Daniele Cacia
Daniele Cacia (born 23 August 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker. He is a former Italy Under 19 International.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniele Cacia | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Catanzaro, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2000 | Piacenza | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2007 | Piacenza | 91 | (35) |
| 2002 | → Ternana (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | → SPAL (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Pistoiese (loan) | 12 | (8) |
| 2008 | Fiorentina | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2012 | Lecce | 22 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | → Reggina (loan) | 27 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | → Piacenza (loan) | 34 | (17) |
| 2011–2012 | → Padova (loan) | 33 | (11) |
| 2012–2014 | Hellas Verona | 52 | (24) |
| 2014–2015 | Bologna | 38 | (11) |
| 2015–2017 | Ascoli | 67 | (29) |
| 2017–2018 | Cesena | 16 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | Novara | 32 | (12) |
| 2019 | Piacenza | 14 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2001 | Italy U-18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 | Italy U-19[1] | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 December 2019 | |||
Club career
Piacenza
Born in Catanzaro, and coming through the youth ranks at Piacenza. He made his debut for Piacenza during the 2000–01 Serie B season, against Crotone, on 9 March 2001, at less than 18 years of age. He was loaned to Ternana for the 2002–03 season, where he never played after fracturing his fibula. After a loan spell at SPAL, he returned to Piacenza for the 2003–04, with which he made 13 appearances, scoring his first goal in a 3–2 home loss to Napoli. He joined Serie C1 side Pistoiese on loan and scored 8 goals in 12 games.
Cacia returned to Piacenza for the 2005–06, and was the team's leading goalscorer, with 18 goals in 37 games. He repeated the feat during the 2006–07 season, scoring 14 goals in 28 games; however his season was cut short when he suffered a broken ankle against Crotone.
Fiorentina Co-Ownership
In summer 2007 half of his contractual rights was sold to Fiorentina for €4.5 million,[2] due to injury, he played for Piacenza until winter transfer period, when he moved to Florence in January 2008. Caica made his Fiorentina debut on January 16 in the second leg of the Italian Cup against Ascoli.
Cacia who faced competition for places from Luca Toni, Christian Vieri, Giampaolo Pazzini and Adrian Mutu, only played 6 games for Fiorentina in all competitions during the 2007/08 season, with his only goal for the club coming in the UEFA Cup against Rosenborg BK in 2008.
In June 2008 he was bought back by Piacenza for €2.8 million[2]
Lecce + Loan Moves
Cacia signed for U.S. Lecce in Serie A in July 2008 after acquiring half of his registration rights from Piacenza for €3 million. He was given the number 9 shirt at the club.[3][4] On 22 February 2009 he was injured in the match against Lazio after fracturing his fibula. On February 28, he underwent surgery in Pavia. He scored 2 goals in 22 games during his debut season at the club.
After returning from injury, he was loaned to Reggina on 28 August 2009, where he played 27 times scoring just 4 goals.
A loan move in 2010 back to his old club Piacenza saw Cacia recapture his goal scoring form, on 14 August 2010 Cacia scored a hat trick in a 5–3 victory in the Italian Cup second qualifying round against Virtus Lanciano. Cacia ended the season scoring 21 goals in all competitions and finish 3rd in the scoring charts in Serie B for the 2010/11 season. In June 2011 Lecce acquired Cacia outright. After impressing back at Piacenza, Cacia joined Padova on loan in 2011, scoring 11 league goals.
Hellas Verona
In 2012, Cacia joined Hellas Verona in Serie B on a permanent deal.[5] During the 2012–13 season Cacia scored 24 goals in Serie B making him the top goal scorer in the division and helping earn Hellas Verona promotion to Serie A as runners up behind U.S. Sassuolo Calcio.
However, after the arrival of former Italian International Luca Toni during the summer of the 2013/14 season, Cacia found his first team place more limited in Serie A making only 13 appearances, with 10 of those coming off the bench as a substitute.
