Danilo Cataldi
Danilo Cataldi (born 6 August 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Lazio.
 Cataldi with Lazio in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 163 | (6) |
| 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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 June 2017 | |||
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 3 June 2023[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Total | 160 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 209 | 9 | ||
| 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 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| Career total | 237 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 288 | 15 | ||
- Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
- Appearance in Serie B promotion play-offs
References
- Giancarlo Filiani, Talenti di origine lucana crescono, Terra di Basilicata, 4 June 2015
- "Atalanta v Lazio". legaseriea.it. Lega Nazionale Professionisti. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- "Official: Genoa loan Lazio's Cataldi". Football Italia. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- "Official: Cataldi joins Benevento". football-italia.net. Football Italia. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- "Italy: Politano and Cataldi debut calls". football-italia.net. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- "U21: Italy squad for Euros named". Football Italia. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- "Czech Republic 3-1 Italy". UEFA.com. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- "Spain U21 3-1 Italy U21". BBC Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- 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.
- Danilo Cataldi at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
