Vignato was born on 24 February 2004 in Negrar in the Province of Verona, Italy, to Italian father Davide and a Brazilian mother Shèrida.[2][3] Having begun playing youth football at local club Pieve,[3] Vignato joined ChievoVerona's youth sector aged six.[2]
Club career
ChievoVerona
After having played for ChievoVerona's under-17s, Vignato was promoted to their Primavera (under-19) side, scoring 14 goals and making 11 assists in 18 games in the 2020–21 Campionato Primavera 2 [it] season.[2][3] He made his first-team debut for Chievo on 4 May 2021, as a 76th-minute substitute in a Serie B game against Cremonese.[4][5] Vignato finished the season with two league games, having also played against Virtus Entella as a substitute.[2]
Monza
On 11 August 2021, Vignato joined Serie B side Monza on a three-year deal.[2] He made his debut on 29 August, playing the first half of a 1–0 league win against Cremonese.[6] On 25 September, Vignato scored his first professional goal, in a 3–1 Serie B win against Pordenone.[7] He became the first player born in 2004 to score in an Italian professional league.[8]
On 25 February 2022, Vignato's contract was extended until 30 June 2025.[9] After having helped Monza gain promotion to the Serie A for the first time in their history, Vignato made his Italian top-flight debut in the 2022–23 Serie A on 7 November 2022, as a stoppage-time substitute in a 2–0 home win against Hellas Verona.[10]
On Vignato's first game as a starter, on 8 October 2023, he scored his first Serie A goal in a 3–0 home win against Salernitana.[11] He became the first player born in 2004 to score in the Italian top flight,[12] and the youngest Monza player to do so.[13]
International career
Eligible to also represent Brazil internationally, Vignato played for Italy at under-15, under-16 and under-18 levels.[14] Having played 16 games for the under-16s, Vignato made his under-18 debut in a friendly against Austria in June 2021.[2]
Vignato was first called up to the under-19 team on 4 August 2022, for a friendly game against Albania on 10 August.[15] In June 2023, he was included in the Italian squad for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Malta,[16] where the Azzurrini eventually won their second continental title.[17][18]
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