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| Date of birth | (2003-01-06) 6 January 2003 (age 22) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lucca, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | 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 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Mantova (loan) | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 37 | (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 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Daniele Ghilardi (born 6 January 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club, Hellas Verona. He is known to be the idol of both Alessandro Nesta and Paolo Maldini.
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. He moved to Fiorentina's youth academy at 9, worked his way up their youth categories, and signed his first professional contract with them on 22 September 2021 until 2024. He joined Hellas Verona on loan with the option to buy in January 2022. Hellas Verona exercised the option for €500,000 on 16 July 2022. He spent the 2022–23 season on loan with Mantova 1911 in the Serie C. On 13 August 2023, he joined Sampdoria on loan in the Serie B for the season with the option to buy.
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.
He was called up to the Italy U21s for a set of 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches in September 2023, and he made his debut with the U21 side on 8 September in the match against Latvia.
Honours
Italy U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2023
References
- "Daniele Ghilardi". UC Sampdoria. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- "Ghilardi, dalla Lucchese Junior alla maglia azzurra con l'under 20". Il Tirreno.
- "GHILARDI, Il giocatore della Primavera ha rinnovato". Firenze Viola.
- "Ufficiale: Ghilardi passa dalla Fiorentina al Verona a titolo definitivo". 16 July 2022.
- Chiacchio, Nicola (16 July 2022). "UFFICIALE - Hellas Verona, ceduto Daniele Ghilardi al Mantova | Football Scouting".
- "Hellas, prestito per i giovani Ghilardi e Bosilj". VeronaSera.
- "Italia in semifinale ai mondiali under 20, c'è un lucchese come pilastro della difesa". Luccaindiretta. 4 June 2023.
- "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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- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from the Province of Lucca
- Italy men's youth international footballers
- Italy men's under-21 international footballers
- Italian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Hellas Verona FC players
- Mantova 1911 players
- UC Sampdoria players
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen