaˈfaːme}}; born 9 February 1987) is an Italian football coach and former professional player, who played as a striker or right winger. He is in charge of Eccellenza amateurs Borgaro.
==Playing career==
===Juventus=== Lanzafame, born in Turin to a Catanese father and a Piedmontese mother,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.piazzadellaliberta.it/2008/04/25/lanzafame-lazio-non-lo-sapevo/ |publisher=Corriere dello Sport |language=it |title=Lanzafame: "Lazio? Non lo sapevo" |date=25 April 2008 |access-date=1 July 2008 |author=Maglie, Antonio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629043221/http://www.piazzadellaliberta.it/2008/04/25/lanzafame-lazio-non-lo-sapevo/ |archive-date=29 June 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> grew up in the Juventus youth team and had been part of the Juventus youth side, competing in competitions such as Campionato Nazionale Primavera until 2006, before making his senior team debut for Juve during their 2006–07 season in Serie B campaign. Italy Under-21 boss Pierluigi Casiraghi called him up for the 2008 Toulon Tournament and listed him as a reserve player for the Olympics that summer.
===Bari=== Ahead of the 2007–08 Serie A season, Juventus loaned Lanzafame to Serie B side Bari. Lanzafame endured a highly successful loan spell in which he made 37 league appearances, scoring ten goals. In April 2008, coach Antonio Conte compared him to Cristiano Ronaldo, stating that he has the possibility and potential to reach similar levels in his football and quoting "Lanzafame has improved tactically” to La Gazzetta dello Sport. “He is explosive; he sniffs the goal and imposes his speed outside the area. If he improves and learns he can become like Cristiano Ronaldo." Lanzafame returned to Turin on 30 June 2008.
===Palermo=== On 1 July 2008, Palermo announced to have finalized the signing of Lanzafame from Juventus in a co-ownership deal, for €2.5 million, as part of the deal that saw Amauri move to Juventus, while Antonio Nocerino also transferred outright to Palermo .<ref>{{Cite news|publisher=U.S. Città di Palermo |url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0708/news_scheda.jsp?id=9051 |title=Definito l'acquisto in compartecipazione di Lanzafame dalla Juve |date=1 July 2008 |access-date=1 July 2008 |language=it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705090151/http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0708/news_scheda.jsp?id=9051 |archive-date=5 July 2008}}</ref> After a disappointing time with Palermo during the first half of the 2008–09 Serie A season, where Lanzafame saw little playing time and no first team action, co-owners, Juventus, ensured that a loan deal was executed, also wanting their youth product to remain in Serie A. On 26 December 2008, he moved from Palermo to Bari on loan for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{Cite news|language=it |publisher=AS Bari |url=http://www.asbari.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1703&Itemid=68 |title=Lanzafame torna a Bari |access-date=5 February 2009 |date=26 December 2008 }}</ref> Lanzafame underwent a second successful spell with A.S. Bari, making 18 league appearances and scoring two goals. Following his second return from Bari, Lanzafame returned to Palermo, only to be loaned out to Serie A side, F.C. Parma. In his first full season of Serie A football, Lanzafame impressed, scoring seven goals in 27 league matches. He also scored against his parent club in a 3–2 win for Parma over Juventus on 9 May 2010.
