No Nerazzurri player played more games than Duván Zapata in the 2020-2021 season, the second top scorer in the squad and the best assist provider: 49 games played in all competitions (37 in Serie A TIM, 8 in the UEFA Champions League, 4 in the Coppa Italia), 19 goals scored and 14 assists provided. He played 49 out of Atalanta’s 51 seasonal games and is the only Nerazzurri player to have scored and provided at least one assist in all three competitions in which he participated. With 14 winning passes, he is the Atalanta player to have contributed the most assists in all competitions. Three braces bagged: the one against Ajax in the second match of the Champions League group stage stands out, which was crucial to seal the 2-2 final draw. In the league, the goals that broke the deadlock in the home victories against Rome (4-1) and Napoli (4-2), the 3-0 win away to Milan, but also the double in Florence (which was fundamental for the 3-2 victory) are worthy of mention. In the Coppa Italia, he put his name on the opener of the 3-1 win over Napoli in the semifinal second leg.

Then the official statistics of the Lega Serie A about the league: 2461 minutes played, 7729 km run on average per game, 257 ball recoveries made (second in the team ranking, tenth overall in Serie A), 88 shots made (first in the team ranking, ninth overall in Serie A), 55 goalscoring chances created (first in the team ranking), 10 assists (second overall in the Serie A ranking), 13 key passes, 48 fouls suffered (third in the team ranking), 6 between posts and crossbars hit (first in the team ranking, second overall in the Serie A ranking).

Finally, Duván’s personal achievements this season. One above all: with the goal scored in the 4-3 away victory at Genoa, he reached German Denis with 56 goals scored in Serie A with the Nerazzurri shirt, thus becoming, together with the Argentine, the most prolific foreigner in the history of Atalanta in the Italian top flight. Then he hit the landmark of 100 Nerazzurri games in the Bologna match and won the Player of the Month award for September/October, as he was chosen as the best player according to the Nerazzurri fans on our official social accounts and finally, he was called up to Colombia for the Copa América.

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