Italy striker Retegui achieves Baggio and Balotelli Serie A milestone at Atalanta | OneFootball

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·6 October 2024

Italy striker Retegui achieves Baggio and Balotelli Serie A milestone at Atalanta

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Mateo Retegui scored seven goals in his first seven Serie A appearances with Atalanta, a milestone achieved by only four Italian players, including Roberto Baggio and Mario Balotelli, since 1994-95.

Italy international Retegui has had a solid start to the season in Serie A, scoring seven goals in the opening seven rounds.


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Italy striker Retegui reaches Baggio and Balotelli with strong Atalanta start

He netted three times in a 5-1 win over his former club Genoa on Saturday, becoming the joint-Serie A top scorer alongside Inter‘s Marcus Thuram, who also netted three times against Torino yesterday.

As reported by Opta on X, formerly Twitter, only four Italian players had scored seven goals in their first seven Serie A games with a club: Mario Balotelli at Milan, Emiliano Bonazzoli at Sampdoria, Dario Hubner at Piacenza and Roberto Baggio at Bologna.

Retegui joined Atalanta from Genoa last summer to replace his compatriot Gianluca Scamacca, who had sustained a knee injury during the pre-season.

7 – Record goals by Italian players in their first 7 games with a club in Serie A since 1994/95: 7 – Mateo #Retegui – Atalanta 7 – Mario Balotelli – Milan 7 – Emiliano Bonazzoli – Sampdoria 7 – Dario Hübner – Piacenza 7 – Roberto Baggio – Bologna

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