===Return to Juventus=== On 25 June 2010, Palermo and Juventus agreed to extend the co-ownership deal for another year, with the Sicilian club loaning the player to the ''Bianconeri'' for the 2010–11 season.<ref name="co_ownerships">{{Cite news |url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0910/news_scheda.jsp?id=20944 |publisher=US Città di Palermo |language=it |date=25 June 2010 |access-date=26 June 2010 |title=COMUNICATO COMPARTECIPAZIONI |archive-date=7 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707122609/http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0910/news_scheda.jsp?id=20944 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lanzafame was expected to be a part of the building project of the new Juventus management, however, after just three league appearances in 5 months for Juventus, he was loaned to Brescia Calcio for the remainder of the 2010–11 Serie A season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bresciacalcio.it/home/765-ufficiale-davide-lanzafame-e-un-giocatore-del-brescia.html |title=Ufficiale: Davide Lanzafame è un giocatore del Brescia |trans-title=Official: Davide Lanzafame is a Brescia player |date=4 January 2011 |access-date=5 January 2011 |work=Brescia Calcio |language=it}}</ref> Lanzafame made 13 appearances with Brescia, but failed to score. At the end of the season, he returned to Palermo. Following his second comeback to Palermo in June 2011, his co-ownership was resolved in favour of the ''Rosanero'' for free.<ref>U.S. Città di Palermo S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011 {{in lang|it}}, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.juventus.com/wps/wcm/connect/d100b7da-7d52-491c-b7d0-2e560e0d8f2e/Relazione+finanziaria+annuale+al+30+giugno+2011ENG+definitivo.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=d100b7da-7d52-491c-b7d0-2e560e0d8f2e|title=Annual Financial Report at 30 June 2011|date=7 December 2011|access-date=30 May 2015|publisher=Juventus FC}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
===Catania=== On 10 August 2011, Palermo confirmed to have sold Lanzafame to Catania on a co-ownership basis, for €1 million,<ref name=Catania2012bilancio>Calcio Catania S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 {{in lang|it}}, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.]</ref><ref>U.S. Città di Palermo S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 {{in lang|it}}, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.]</ref> as part of the deal that saw Matías Silvestre move in the opposite direction.<ref name="silvestre_palermo">{{cite news |url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/1011/news_scheda.php?id=25106 |publisher=ilpalermocalcio.it |language=it |access-date=11 August 2011 |date=10 August 2011 |title=SILVESTRE E' ROSANERO; DOMANI LA PRESENTAZIONE |trans-title=SILVESTRE IS A ROSANERO, TOMORROW PRESENTED TO THE PRESS |archive-date=29 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229113924/http://palermocalcio.it/it/1011/news/scheda.php?id=25106 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lanzafame was officially presented on 12 August 2011, alongside Mario Paglialunga and David Suazo. Upon joining his maternal descent-based club, Lanzafame made just 11 appearances and scored 1 goal during the 2011-12 Serie A season. In June 2012 Catania acquired him outright for free.<ref name=Catania2012bilancio/>
Lanzafame was successively loaned to Serie B side Grosseto on 9 September 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.biancorossi.it/portal/index.php/news-le-nostre-notizie/notizie/notizie-generali/1244-all-ultimo-secondo-lanzafame |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130108091233/http://www.biancorossi.it/portal/index.php/news-le-nostre-notizie/notizie/notizie-generali/1244-all-ultimo-secondo-lanzafame |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 January 2013 |publisher=biancorossi.it |language=it |date=10 September 2012 |access-date=29 September 2012 |title=All'ultimo secondo Lanzafame |trans-title=Lanzafame, at the last second }}</ref> He was a mainstay in the club's lineup, appearing in 16 matches and scoring 2 league goals during the first half of the 2012–13 Serie B season, before returning to Catania in January 2013. He was then immediately loaned out to Hungarian outfit, Budapest Honvéd at the request of coach Marco Rossi{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}. At the club, Lanzafame teamed up with former Juventus youth teammate Raffaele Alcibiade.
===Match-fixing scandal=== When Budapest Honvéd learned that Lanzafame had been accused of manipulating matches during his time with Bari by FIGC, they terminated his loan deal, which would have run until 30 June, a month in advance. Lanzafame had scored five league goals in ten matches for the club before returning to Sicily. Upon returning to Catania, Lanzafame's fate regarding the match-fixing was officially learned on 5 July 2013. Prosecutor Stefano Palazzi had requested a four-year ban; however, Lanzafame saw his plea bargain accepted and will be suspended for 16 months with a €40,000 fine.<ref>[http://www.football-italia.net/36100/bari-plea-bargain-betting-scandal Bari plea bargain in betting scandal] 5 July 2013</ref>
===Perugia=== On 12 August 2014, Lanzafame signed with Serie B club Perugia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acperugiacalcio.com/news-societarie/?n=1872|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210202/http://www.acperugiacalcio.com/news-societarie/?n=1872|title=Davide Lanzafame è del Perugia|date=12 August 2014|archive-date=12 August 2014|publisher=AC Perugia Calcio|language=it}}</ref> joining Marco Rossi who also involved in the aforementioned scandal. The contract of Lanzafame was extended on 13 March 2015, which would last until 30 June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acperugiacalcio.com/perugia2014/index.php/news/news-prima-squadra/item/1467-con-lanzafame-la-storia-continua.html|title=Con Lanzafame..la storia continua!|date=18 March 2015|access-date=30 May 2015|publisher=AC Perugia Calcio|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601232503/http://www.acperugiacalcio.com/perugia2014/index.php/news/news-prima-squadra/item/1467-con-lanzafame-la-storia-continua.html|archive-date=1 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Budapest Honvéd=== In 2016, Lanzafame returned to Budapest Honvéd FC and won the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season with the club.
He scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League season against Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. at the Turner Stadium.
He became the top scorer of the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season by scoring 18 goals. Before the last round, there were three players with 17 goals (Roland Varga of Ferencváros, and Soma Novothny of Újpest). However, none of the three players scored goals in the 33rd round, except for Lanzafame who scored a free-kick goal against Vasas SC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/nb-i-ezzel-a-szabadrugasgollal-lett-golkiraly-lanzafame-video-2639125|title=NB I: ezzel a szabadrúgásgóllal lett gólkirály Lanzafame – videó|trans-title=Lanzafame became top-scorer of the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság|publisher=Nemzeti Sport|language=hu|date=3 June 2018|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref>
===Ferencváros=== On 1 July 2018, Lanzafame was signed by Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Ferencváros.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/ftc-bemutattak-a-honvedtol-erkezo-lanzafamet-2644639|title=FTC: bemutatták a Honvédtól érkező Lanzafamét|trans-title=Lanzafame was announced, arriving from Honvéd|publisher=Nemzeti Sport|language=hu|date=1 July 2018|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref> In an interview with the Nemzeti Sport, he said that he made his most difficult decision in his career so far after signing with Ferencváros.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/honved-lanzafame-karrierje-legnehezebb-donteset-hozta-meg-2644657|title=Honvéd: Lanzafame karrierje legnehezebb döntését hozta meg|trans-title=Lanzafame made his most difficult decision in his career|publisher=Nemzeti Sport|language=hu|date=1 July 2018|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref>
===Budapest Honvéd=== On 12 August 2019, Lanzafame was returned for the third time to Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Budapest Honvéd FC.
===Adana Demirspor=== On 25 September 2020, Lanzafame was join to club Adana Demirspor.
