{{Short description|Swiss footballer (born 1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mattia Bottani | fullname = Mattia Bottani | image = Mattia Bottani during the Swiss Cup Final between FC Lugano and Young Boys (2023).jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|5|24}} | birth_place = [[Lugano]], Switzerland | height = 1.70m | currentclub = [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] | clubnumber = 10 | position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Left midfielder]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2009–2011 | clubs1 = [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2011–2012 | clubs2 = [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]] | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2011–2012 | clubs3 = → [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] (loan) | caps3 = 16 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2012–2016 | clubs4 = [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] | caps4 = 100 | goals4 = 17 | years5 = 2016–2017 | clubs5 = [[FC Wil|Wil]] | caps5 = 25 | goals5 = 3 | years6 = 2017– | clubs6 = [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] | caps6 = 221 | goals6 = 22 | nationalyears1 = 2022– | nationalteam1 = [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 26 May 2026 }}
'''Mattia Bottani''' (born 24 May 1991) is a Swiss professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Midfielder (association football)|left midfielder]] for [[Swiss Super League]] club [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] and the [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland national team]].<ref>{{cite web|title=M. BOTTANI |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mattia-bottani/85626/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=3 April 2016}}</ref>
==Career== On 15 May 2022, Bottani scored a goal in Lugano's 4–1 victory over [[FC St. Gallen|St. Gallen]] in the final of the [[2021–22 Swiss Cup|Swiss Cup]].<ref name=SCup>{{cite web|url=https://www.fclugano.com/croci-torti-non-ho-mai-dubitato-dei-ragazzi/|title=Croci-Torti: Non Ho Mai Dubitato Dei Ragazzi|website=FC Lugano|date=15 May 2022|accessdate=15 May 2022|language=Italian|archive-date=15 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515223217/https://www.fclugano.com/croci-torti-non-ho-mai-dubitato-dei-ragazzi/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, during the final of the [[2015–16 Swiss Cup|Swiss Cup]] against FC Zurich, on the 0-0, he missed a penalty who would allow the club to win the competition (final result: 1-0 for FC Zurich).
==Honours== '''Lugano''' *[[Swiss Cup]]: [[2021–22 Swiss Cup|2021–22]]<ref name=SCup />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links==
{{FC Lugano squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bottani, Mattia}} [[Category:1991 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Footballers from Lugano]] [[Category:Men's association football midfielders]] [[Category:Swiss men's footballers]] [[Category:Swiss Super League players]] [[Category:Challenge League (Switzerland) players]] [[Category:FC Lugano players]] [[Category:Genoa CFC players]] [[Category:FC Wil players]] [[Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen]]