Daniele Montevago

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Daniele Montevago
Personal information
Full name Daniele Montevago [1]
Date of birth (2003-03-18) 18 March 2003 (age 22) [1]
Place of birth Palermo, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Perugia
Number 9
Youth career
–2017 Stella d’Oriente
2017–2019 Palermo
2019–2022 Sampdoria
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 Sampdoria 6 (0)
2023 → Gubbio (loan) 16 (2)
2024 → Virtus Entella (loan) 13 (1)
2024– Perugia 41 (14)
International career‡
2022– Italy U20 15 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Runner-up 2023 Argentina
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 November 2023

Daniele Montevago (born 18 March 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie C Group B club Perugia.

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Club career

Born in Palermo, Montevago started playing football at three years old, [2] before joining the local grassroots football school Stella d'Oriente. [2] [3] [4] In 2017, he entered Palermo's youth sector, where he spent two seasons before the club ultimately faced bankruptcy; then, in 2019, he joined Sampdoria. [2] [3] [5]

Following his performances for the Blucerchiati's youth teams, Montevago started training with the first team during the second half of the 2021-22 season, under manager Marco Giampaolo, and received his first call-ups to Serie A match-day squads. [2] [6] In the summer of 2022, the forward extended his contract with Sampdoria until 2025. [6]

In the following campaign, Montevago kept training with the senior squad, under the new coach Dejan Stanković; he subsequently made his professional debut on 29 October 2022, coming in a substitute for Manolo Gabbiadini at the 78th minute of the 3–0 Serie A loss against Inter Milan. [4] [7] On 12 January 2023, he made his first start in a professional game, together with team-mate Flavio Paoletti, in a 1–0 Coppa Italia loss to Fiorentina. [8]

On 1 September 2023, Montevago joined Serie C club Gubbio on loan. [9] On 23 September, he scored his first professional goal in a 1–0 league win over Vis Pesaro. [10]

On 11 January 2024, he joined fellow third-tier side Virtus Entella on loan until the end of the season. [11] [12]

On 29 July 2024, Montevago moved to Perugia on a three-year contract, with Sampdoria holding an option to buy back. [13]

International career

Montevago has represented Italy at youth international level. After taking part in training camps with the under-15 and under-16 national teams, [14] [15] he went on to play for the under-20 national team. [16]

In May 2023, he was included by head coach Carmine Nunziata in the Italian squad that took part in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina, [17] where the Azzurrini finished runners-up after losing to Uruguay in the final match. [18] [19]

Style of play

Montevago is a centre forward, who has been regarded for his physical strength and his finishing. [3]

Although he has been compared to Christian Vieri, [2] [3] he has actually named Duván Zapata and Fabio Quagliarella as his main sources of inspiration. [3] [5]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 January 2023 [20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sampdoria 2022–23 Serie A 60100070
Career total60100070

    Honours

    Italy U20

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Italy (ITA)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 14. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 Bovicelli, Marco (20 February 2022). "Montevago, prima chiamata con la Sampdoria e occhi del mercato addosso". Gianluca Di Marzio (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 La Giovane Italia (1 August 2019). "Daniele Montevago, lo "Zapata bianco" alla corte della Sampdoria". TUTTOmercatoWEB.com (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
    4. 1 2 "Daniele Montevago: primo giocatore passato dal Centro Federale Territoriale di Palermo che esordisce in serie A". Italian Football Federation (in Italian). 30 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
    5. 1 2 Pintimalli, Alessandro (24 October 2019). "Montevago, bomber dell'U17: "Lasciare Palermo non è stato facile ma la Samp è una famiglia"". UC Sampdoria (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
    6. 1 2 Nalesso, Pietro (4 June 2022). "Sampdoria, Montevago vicino al rinnovo di contratto: la nuova scadenza". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
    7. ↑ "Inter-Sampdoria 3-0, gol e highlights: segnano De Vrij, Barella e Correa". Sky Sport (in Italian). 29 October 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
    8. ↑ Schirru, Francesco (12 January 2023). "Fiorentina-Sampdoria 1-0: basta Barak, viola al turno successivo". Goal.com. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
    9. ↑ "Montevago ceduto al Gubbio a titolo temporaneo" (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
    10. ↑ Abelli, Gian Maria (25 September 2023). "Dalla periferia di Palermo all'esordio in Serie A contro l'Inter: ecco chi è Daniele Montevago". La Casa di C (in Italian). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
    11. ↑ "Ufficiale: Montevago è un nuovo giocatore dell'Entella". Virtus Entella. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
    12. ↑ Barbieri, Riccardo (11 January 2024). "Sampdoria, ufficiale la nuova avventura di Montevago: i dettagli". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
    13. ↑ "MONTEVAGO È BIANCOROSSO!" [MONTEVAGO IS WHITE AND RED!] (in Italian). Perugia. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
    14. ↑ "Nazionale Under 15: domani il quarto raduno di selezione al CFT di Catanzaro". Italian Football Federation (in Italian). 21 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
    15. ↑ "Gli Azzurrini di Zoratto si aggiudicano il Torneo dei Gironi dedicato ai migliori talenti classe 2003". Italian Football Federation (in Italian). 10 January 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
    16. ↑ "A Varese tris dell'Italia contro la Svizzera. I gol di Montevago, Fabbian e De Nipoti". Italian Football Federation (in Italian). 27 September 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
    17. ↑ "Ufficializzata la lista dei 21 convocati per il Mondiale in Argentina" (in Italian). FIGC. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
    18. 1 2 "Returning Rodriguez snatches Uruguay maiden title". FIFA . 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
    19. 1 2 Di Chiaro, Michael (11 June 2023). "Uruguay-Italia Under 20 1-0: Luciano Rodriguez stende gli Azzurrini, sudamericani Campioni del Mondo". Goal.com (in Italian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
    20. ↑ "D. Montevago". soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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