===Vicenza=== On 1 February 2021, Lanzafame signed with Italian club Vicenza on a free transfer.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1 February 2021|title=Játékossors: megvan Davide Lanzafame új csapata - NSO|trans-title=Davide Lanzafame has a new team|url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/olasz_labdarugas/jatekossors-megvan-davide-lanzafame-uj-csapata-2808081|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211000426/https://www.nemzetisport.hu/olasz_labdarugas/jatekossors-megvan-davide-lanzafame-uj-csapata-2808081 |archive-date=11 February 2021 |access-date=2 February 2021|website=Nemzeti Sport|language=hu}}</ref> On 22 January 2022, his contract with Vicenza was terminated by mutual consent after he missed most of the season up to that point due to injury.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Vicenza|url=https://www.lrvicenza.net/ufficiale-risolto-consensualmente-il-contratto-con-davide-lanzafame/|title=Ufficiale: risolto consensualmente il contratto con Davide Lanzafame|date=22 January 2022|access-date=22 January 2022|language=it}}</ref>
==Managerial career== In 2022, Lanzafame took on his first head coaching job, being named in charge of Hungary amateur club Pestszentimré, a position he left by the end of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tuttocampo.it/Italia/News/1529927/esclusiva-tc-lanzafame-tra-i-dilettanti-servono-istruttori-bravi-cosi-si-riparte-juventus-estero-seconde-squadre-ecco-la-mia-idea|publisher=Tuttocampo|language=it |date=2 January 2023 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |title=Esclusiva TC - Lanzafame: "Tra i dilettanti servono istruttori bravi, così si riparte. Juventus, estero, seconde squadre ecco la mia idea..." }}</ref><ref name="borgaro">{{cite web |url=https://www.tuttocalciodilettanti.com/eccpiemonte-borgaro-nobis-il-nuovo-allenatore-e-un-ex-calciatore-di-juventus-bari-e-parma/ |publisher=Tutto Calcio Dilettanti|language=it |date=14 May 2023 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |title=EccPiemonte: Borgaro Nobis, il nuovo allenatore è un ex calciatore di Juventus, Bari e Parma }}</ref>
In May 2023, Lanzafame returned to Italy, accepting a head coaching job at Eccellenza Piedmont amateurs Borgaro.<ref name="borgaro" />
==Career statistics== {{Updated|match played 9 June 2020}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Davide Lanzafame » Club matches|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe2043/davide-lanzafame/club-matches/|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=9 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Soccerway|davide-lanzafame/18338}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |Juventus |2006–07 |Serie B |1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||1||0 |- |Bari (loan) |2007–08 |Serie B |37||10||1||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||38||11 |- |Palermo |2008–09 |Serie A |9||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||10||0 |- |Bari (loan) |2008–09 |Serie B |18||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||18||2 |- |Parma (loan) |2009–10 |Serie A |27||7||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||28||7 |- |Juventus (loan) |2010–11 |Serie A |3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||6||0||9||0 |- |Brescia (loan) |2010–11 |Serie A |13||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||13||0 |- |Catania |2011–12 |Serie A |11||1||2||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||13||2 |- |Grosseto (loan) |2012–13 |Serie B |16||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||2 |- |Budapest Honvéd (loan) |2012–13 |Nemzeti Bajnokság I |10||5||2||0||1||1||colspan="2"|–||13||6 |- |rowspan="3"|Perugia |2014–15 |rowspan="2"|Serie B |24||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||25||1 |- |2015–16 |17||0||2||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||19||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !41!!1!!3!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!44!!2 |- |Novara |2015–16 |Serie B |16||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||0 |- |rowspan="4"|Budapest Honvéd |2016–17 |rowspan="3"|Nemzeti Bajnokság I |25||11||2||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||27||12 |- |2017–18 |32||18||7||2||colspan="2"|–||2||2||41||22 |- |2019–20 |23||11||7||2||colspan="2"|–||0||0||30||13 |- !colspan="2"|Total !80!!40!!16!!5!!0!!0!!2!!2!!98!!47 |- |rowspan="3"|Ferencváros |2018–19 |rowspan="2"|Nemzeti Bajnokság I |28||16||4||1||colspan="2"|–||2||0||34||17 |- |2019–20 |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||5||2||5||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !28!!16!!4!!1!!0!!0!!!7!!2!!39!!19 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !310!!84!!30!!9!!1!!1!!15!!4!!353!!98 |}
==Honours==
'''Budapest Honvéd''' *Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2016–17 *Hungarian Cup: 2019–20
'''Ferencváros''' *Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2018–19
'''Individual''' *Nemzeti Bajnokság I top scorer: 2017–18, 2018–19
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Nemzeti Bajnokság I top scorers}}
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