Gianluigi Donnarumma

Gianluigi Donnarumma

Donnarumma with Milan before the 2016 Supercoppa Italiana
Personal information
Full name	Gianluigi Donnarumma
Date of birth	(1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 18)
Place of birth	Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Milan
Number	99
Youth career
2003–2013	Club Napoli
2013–2015	Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–	Milan	56	(0)
National team‡
2014	Italy U15	4	(0)
2014–2015	Italy U17	10	(0)
2016–	Italy U21	3	(0)
2016–	Italy	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016

Gianluigi "Gigio" Donnarumma (born 25 February 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Milan and the Italy national team.

He began his career with Milan in 2015, becoming the second youngest goalkeeper ever to debut in Serie A, aged 16 years and 242 days; he immediately broke into the starting line-up, earning a reputation as one of the most promising young goalkeepers in the world. He also broke the record as the youngest Italy under-21 player ever to play, aged 17 years and 28 days in March 2016. Six months later, he made his senior international debut, becoming the youngest goalkeeper ever to appear for Italy, aged 17 years and 189 days.

Donnarumma grew up in the football academy of Club Napoli in his native Castellammare di Stabia. At age 14, he was signed for €250,000 by Milan, the team for which his elder brother, Antonio, had already played. Between 2013 and 2015, he was part of the Rossoneri youth academy, where he always played in the age group above him, beginning with the Giovanissimi, then the Allievi, and finally the Primavera. Three days before his 16th birthday, in February 2015, he received his first call-up to the senior team from manager Filippo Inzaghi; though he did not feature in the league match against Cesena, his presence on the substitutes' bench had required a special dispensation due to his age.

At the beginning of the 2015–16 season, Donnarumma was promoted to the senior team by manager Siniša Mihajlović, initially as the third-choice goalkeeper behind Diego López and Christian Abbiati. During Milan's pre-season tour of China, he made his debut in an International Champions Cup match against Real Madrid on 30 July. Replacing López in the 72nd minute, he kept a clean sheet for the remainder of the match, but was one of two Milan players to miss his penalty shootout attempt in an eventual 10–9 loss. His subsequent starting appearance against Sassuolo in the final of the TIM Trophy saw him save two penalties in the shootout to secure Milan's victory.