Danilo Cataldi

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Danilo Cataldi
Danilo Cataldi 2020.jpg
Cataldi with Lazio in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fiorentina
(on loan from Lazio)
Number 32
Youth career
1999–2006 Ottavia
2006–2013 Lazio
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013– Lazio 188 (7)
2013–2014 → Crotone (loan) 35 (4)
2017 → Genoa (loan) 13 (0)
2017–2018 → Benevento (loan) 29 (1)
2024– → Fiorentina (loan) 10 (3)
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 17:14, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Danilo Cataldi (born 6 August 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Fiorentina, on loan from 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]

On 30 August 2024, Cataldi was loaned by Fiorentina, with an option to buy. [5]

On 1 December 2024, Cataldi was praised for his efforts in helping fellow teammate Edoardo Bove after Bove collapsed on the pitch, during a Serie A fixture between Fiorentina and Inter Milan.

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. [6]

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. [7] He made his only appearance of the tournament In Italy's second group match on 21 June, a 3–1 defeat to Czech Republic. [8] Italy were eliminated in the semi-finals following a 3–1 defeat to Spain on 27 June. [9] [10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 December 2024 [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Coppa Italia Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lazio 2014–15 Serie A 16050——210
2015–16 20111501 [a] 0272
2016–17 111———111
2018–19 1220060—182
2019–20 21110501 [a] 1282
2020–21 1900040—230
2021–22 3212081—422
2022–23 2902080—390
2023–24 28130501 [a] 0371
Total18871414113124610
Crotone (loan) 2013–14 Serie B 35420—1 [b] 0384
Genoa (loan) 2016–17 Serie A13000——130
Benevento (loan) 2017–18 Serie A29110——301
Fiorentina (loan) 2024–25 Serie A103102 [c] 0—133
Career total275161814314133819
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  2. ↑ Appearance in Serie B promotion play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

Honours

Lazio

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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. ↑ "Danilo Cataldi signs for Fiorentina". Fiorentina. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Italy: Politano and Cataldi debut calls". football-italia.net. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "U21: Italy squad for Euros named". Football Italia. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Czech Republic 3-1 Italy". UEFA.com. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Spain U21 3-1 Italy U21". BBC Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Danilo Cataldi at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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