Matteo Bignetti

Matteo Bignetti
Bignetti in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 (age 22)
Place of birth Bruck an der Mur, Austria
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 1. FC Saarbrücken
Number 1
Youth career
2013–2016 Grazer AK
2013–2020 Sturm Graz
2020–2022 Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Eintracht Frankfurt II 18 (0)
2023–2025 Sturm Graz II 52 (1)
2023–2026 Sturm Graz 10 (0)
2026– 1. FC Saarbrücken 0 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Austria U15 7 (1)
2019–2020 Austria U16 6 (1)
2020 Austria U17 1 (0)
2021–2022 Austria U18 6 (1)
2022 Austria U19 2 (0)
2025 Austria U21 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:22, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Matteo Bignetti (born 6 May 2004) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for 3. Liga club 1. FC Saarbrücken.

Club career

Bignetti is a product of the youth academies of the Austrian clubs Grazer AK and Sturm Graz, before moving to Germany with Eintracht Frankfurt on 6 May 2020 to finish his development. He was promoted to Eintracht Frankfurt's newly created reserves in 2022, and helped them win the Hessenliga to earn promotion to the Regionalliga.

On 6 June 2023, he returned to Sturm Graz on a contract until 2026 and was initially assigned to their reserves in the 2. Liga. He debuted with the senior Sturm Graz team in a 4–0 Austrian Cup win over SK Bischofshofen on 25 July 2025.

During his time in Sturm Graz II, Bignetti scored a 94th-minute header against FC Liefering in a 2–2 draw on 30 August 2024.

On 3 June 2026, German 3. Liga club 1. FC Saarbrücken announced the signing of Bignetti on a free transfer from Sturm Graz.

International career

Bignetti was born in Austria to an Italian father and Austrian mother. He was called up to the Austria U21s in March 2025.

Bignetti was one of the players who were called up with the Austria national team by head coach Ralf Rangnick for the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League B matches against Kosovo and Republic of Ireland on 1 and 4 October 2026.

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt II
Sturm Graz

References

  1. ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt verpflichtet Nachwuchskeeper Bignetti". kicker.
  2. ↑ "Matteo Bignetti wechselt zum SK Sturm". SK Sturm (in German). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Entscheidung fixiert: Matteo Bignetti steht gegen den LASK im Tor des SK Sturm". www.kleinezeitung.at. 30 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Ciro Mertens (30 August 2024). Sturm Graz B's goalkeeper Matteo Bignetti scores a header to equalize last minute away to Salzburg B. Retrieved 6 June 2026 – via YouTube.
  5. ↑ Saarbrücken, 1. FC (3 June 2026). "Matteo Bignetti Signing".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Mazzoleni, Francesco (14 March 2023). "Matteo Bignetti, il portiere dell'Eintracht Francoforte con le radici a Venegono Superiore".
  7. ↑ "ÖFB nominiert neun Sturm-Rohdiamanten". SK Sturm (in German). 12 March 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Neue Gesichter im Nationalteam-Kader" (in German). Österreichischer Fußball-Bund. 14 September 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "Rotation zwischen A-Team und U 21: Rangnick nominiert Bignetti nach" (in German). Kicker. 30 September 2026.
  10. ↑ "Saarbrückens Torhüter: Darum ist Bignetti plötzlich bei Rangnick gefragt" (in German). Bild. 30 September 2026.