Luca Caldirola

Luca Caldirola (born 1 February 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie B side Benevento. Mainly a centre back, he can also play as a left back.

Luca Caldirola
Caldirola warming up with Werder Bremen in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-02-01) 1 February 1991
Place of birth Desio, Italy
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Benevento
Number 35
Youth career
1995–1999 Base 96
1999–2010 Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Vitesse Arnhem (loan) 11 (0)
2011–2013 Cesena 18 (0)
2011–2012 → Inter Milan (loan) 0 (0)
2012–2013 → Brescia (loan) 38 (0)
2013–2019 Werder Bremen 46 (1)
2015–2016 → Darmstadt 98 (loan) 34 (0)
2017–2019 Werder Bremen II 3 (0)
2019– Benevento 10 (1)
National team‡
2006–2007 Italy U-16 14 (1)
2007–2008 Italy U-17 9 (0)
2009 Italy U-18 3 (0)
2009–2010 Italy U-19 7 (0)
2010 Italy U-20 1 (1)
2010–2013 Italy U-21 31 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:20, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 June 2013

Club career

Internazionale

2009–10 season

Caldirola started his career at Internazionale, where he was the team captain at under-20 level (Primavera) and was occasionally called up to join the first team during the 2009–10 season, without making any appearances, however, on the pitch.[1] Caldirola also played for various youth teams in Lombardy as goalkeeper and midfielder before joined Internazionale[2] at the age of eight.[3] He played in a friendly match for the Inter first team in 2009.[4]

2010–11 season

On 29 June 2010, Internazionale loaned out Caldirola to Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem of the Eredivisie for the entire 2010–11 season; he is the second Italian player to be part of the Arnhem club, after Marco De Marchi.[5] Inter also reduced the age limit of its Primavera team to under-19 in 2010, keeping only three players born in 1991 in the 2010–11 season as back-ups for the first team.

Half of the registration rights of Caldirola — and Luca Garritano — were sold to Cesena as part of the deal that brought defender Yuto Nagatomo to the San Siro in June 2011, after a successful loan.[6] Half of the registration rights of Caldirola was valued €2.5 million; Caldirola signed a four-year contract.[7] Both Caldirola and Garritano returned to Internazionale in a temporary deal for the 2011–12 season.

2011–12 season
Caldirola with Inter Milan in the late 2011

On 7 December 2011, Caldirola made his first team debut for Internazionale in a UEFA Champions League group stage match against CSKA Moscow which ended in a 2–1 loss at San Siro.[8]

On 4 January 2012, Internazionale confirmed that Caldirola signed a loan deal until the end of the season with the Serie B outfit Brescia.[9]

2012–13 season

In June 2012, the co-ownership deal was renewed and Caldirola reported to Cesena in pre-season on 10 July 2012, where he played the first half of the season for the Romagna club before again being loaned to Brescia in January 2013,[10] where he finished the campaign with 15 league appearances.

In June 2013 Inter bought back Caldirola for €2.5 million, with Riccardo Melgrati and Thomas Pedrabissi moved to Cesena outright for €750,000 and €1 million respectively; Cesena also signed Yago Del Piero in co-ownership deal for €250,000, thus the deals only involves €500,000 cash to Cesena.[11]

Werder Bremen

On 26 June 2013, SV Werder Bremen confirmed the signing of Luca Caldirola from Internazionale on a four-year contract,[12] for a €2.5 million transfer fee.[13]

He missed most of the 2016–17 season due to injuries.[14] With his contract running out at the end of the month, he agreed to a two-year contract extension on 15 June 2017.[14]

After an envisaged transfer away from the club did not materialise in summer 2018, Caldirola trained with Werder Bremen's reserves in the first half of the 2018–19 season.[15]

Darmstadt 98 (loan)

On 15 July 2015, Caldirola was loaned out for a season to SV Darmstadt 98.[16]

Benevento

On 30 January 2019, Caldirola joined Italian Serie B side Benevento on a free transfer, returning to Italy after five years.[17][15]

International career

Caldirola has represented his native country of Italy at all youth levels, from under-16 to under-20.[18]

On 17 November 2010, he made his debut with the Italy under-21 team in a friendly match against Turkey in a 2–1 victory played in Fermo.

In 2009, he participated at the UEFA Under-19 Championship with the Italians.

In May 2011, he was called-on by Ciro Ferrara to play the games of the 2011 Toulon Tournament. Under the management of Devis Mangia, in 2012, Caldirola was named captain of the under-21 side, where he led the Azzurini in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 14 April 2019[19]
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Europe[nb 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vitesse Arnhem 2010–11 Eredivise 110——110
Internazionale 2011–12 Serie A ——1010
Brescia 2011–12 Serie B 190——190
Cesena 2012–13 18010—190
Brescia 2012–13 190——190
Werder Bremen 2013–14 Bundesliga 33010—340
2014–15 7110—81
2016–17 5000—50
2017–18 1000—10
Total 4612000481
Darmstadt 98 (loan) 2015–16 Bundesliga 34020—360
Werder Bremen II 2016–17 3. Liga 20——20
2017–18 10——10
Total 30000030
Benevento 2018–19 Serie B 10100—101
Career total 160250101662
  1. Includes Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal
  2. Includes UEFA Champions League

References
  1. "Luca Caldirola joins SBV Vitesse". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  2. "NAMES FOR THE FUTURE: LUCA CALDIROLA". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 28 April 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  3. "Three youngsters with first team for TIM Trophy". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  4. "TIM Trophy: Inter 1–0 A.C. Milan". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  5. "Vitesse huurt Caldirola van Internazionale" (in Dutch). Vitesse. 29 June 2010. Archived from the original on 5 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  6. "Transfer market: Nagatomo belongs to Inter now". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  7. A.C. Cesena SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
  8. Mark Doyle (7 December 2011). "Inter 1-2 CSKA Moscow: Russians snatch victory in San Siro to join Serie A side in knockout stages". Goal.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  9. "Transfer market: Caldirola joins Brescia on loan". inter.it. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  10. "Calciomercato Inter: Caldirola torna al Brescia" [Transfer market Inter: Caldirola returns to Brescia] (in Italian). Calciomercato.com. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  11. AC Cesena SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian)
  12. "Transfer fix! Vier-Jahresvertrag für Luca Caldirola" (in German). Werder Bremen. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  13. F.C. Internazionale Milano SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian)
  14. Hanke, Maik (15 June 2017). "WERDER BESTÄTIGT CALDIROLA-VERLÄNGERUNG". WerderStube (in German). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  15. "Caldirola-Wechsel zu Benevento Calcio perfekt". Deichstube (in German). Kreiszeitung. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  16. "Lilien leihen Luca Caldirola von Werder Bremen aus" (in German). SV Darmstadt 98. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  17. "UFFICIALE: Benevento, colpo Caldirola per la difesa" (in Italian). Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  18. "NOME: CALDIROLA LUCA" (in Italian). FIGC.it. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  19. "L. Caldirola". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
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