Danilo Cataldi

Danilo Cataldi (born 6 August 1994) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Lazio.

Danilo Cataldi
Personal information
Full name Danilo Cataldi
Date of birth (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lazio
Number 32
Youth career
Lazio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Lazio 74 (5)
2013–2014 → Crotone (loan) 35 (4)
2017 → Genoa (loan) 13 (0)
2017–2018 → Benevento (loan) 29 (1)
National team‡
2012 Italy U18 3 (0)
2012 Italy U19 1 (0)
2013 Italy U20 2 (1)
2014–2017 Italy U21 20 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:38, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 June 2017

Club career

Born in Rome to parents from Missanello, Basilicata, Southern Italy,[1] product of Lazio youth system, in the 2013–2014 season he was sent on loan to Serie B club Crotone, 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 he 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 24 June 2020[10]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lazio
2014–15 16050——210
2015–16 20111501[lower-alpha 1]0272
2016–17 111———111
2018–19 1220060—182
2019–20 15110501[lower-alpha 1]1212
Total 7457116021997
Crotone (loan)2013–14 35420—1[lower-alpha 2]0384
Genoa (loan) 2016–17 130000000130
Benevento (loan) 2017–18 291100000301
Career Total 151101011603117812
  1. Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  2. Appearance in Serie B Promotion

Honours

Lazio

References
  1. Giancarlo Filiani, Talenti di origine lucana crescono, Terra di Basilicata, 4 June 2015
  2. "Atalanta v Lazio". legaseriea.it. Lega Nazionale Professionisti. 21 August 2016. 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. "Italy: Politano and Cataldi debut calls". football-italia.net. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  6. "U21: Italy squad for Euros named". Football Italia. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. "Czech Republic 3-1 Italy". UEFA.com. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  8. "Spain U21 3-1 Italy U21". BBC Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  9. 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.
  10. Danilo Cataldi at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2016.


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