On 13 June 2014, Cacia announced he would be leaving Hellas Verona in search of more regular football,[6] On 27 June it was revealed that Cacia was still a target for Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino.[7]
Bologna
On 5 August 2014 he was signed by Serie B club Bologna on a free transfer.[8] He wore no.9 shirt from departing Rolando Bianchi.[9] His first season, he scored 11 goals in 38 games to help Bologna gain promotion to Serie A via the Playoffs by beating Pescara, qualifying as the highest place team after a 1-1 aggregate draw in the two legged final.[10]
International career
Cacia was capped by Italy Under 19's in 2001, making his debut against the England national under-19 football team on the 14 June in a 4–1 win. The last of his six Italy Under 19 caps came on 24 November 2001, in the team's 4–0 victory against the Moldova Under 19 side.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 19 January 2014
| Season | Team | Competition | Domestic Cup | European | Altre coppe | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comp | League | Goals | Comp | Pres | Reti | Comp | Pres | Reti | Comp | Pres | Reti | Pres | Reti | ||
| 2000–01 |  | B | 1 | 0 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 2001–02 | A | 0 | 0 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002–Jan. 2003 | | B | 0 | 0 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Jan.–Jun. 2003 | | C1 | 3 | 0 | CI-C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| 2003–04 | | B | 13 | 1 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 1 |
| 2004–Jan. 2005 | B | 6 | 0 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | |
| Jan.–Jun. 2005 | | C1 | 12 | 8 | CI-C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 8 |
| 2005–06 | | B | 37 | 18 | CI | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 21 |
| 2006–07 | B | 28 | 14 | CI | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 16 | |
| 2007–gen. 2008 | B | 6 | 2 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | |
| Jan.–Jun. 2008 | | A | 3 | 0 | CI | 2 | 0 | CU | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | 1 |
| 2008–09 | | A | 22 | 2 | CI | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 2 |
| 2009–10 | | B | 27 | 4 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 4 |
| 2010–11 | | B | 34+2[15] | 17+1[15] | CI | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | 21 |
| Totale Piacenza | 125+2 | 52+1 | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 134 | 61 | |||||
| 2011–12 | | B | 33 | 11 | CI | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | 11 |
| 2012–13 | | B | 39 | 24 | CI | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | 25 |
| 2013–14 | A | 10 | 0 | CI | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 0 | |
| Total Verona | 49 | 24 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 53 | 25 | |||||
| Total Career | 274+2 | 100+1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 292 | 110 | |||||
Honours
Club promotion through
- Piacenza
Individual
- Serie B Capocannoniere (Golden Boot Award): 2012–13 (24 Goals)
References
- "Cacia, Daniele" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ACF Fiorentina Report and Accounts on 31 December 2008 (in Italian)
- "Serie B - Piacenza: in tre anni ripianati 15 milioni di perdite" (in Italian). sportpiacenza.it. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- "Bilancio Lecce 2010/11: l'importanza della Serie A e della TV" (in Italian). ju29ro.com. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- "Ufficiali: ecco Daniele Cacia e Valeri Bojinov" (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- "Daniele Cacia on his way to Leeds after confirming Verona exit". The Express. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- "The Italian job! Leeds close in on TRIPLE swoop with Ross McCormack future still uncertain". The Express. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- "Cacia al Bologna" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- "Numerazione delle maglie 2014-15" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- "Bologna promoted to Serie A under bizarre rule that sees them triumph over Pescara in play-off despite 1-1 draw over two legs". Daily Mail. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- "Biennale per Daniele Cacia. Oggi la presentazione insieme a Giorgi" (in Italian). Ascoli Picchio F.C. 1898. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- "Cacia all'Ascoli Picchio" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- "DANIELE CACIA TORNA A VESTIRE LA MAGLIA DEL PIACENZA" (Press release) (in Italian). Piacenza. 18 July 2019.
- "RISOLUZIONE CONSENSUALE CON DANIELE CACIA" (Press release) (in Italian). Piacenza. 12 December 2019.
- Playout
External links
- Profile at Gazzetta.it (in Italian)
- Profile at Serie A official site (in Italian)