| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1993-03-17)March 17, 1993 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Como, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft2+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cremonese | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Libertas SanBartolomeo[1] | |||
| –2005 | Como[1] | ||
| 2005–2007 | Corsico | ||
| 2007–2013 | Inter Milan | ||
| 2010–2011 | →Varese (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | →Verona (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2013–2019 | Verona | 80 | (2) |
| 2014 | →Spezia (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | →Empoli (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | →Spezia (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2019– | Cremonese | 189 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Italy U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Italy U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2012 | Italy U20[2] | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Italy U21 | 21 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 June 2015 | |||
Matteo Bianchetti (born 17 March 1993) is an Italian professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back forSerie A clubCremonese.
Born inComo,Lombardy, Bianchetti joinedInter Milan from Corsico, a local team from the town ofCorsico.[3] He played for Inter in every ranks from U15, 16, 17 to the reserve in 2011 (U20 by regulation until 2011–12, but Inter changed to U19 internally). He also spent one season withVarese reserve in 2010–11 season[4] as Inter did not have its own U18 team inBerretti League as wild card until 2011. Bianchetti won the 2012Campionato Nazionale Primavera and2011–12 NextGen Series with the U19 team.
Bianchetti was also included in the first team occasionally, but failed to play in competitive games. He was included in2011–12 UEFA Champions League List B squad as no.44, a routine move for reserve players.[5][nb 1] In summer 2012Lega Serie A changed the age limit of the reserve league to U19, and Inter's reserve transformed to a more age specific teams: U19 and U18. However, Bianchetti remained in Inter, just likes his predecessorsDavide Faraoni andSamuele Longo who was one of the three age 20 "overage" player for Inter U19 reserve in 2010–11 season and 2011–12 season respectively. But on the other hand, Bianchetti was a real "overage" player as the regulation changed, thus Bianchetti did not have much chance for Inter U19 team in 2012–13 season, along with former captainAndrea Romanò,Daniel Bessa andRaffaele Di Gennaro, despite the latter two were forced to remain in Inter due to injury (Bianchetti also missed a few months since January 2012 and recovered in pre-season 2012).
Bianchetti did not play in 2012Supercoppa Primavera, the conclusion of last season, where Inter also fielded overage playersAlfred Duncan andMarko Livaja. Bianchetti remained in Inter's European squad, but promoted to List A, along with Romanò.[6] However it was due to Inter did not have enough youth product to fill the 4 specific quota and the outcome was indifference.[nb 2]
As Bianchetti was lack of play time, despite he received call-up fromItaly national under-21 football team,[7] he did not debut yet. On 23 January 2013 he left forHellas Verona F.C. of Serie B.[8][9] Verona also signed former U20 playerMichelangelo Albertazzi from Milan in summer 2012 but he failed to make a significant impact and did not receive any call-up since January due to injury. Bianchetti immediately entered the squad and made his competitive debut againstSpezia as a last minute substitute forEmanuel Benito Rivas.[10] He wore no.14 shirt previously owned bySimone Calvano.[11] After the recovery of Albertazzi, Bianchetti was fall from the first priority on the bench, until regained the bench position since round 30 (missed round 33 for international duty), made 5 substitute appearances forCrespo,Raphael Martinho,Ceccarelli,Moras andMaietta respectively; Bianchetti made his only start on 22 April,[12] due to the absence of Ceccarelli.[13]
In June 2013 Verona boughthalf of the registration rights of Bianchetti for €350,000 in 3-year contract.[14] Bianchetti made his Serie A debut on 15 September 2013. In total he made 3 Serie A appearances before leaving for Spezia in January 2014.[15] In June 2014 the co-ownership deal between Verona and Inter was renewed.[16]
On 29 January 2015, Spezia re-signed Bianchetti.[17]
On 25 June 2015, Inter announced the Co-Ownership resolved in their favor, and they are sending the player to Verona in a definitive deal on 1 July.[18][19]
On 17 August 2019, Bianchetti signedSerie B clubCremonese for free.[20]
Bianchetti played twice in2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification. He missed the elite round due to injury. In September 2012 he played forItaly national under-20 football team in Four Nations. In October 2012 received he call-up to2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification play-offs. In January 2013 made he his debut for U21 team in a non-competitive triangular tournament between U21, 20 and 19. He was partnered with 2 other Inter youth productsLuca Caldirola andCristiano Biraghi in that 45-minute match against U20;[21] rested against U19.[22]
His debut for theItaly U-21 team was in a friendly game against the Germany U-21 side on 6 February 2013, playing 90 minutes.
He took part at the2013 and captained his team at2015 editions of theUEFA European Under-21 Championship.
| Club | Season | Division | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Inter Milan | 2011–12 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hellas Verona (loan) | 2012–13 | Serie B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Hellas Verona | 2013–14 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Serie B | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Serie B | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Total | 87 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 94 | 2 | |||
| Spezia (loan) | 2013–14 | Serie B | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Empoli (loan) | 2014–15 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Spezia (loan) | 2014–15 | Serie B | 12 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Cremonese | 2019–20 | Serie B | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |||
| 2024–25 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |||
| Total | 189 | 5 | 10 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 205 | 5 | |||
| Career total | 298 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 326 | 7 | ||