Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniel Cosimo Osvaldo Leo | ||
Date of birth | 19 September 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Lugano, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Crotone | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2011 | Savosa-Massagno | ||
2011–2014 | Lugano | ||
2014–2019 | Team Ticino | ||
2019 | Lugano | ||
2019–2021 | Juventus | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
2020–2022 | → Juventus U23 (res.) | 26 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Foggia (loan) | 24 | (0) |
2023– | Crotone | 25 | (0) |
2024–2025 | → Perugia (loan) | 20 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2025 |
Daniel Cosimo Osvaldo Leo (born 19 September 2001) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Italian Serie C Group C club Crotone.
Born in Lugano, Switzerland, Leo is of Italian descent. [1] He studied at SCC Bellinzona . [2] [ when? ]
Leo began his youth career as a right-winger for Savosa-Massagno in 2010, [3] before moving to Lugano in 2011. [1] [3] He then joined Team Ticino – a club affiliated with Lugano – in 2014, [3] where he was moved to right-back. [1]
On 10 July 2019, Leo returned to Lugano, [2] playing a friendly game against Inter Milan four days later; he assisted Lugano's sole goal in a 2–1 defeat. [4] On 11 August 2019, he moved to Juventus. [4]
Leo made his Serie C debut for Juventus U23 – the reserve team of Juventus – on 28 October 2020, in a 2–1 away defeat to Como. [5]
On 12 August 2022, Leo was sent on a one-year loan to Foggia. [6]
On 28 August 2023, Leo signed a three-year contract with Crotone. [7]
In 2020, Daniel Leo was included in the Switzerland national under-20 team. [8]
Starting out as a right-winger, Leo was moved to right-back while at Team Ticino. [1] He has good physicality and positioning, and is capable of playing both as a wing-back in a three-at-the-back formation, and as a traditional full-back in a back four. [1]
Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Juventus U23 | 2020–21 | Serie C | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
2021–22 | Serie C | 20 | 0 | — | 7 [a] | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
Total | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
Career total | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 |