Daniele Ghilardi

Italian footballer (born 2004)

Daniele Ghilardi
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-01-06) 6 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Lucca, Italy
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Sampdoria
(on loan from Hellas Verona)
Number 87
Youth career
2008–2012 Lucchese
2012–2022 Fiorentina
2022 → Hellas Verona (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Hellas Verona 0 (0)
2022–2023 → Mantova (loan) 23 (1)
2023– → Sampdoria (loan) 29 (2)
International career‡
2019–2020 Italy U17 4 (0)
2021 Italy U18 1 (0)
2021–2022 Italy U19 12 (0)
2022–2023 Italy U20 10 (0)
2023– Italy U21 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Daniele Ghilardi (born 6 January 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Sampdoria, on loan from Hellas Verona.

Club career

Ghilardi is a youth product of Lucchese from the age of 5 to 9, and played as a goalkeeper and striker as a youth.[2] He moved to Fiorentina's youth academy at 9 and worked his way up their youth categories, and signed his first professional contract with them on 22 September 2021 until 2024.[3] He joined Hellas Verona on loan with option to buy in January 2022. Hellas Verona exercised the option for €500,000 on 16 July 2022.[4] He spent the 2022–23 season on loan with Mantova 1911 in the Serie C.[5] On 13 August 2023, he joined Sampdoria on loan in the Serie B for the season with option to buy.[6]

International career

Ghilardi is a youth international for Italy, having played for the Italy U20s at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup where they came in second.[7]

He was called up to the Italy U21s for a set of 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches in September 2023,[8] and he made his debut with the U21 side on 8 September in the match against Latvia.

References

  1. ^ "Daniele Ghilardi". UC Sampdoria. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Ghilardi, dalla Lucchese Junior alla maglia azzurra con l'under 20". Il Tirreno.
  3. ^ "GHILARDI, Il giocatore della Primavera ha rinnovato". Firenze Viola.
  4. ^ "Ufficiale: Ghilardi passa dalla Fiorentina al Verona a titolo definitivo". 16 July 2022.
  5. ^ Chiacchio, Nicola (16 July 2022). "UFFICIALE - Hellas Verona, ceduto Daniele Ghilardi al Mantova | Football Scouting".
  6. ^ "Hellas, prestito per i giovani Ghilardi e Bosilj". VeronaSera.
  7. ^ "Italia in semifinale ai mondiali under 20, c'è un lucchese come pilastro della difesa". Luccaindiretta. 4 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Convocazioni Italia U21: il CT Nunziata chiama anche i blucerchiati Ghilardi e Panada". Telenord. 1 September 2023.

External links

  • Daniele Ghilardi at Soccerway
  • FIGC Profile
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