Danilo Cataldi

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Danilo Cataldi
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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
Lazio
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013– Lazio 186 (7)
2013–2014Crotone (loan) 35 (4)
2017Genoa (loan) 13 (0)
2017–2018Benevento (loan) 29 (1)
International career
2012 Italy U18 3 (0)
2012 Italy U19 1 (0)
2013 Italy U20 2 (1)
2014–2017 Italy U21 20 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:12, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 June 2017 (UTC)

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

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Club career

Cataldi was born in Rome to parents from Missanello, Southern Italy. [1] 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. [2]

Cataldi was loaned out to Genoa on 13 January 2017 until 30 June 2017. [3]

On 19 July 2017, Cataldi was loaned out to newly promoted Serie A club Benevento. [4]

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. [5]

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. [6] He made his only appearance of the tournament In Italy's second group match on 21 June, a 3–1 defeat to Czech Republic. [7] Italy were eliminated in the semi-finals following a 3–1 defeat to Spain on 27 June. [8] [9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 May 2024 [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Coppa Italia Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lazio 2014–15 Serie A 16050210
2015–16 20111501 [lower-alpha 1] 0272
2016–17 111111
2018–19 1220060182
2019–20 21110501 [lower-alpha 1] 1282
2020–21 1900040230
2021–22 3212081422
2022–23 2902080390
2023–24 26130501 [lower-alpha 1] 0351
Total18671414113124410
Crotone (loan) 2013–14 Serie B 354201 [lower-alpha 2] 0384
Genoa (loan) 2016–17 Serie A130000000130
Benevento (loan) 2017–18 Serie A291100000301
Career total263131714114132316
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  2. Appearance in Serie B promotion play-offs

Honours

Lazio

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