Won the Serie B (2011/12) with Delfino Pescara; DFL-Supercup (2014) with Borussia Dortmund; Coppa Italia (2018/19) and Supercoppa Italiana (2017, 2019) with S.S. Lazio.
Top scorer of the Serie B (2012); Serie A (2014, 2018, 2020, 2022); UEFA Europa League (2018).
Member of the Italy Youth Team who finished runner-up at the Mediterranean Games (2009) and the UEFA European U21 Championship (2013).
Won the Serie B Footballer of the Year award in 2012.
Father of, with Jessica Melena, Michela (b. 2013), Giorgia (b. 2015) and Mattia (b. 2019).