{{Short description|Italian footballer (born 2003)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Gabriele Mulazzi | image = Gabriele Mulazzi.jpg | caption = Mulazzi with Juventus in 2021 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|4|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Turin, Italy | height = 1.78 m | position = Full-back | currentclub = Juventus Next Gen<br/>(on loan from Sion) | clubnumber = 6 <!--27--> | youthyears1 = 2015‒2018 | youthclubs1 = Torino | youthyears2 = 2018‒2022 | youthclubs2 = Juventus | years1 = 2022‒2025 | clubs1 = Juventus Next Gen | caps1 = 56 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2025– | clubs2 = Sion U21 | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2025– | clubs3 = Sion | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2026– | clubs4 = → Juventus Next Gen (loan) | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2018 | nationalteam1 = Italy U15<ref>{{FIGC Italy U15 player|50017|access-date=6 September 2022|citation=yes}}</ref> | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2018‒2019 | nationalteam2 = Italy U16<ref>{{FIGC Italy U16 player|50017|access-date=6 September 2022|citation=yes}}</ref> | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2019 | nationalteam3 = Italy U17<ref>{{FIGC Italy U17 player|50017|access-date=6 September 2022|citation=yes}}</ref> | nationalcaps3 = 5 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2021 | nationalteam4 = Italy U18<ref>{{FIGC Italy U18 player|50017|access-date=6 September 2022|citation=yes}}</ref> | nationalcaps4 = 1 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalyears5 = 2021–2022 | nationalteam5 = Italy U19<ref>{{FIGC Italy U19 player|50017|access-date=6 September 2022|citation=yes}}</ref> | nationalcaps5 = 8 | nationalgoals5 = 0 | nationalyears6 = 2022 | nationalteam6 = Italy U20<ref>{{FIGC Italy U20 player|50017|access-date=30 September 2022|citation=yes}}</ref> | nationalcaps6 = 3 | nationalgoals6 = 0 | pcupdate = 30 April 2026 | nationalteam-update = 19:07, 21 November 2022 (UTC) }}
'''Gabriele Mulazzi''' (born 1 April 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Juventus Next Gen, on loan from Swiss club Sion.
== Club career == thumb|Mulazzi ''(right)'' in action for Juventus U19 Mulazzi started playing football aged five in an amateur club situated in Settimo Torinese.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Chi è GABRIELE MULAZZI: il duttile terzino arrivato dal Toro - "New Generation" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCDBqxsgbl4 |language=it |access-date=2022-05-30}}</ref> He then moved to Torino's youth setup where he stayed for three years, when he moved to Juventus'.<ref name=":0" /> He spent his whole youth career at Juventus across all of their youth squads.<ref name=":0" /> On 23 September 2020, he signed his first contract with Juventus, which would expire in 2023.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=JuventusNews24 |first=Redazione |date=2020-09-23 |title=Juve Primavera: il terzino Mulazzi al rinnovo di contratto con i bianconeri |url=https://www.juventusnews24.com/juve-primavera-primo-contratto-professionista-mulazzi-rinnovo-juventus/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=Juventus News 24 |language=it-IT}}</ref> On 2 April 2021, he was first called up by Juventus U23{{Efn|The team's name was changed from Juventus U23 to Juventus Next Gen in August 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 August 2022 |title=From Under 23 to Next Gen – a new identity at Juventus |url=https://www.juventus.com/en/news/articles/from-under-23-to-next-gen-a-new-identity-at-juventus |access-date=26 August 2022 |website=Juventus FC}}</ref>|name=Juventus U23 → Juventus Next Gen|group=lower-greek}} alongside his U19 teammate Samuel Iling-Junior for a Serie C match against Alessandria.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baridon |first=Marco |date=2021-04-03 |title=Juve Primavera, Zauli pesca per la sua Under 23: in due alla prima chiamata |url=https://www.juventusnews24.com/juve-primavera-mulazzi-iling-convocati-alessandria-juventus-u23-barrenechea-riccio/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=Juventus News 24 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
In the 2021–22 season, spent with the under-19s, Mulazzi scored seven goals and gave eight assists in all competitions.<ref name="Moncada">{{Cite web |last=Moncada |first=Davide |date=2022-07-28 |title=Juventus U23, dalla Primavera gli '03 per Brambilla: Mulazzi, Turicchia e non solo |url=https://footballnews24.it/juventus-u23-dalla-primavera-gli-03-per-brambilla-mulazzi-turicchia-e-non-solo/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Footballnews24.it |language=it-IT}}</ref> Despite being listed as a right-back, he played 27 of his 36 season matches as a midfielder.<ref name="Moncada"/> He helped the U19s reach the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League semifinals, their best-ever placing in the competition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Il Benfica in finale grazie ai calci di rigore. Non basta la gran rimonta della Juve |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Juventus/22-04-2022/juve-benfica-youth-league-diretta-risultato-live-440157423137.shtml |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it-IT}}</ref>
He made his professional debut on 3 September 2022, in a 2–0 win against Trento, playing for Juventus Next Gen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=JuventusNews24 |first=Redazione |date=2022-09-03 |title=Juventus Next Gen: esordio tra i professionisti per tre giovani |url=https://www.juventusnews24.com/juventus-next-gen-esordio-professionisti-mulazzi-nzouango-bonetti-trento-serie-c-2022-23/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Juventus News 24 |language=it-IT}}</ref> On 20 December, Mulazzi renewed with Juventus Next Gen until 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |last=JuventusNews24 |first=Redazione |date=2022-12-20 |title=Mulazzi rinnova con la Juve: è UFFICIALE. Il comunicato del club |url=https://www.juventusnews24.com/mulazzi-rinnova-juve-ufficiale-comunicato-club-rinnovo-dettagli-juventus-next-gen/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Juventus News 24 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
On 17 February 2025, Mulazzi signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Sion in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FC Sion|url=https://www.fcsion.ch/fr/news/gabriele-mulazzi-s-engage-au-fc-sion-jusqu-en-2027-3965|title=Gabriele Mulazzi s'engage au FC Sion jusqu'en 2027|trans-title=Gabriele Mulazzi commits to FC Sion until 2027|date=17 February 2025|access-date=7 March 2025|language=fr}}</ref> He was initially assigned to the club's reserve (or Under-21) team that plays in the fourth-tier 1. Liga.
== Style of play == As a kid, Mulazzi was a forward.<ref name=":0" /> He is currently a full-back who can play as a winger.<ref name=":0" />
== Career statistics == {{Updated|match played 12 March 2023}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{Soccerway|id=579189|accessdate=3 September 2022}}</ref> ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |Coppa Italia ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Juventus Next Gen |2022–23 |Serie C |23||0|| colspan="2" |—||4{{Efn|Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C}}||0||27||0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !23!!0!!0!!0!!4!!0!!27!!0 |} {{notelist}}
== Notes == {{reflist|group=lower-greek}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mulazzi, Gabriele}} Category:2003 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Turin Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen Category:Italian men's footballers Category:Italy men's youth international footballers Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Torino FC players Category:Juventus FC players Category:Juventus Next Gen players Category:FC Sion players Category:Serie C players Category:Swiss 1. Liga (football) players Category:Italian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Category:Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland