Personal information | |||
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Full name | Danilo Cataldi | ||
Date of birth | 6 August 1994 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013– | Lazio | 186 | (7) |
2013–2014 | → Crotone (loan) | 35 | (4) |
2017 | → Genoa (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Benevento (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.
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 [lower-alpha 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 [lower-alpha 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 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
Total | 186 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 244 | 10 | ||
Crotone (loan) | 2013–14 | Serie B | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 38 | 4 | |
Genoa (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie A | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Benevento (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie A | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
Career total | 263 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 323 | 16 |
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