| Nicolò Casale | |
| Birth Date: | 14 February 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Negrar, Italy |
| Height: | 1.91 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Bologna (on loan from Lazio) |
| Clubnumber: | 15 |
| Youthclubs1: | Pescantina Settimo |
| Youthyears2: | –2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | Hellas Verona |
| Years1: | 2017–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Hellas Verona |
| Caps1: | 36 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs2: | → Perugia (loan) |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2018 |
| Clubs3: | → Prato (loan) |
| Caps3: | 15 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs4: | → Südtirol (loan) |
| Caps4: | 34 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs5: | → Venezia (loan) |
| Caps5: | 20 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs6: | → Empoli (loan) |
| Caps6: | 24 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2022– |
| Clubs7: | Lazio |
| Caps7: | 51 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2024– |
| Clubs8: | → Bologna (loan) |
| Caps8: | 5 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U19 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2020 |
| Nationalteam2: | Italy U21 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 10 November 2024 |
Nicolò Casale (born 14 February 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Bologna, on loan from Lazio.
Casale made his Serie B debut for Perugia on 16 September 2017 in a game against Parma.[1]
On 18 July 2019, Casale joined Venezia on loan with an option to buy.[2]
On 3 October 2020, Casale went to Empoli on loan.[3]
On 8 July 2022, Lazio announced the signing of Casale on a permanent deal.[4] On 30 August 2024, Casale moved to Bologna on loan, with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.[5]
Casale made his debut with the Italy under-21 national team on 3 September 2020, starting in a 2–1 friendly win over Slovenia.[6]
In September 2023, he received his first call-up to the Italy senior national team by newly-appointed head coach Luciano Spalletti, for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against North Macedonia and Ukraine.[7] [8]
| Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Perugia (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Prato (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie C | 15 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Südtirol (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 0 | |||
| Venezia (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | |||
| Empoli (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 1 | |||
| Hellas Verona | 2021–22 | Serie A | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 1 | |||
| Lazio | 2022–23 | Serie A | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 51 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 1 | |||
| Bologna (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 186 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 2 | |||
Empoli[9]