| Danilo Cataldi | |
| Full Name: | Danilo Cataldi |
| Birth Date: | 1994 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Position: | Central midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Lazio |
| Clubnumber: | 32 |
| Youthyears1: | 1999–2006 |
| Youthclubs1: | Ottavia |
| Youthyears2: | 2006–2013 |
| Youthclubs2: | Lazio |
| Years1: | 2013– |
| Caps1: | 188 |
| Goals1: | 7 |
| Clubs1: | Lazio |
| Years2: | 2013–2014 |
| Caps2: | 35 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Clubs2: | → Crotone (loan) |
| Years3: | 2017 |
| Caps3: | 13 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | → Genoa (loan) |
| Years4: | 2017–2018 |
| Caps4: | 29 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Clubs4: | → Benevento (loan) |
| Nationalyears1: | 2012 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2012–2013 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2013 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2014–2017 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 20 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 2 |
| Club-Update: | 23:08, 19 May 2024 (UTC) |
Danilo Cataldi (born 6 August 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Lazio.
Cataldi was born in Rome to parents from Missanello, Southern Italy.[1] A product of Lazio's youth system, he was sent on loan to Serie B club Crotone in the 2013–2014 season, 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]
On 5 March 2014, Cataldi 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]
| Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Lazio | 2014–15 | Serie A | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1[10] | 0 | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2016–17 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||||
| 2018–19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2020–21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 42 | 2 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |||
| Total | 188 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 246 | 10 | |||
| Crotone (loan) | 2013–14 | Serie B | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[11] | 0 | 38 | 4 | ||
| Genoa (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie A | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Benevento (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie A | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 265 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 325 | 16 | |||
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