Simone Mazzocchi (born 17 August 1998) is an Italian football player who plays as forward for club Cosenza.
Born in Milan, raised in a small neighborhood club (G. S. Villa), Mazzocchi was a youth exponent of Atalanta where he played 54 matches and scored 16 goal for their U-19 team.
On 24 July 2017, Mazzocchi was signed by Serie C side Siracusa on a season-long loan deal. One weeks later, on 30 July, he made his professional debut in a 3âÂÂ1 home win over Renate in the first round of Coppa Italia, he played the entire match. One month kater, on 26 August, Mazzocchi made his Serie C debut as a starter in a 1âÂÂ0 away defeat against Trapani, he was replaced by Paolo Grillo in the 79th minute. Mazzocchi ended his season-long loan to Siracusa with 25 appearances, including 11 of them as a starter, and 1 assist, but he never played any entire match in the championship.
On 17 July 2018, Mazzocchi was loaned to Serie C club Südtirol on a season-long loan deal. On 29 July he made his debut for Südtirol in a 2âÂÂ1 home win over Albalonga in the first round of Coppa Italia, he was replaced by Gianluca Turchetta in the 58th minute. On 17 September he made his Serie C debut for Südtirol as a substitute replacing Gianluca Turchetta in the 56th minute of a 1âÂÂ0 home win over Teramo. On 30 September he played his first match as a starter and he scored his first professional goal in the 42nd minute of a 3âÂÂ2 away defeat against Virtus Verona. On 2 February 2019, Mazzocchi scored twice in a 4âÂÂ2 away win over AlbinoLeffe. Mazzocchi ended his loan with 37 appearances and 4 goals.
On 1 July 2019, after the loan, Mazzocchi joined to Serie C club Südtirol on an undisclosed fee and a 3-year contract, however Atalanta had a buy-back clause after the second season. On 4 August he made his seasonal debut as a substitute replacing Niccolò Romero in the 84th minute and he scored his first goal of the season five minutes later in a 4âÂÂ2 home win over Cittàdi Fasano in the first round of Coppa Italia, and two weeks later, on 18 August, he played his first entire match for the club, a 3âÂÂ1 away defeat against Udinese in the third round. One week later, Mazzocchi made his league debut and he scored his first goal in the championship in the 33rd minute of a 2âÂÂ1 away win over Vis Pesaro, he was replaced by Niccolò Romero in the 84th minute.
On 11 September 2020, Mazzocchi joined newly promoted Serie B club Reggiana on a season-long loan. Two weeks later, on 27 September, Mazzzocchi made his debut for the club as a starter and he scored his first goal for Reggiana in the 7th minute of a 2âÂÂ2 home draw against Pisa, he was replaced by Nicolò Cambiaghi after 78 minutes. One week later, on 3 October, he scored his second consecutive goal in the 43rd minute of a 2âÂÂ0 away win over Virtus Entella. He became a regular starter early in the season. Two more weeks later, on 17 October, he played his first entire match for Reggiana, a 1âÂÂ0 home defeat against ChievoVerona. Mazzocchi ended his season-long loan to Reggiana with 29 appearances, 7 goals and 1 assist.
On 14 July 2021, Atalanta exercised their buy-back option.
On the same day, the club loaned him to newly promoted Serie B club Ternana for the 2020âÂÂ21 season on a season-long loan deal.
On 7 July 2022, Mazzocchi returned on a new loan to Südtirol.
On 22 July 2023, Mazzochi was loaned to Cosenza, with an option to buy.
On 26 July 2024, Mazzochi returned to Cosenza on a new loan, this time with an obligation to buy.
Mazzocchi represented Italy at U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-20 level. On 27 August 2014, Mazzocchi made his U-17 debut in a 0âÂÂ0 home draw against Portugal U-17, he played the entire match. On 31 August 2014 he scored his first goal at U-17 level as a substitute in the 78th minute of a 4âÂÂ3 away defeat against England U-17. Mazzocchi played 5 matches in the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification and he played 7 matches and scored 1 goal in the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. On 12 August 2015, Mazzocchi made his U-18 debut as a substitute replacing Marco Tumminello in the 57th minute of a 0âÂÂ0 home draw against Bulgaria U-18. On 16 September he scored twice in a 3âÂÂ2 away defeat against Czech Republic U-18. On 14 December 2016 he made his U-19 debut as a substitute replacing Andrea Pinamonti in the 56th minute of a 0âÂÂ0 home draw against Serbia U-19. On 5 September 2017, Mazzocchi made his U-20 debut as a substitute replacing Federico Bonazzoli in the 69th minute of a 6âÂÂ1 win over Poland U-20.