Giovanni Bonfanti
Giovanni Bonfanti is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Spezia on loan from Atalanta.
Club career
Born in Milan, Bonfanti joined the academy of Atalanta in 2015, aged 12, and subsequently came through the club's youth ranks; in the summer of 2021, he was sent on loan to Sampdoria, where he played for the under-19 squad, while receiving his first call-ups to the first team, under head coach Marco Giampaolo.On 14 July 2022, Bonfanti joined Serie C side Pontedera on loan until the end of the campaign. The defender made a total amount of 23 appearances for the club throughout his first professional season.
Having returned to Atalanta in the summer of 2023, Bonfanti started training with the first team during the pre-season, under manager Gian Piero Gasperini; at the start of the league campaign, he was initially assigned to the club's newly-formed reserve team, Atalanta Under-23. On 3 September 2023, he started in the Under-23 team's first official match, a 3–2 league loss to Virtus Verona. After establishing himself as a regular starter for the reserve team, the defender made his Serie A debut on 25 November, coming on as a substitute for Sead Kolašinac in the 76th minute of a 2–1 league defeat to Napoli. On 14 December, he made his debut in a European competition, starting and scoring his first professional goal in a 4–0 UEFA Europa League win over Raków Częstochowa in the group stage.
On 9 August 2024, Bonfanti joined Serie B club Pisa on a season-long loan.
After returning to Atalanta and remaining on the bench in the first two 2025–26 Serie A games, on 1 September 2025 Bonfanti returned to Pisa on a new loan, with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.
On 28 January 2026, after returning from Pisa, Bonfati was loaned again, this time to Serie B club Spezia.