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Daniele Ghilardi

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
Hellas Verona
Number 87
Youth career
2008–2012 Lucchese
2012–2022 Fiorentina
2022Hellas Verona (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Hellas Verona 1 (0)
2022–2023Mantova (loan) 21 (1)
2023–2024Sampdoria (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)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Runner-up 2023 Argentina
*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.

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, 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 the 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 the 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.

Honours

Italy U20

References