Lazio Star Mattia Zaccagni Recalls Earliest Football Memories: 'I Was Born on the Beach'

Yahoo

23-02-2025

Lazio captain Mattia Zaccagni returned to his first steps in football, explaining how his passion for the Beautiful Game started at a tender age.
The 29-year-old has established himself as one of the best players in Serie A, especially following his transfer to the Biancocelesti in the summer of 2021. The winger still enjoys himself on the pitch as evidenced by the flicks and tricks he pulls off in almost every match.
In his interview with The Laziali Founder & TLN TV Serie A Host Steven Moore, Zaccagni was asked about his father's role in his passion for the sport, as the latter was a footballer himself, albeit at the amateur level. But as the Lazio star explained, his relationship with football was pretty much instinctive.
Yes, dad always passed on this passion of his that he had. But there wasn't even that much need to transmit it to me because it was something I had inside anyway and I already felt it.
As soon as I turned four, they signed me up to soccer school because they couldn't keep me in the house anymore as I would break the picture frames so it was better to send me to the soccer field. Then I was born on the beach where I always had fun with the ball.
Zaccagni is enjoying a wonderful campaign on a personal level, scoring nine goals and providing eight assists already. However, he insists he's still aiming to further improve his figures.
I am certainly having a beautiful season but my goal, like you said, is to always evolve. Therefore, my objective is to improve my stats and performances.