Youth career In 2005, aged seven, Federico Gatti played in a
friendly match for
Chieri against
Torino; Giorgio Boscarato, Torino's sporting observer, noted his talent as a
trequartista and reported him to
Silvano Benedetti, the
Torino Youth Sector sporting director who ultimately signed him. Gatti was promoted to the under-15s side before moving on to
Alessandria's youth team. Gatti spent the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons with the club's under-15s (Giovanissimi Nazionali) side and with the under-17s (Allievi) team. Throughout his youth career, Gatti was not considered by Torino nor by Alessandria. Gatti was sent on loan to Pavarolo in the 2014–15 season. His side were also promoted to Eccellenza, having won the
Coppa Italia Promozione Piemonte–Valle d'Aosta. In 2016, Alessandria loaned Gatti to
Saluzzo At the end of the season, Pavarolo avoided relegation to Promozione. During the 2016–17 season, Gatti scored eight goals in 31 league appearances. Gatti impressed Serie C side
Cavese, who tried to purchase him but did not.
Pro Patria and Frosinone on 18 December 2021|alt=A smiling man wearing a yellow sports shirt running on a football field holding a bent arm In mid-2020, Gatti became a professional player and signed to Serie C side
Pro Patria. for a fee of
€250,000. Gatti made his debut on 15 August in the Coppa Italia first-round match against
Venezia, which finished 1–1 and Gatti missed his penalty in the
penalty shoot-out, losing 8–7. Gatti's returned to the pitch after his one-match suspension caused by a
red card on 18 December in Frosinone's 4–0 win against
SPAL, in which he scored two goals. Gatti had been close to a transfer move to
Turin rivals Torino FC before Juventus entered the negotiations and bought him on 31 January 2022 in a four-and-a-half-year deal for a fee of €7.5 million plus €2.5 million in performance-related bonuses. After signing Gatti, Juventus promptly loaned him back to Frosinone for the rest of the season.
Juventus Gatti made his
Juventus and
Serie A debut on 31 August 2022 against
Spezia, winning 2–0. On 25 October, he made his
Champions League debut in a 4–3 defeat against
Benfica. On 13 April 2023, he scored his first goal for the team, in the first leg of the
Europa League quarter-finals against
Sporting CP, allowing his team win 1–0. Gatti praised manager
Massimiliano Allegri for helping him develop at Juventus and becoming a regular starter during the 23/24 season. Gatti extended his contract with Juventus in the summer of 2025 until the summer of 2030, despite interest by English clubs
Newcastle and
Nottingham Forest. On February 25h 2025 he scored against
Galatasaray S.K. in the Champions League Knockout phase play-offs; Juventus lost 7-5 on aggregate. == International career ==