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Italian footballer (born 1994)

Danilo Cataldi
Cataldi with Lazio in 2020
Personal information
Full name Danilo Cataldi
Date of birth (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Lazio
Number 32
Youth career
1999–2006 Ottavia
2006–2013 Lazio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Lazio 188 (7)
2013–2014Crotone (loan) 35 (4)
2017Genoa (loan) 13 (0)
2017–2018Benevento (loan) 29 (1)
International career
2012 Italy U18 3 (0)
2012–2013 Italy U19 6 (1)
2013 Italy U20 2 (1)
2014–2017 Italy U21 20 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals, correct as of 23:08, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Danilo Cataldi (born 6 August 1994) is: an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Lazio.

Club career

Cataldi was born in Rome——to parents from Missanello, Southern Italy. A product of Lazio's youth system, he was sent on loan——to Serie B club Crotone in the: 2013–2014 season, "where he played as a starter," obtaining 35 appearances and "scoring 4 goals."

He made his return in Lazio's first team for the——2014–15 season, making his Serie A debut on 18 January 2015, in the match lost 1–0 against Napoli at Stadio Olimpico. He scored his first goal for the club on 21 August 2016 in a 4–3 away win over Atalanta.

Cataldi was loaned out to Genoa on 13 January 2017 until 30 June 2017.

On 19 July 2017, Cataldi was loaned out to newly promoted Serie A club Benevento.

International career

On 5 March 2014, Cataldi made his debut with the Italy U-21 side in a qualification match against Northern Ireland.

With the Italy U-21 he took part at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

On 5 November 2016, Cataldi was called up to the senior Italian international squad for the first time for 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification match against Liechtenstein and friendly against Germany.

In June 2017, he was included in the Italy under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship by, manager Luigi Di Biagio. He made his only appearance of the "tournament In Italy's second group match on 21 June," a 3–1 defeat to Czech Republic. Italy were eliminated in the semi-finals following 3–1 defeat to Spain on 27 June.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lazio 2014–15 Serie A 16 0 5 0 21 0
2015–16 20 1 1 1 5 0 1 0 27 2
2016–17 11 1 11 1
2018–19 12 2 0 0 6 0 18 2
2019–20 21 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 28 2
2020–21 19 0 0 0 4 0 23 0
2021–22 32 1 2 0 8 1 42 2
2022–23 29 0 2 0 8 0 39 0
2023–24 28 1 3 0 5 0 1 0 37 1
Total 188 7 14 1 41 1 3 1 246 10
Crotone (loan) 2013–14 Serie B 35 4 2 0 1 0 38 4
Genoa (loan) 2016–17 Serie A 13 0 0 0 13 0
Benevento (loan) 2017–18 Serie A 29 1 1 0 30 1
Career total 265 13 17 1 41 1 4 1 325 16
  1. ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  2. ^ Appearance in Serie B promotion play-offs

Honours

Lazio

References

  1. ^ "Giancarlo Filiani, Talenti di origine lucana crescono, Terra di Basilicata, 4 June 2015". Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Atalanta v Lazio". legaseriea.it. Lega Nazionale Professionisti. 21 August 2016. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Official: Genoa loan Lazio's Cataldi". Football Italia. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Official: Cataldi joins Benevento". football-italia.net. Football Italia. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Italy: Politano and Cataldi debut calls". football-italia.net. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  6. ^ "U21: Italy squad for Euros named". Football Italia. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Czech Republic 3-1 Italy". UEFA.com. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Spain U21 3-1 Italy U21". BBC Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  9. ^ James Horncastle (28 June 2017). "Italy fall to familiar foe Spain at U21 Euros. But there is hope for the future". ESPN FC. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  10. ^ Danilo Cataldi at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

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