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Davide Astori Personal information Full name Davide Astori Date of birth 7 January 1987 Place of birth San Giovanni Bianco, Italy Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Centre back Club information Current club Cagliari Number 13 Youth career Pontisola 2001–2006 Milan Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2006–2008 Milan 0 (0) 2006–2007 → Pizzighettone (loan) 25 (1) 2007–2008 → Cremonese (loan) 31 (0) 2008– Cagliari 80 (2) National team‡ 2004–2005 Italy U-18 4 (0) 2011– Italy 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2011Davide Astori (born 7 January 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Cagliari and the Italian national football team.
He started his career with Milan twice going on loan to Pizzighettone in 2006 and Cremonese in 2007. In 2008 Cagliari signed him in a co-ownership deal, before signing him fully from Milan, for whom he never made a first team appearance, in 2011.
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Club career
Early career
Born and raised in the province of Bergamo, Astori started playing football with local team Pontisola before joining Milan in 2001.[1] He spent five years in the club's youth system, after which time he was sent on two consecutive loan spells to Serie C1 clubs Pizzighettone and Cremonese for the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons respectively.[2][3]
Cagliari
At the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Astori was signed by Serie A club Cagliari in a co-ownership deal with Milan, [4] for €1 million.[5] He made his official debut in the top-flight during an away game against Siena on 14 September 2008, coming on as a substitute in the second half.[6]
On 22 June 2011 the club bought the residual 50% registration rights from Milan.[7]
International career
Astori played 4 games for Italy U-18, being first capped in 2004. However, he did not receive any further call-up at higher levels of youth international football.[8]
Astori got his first call-up for the senior team under newly-appointed coach Cesare Prandelli who named him in the squad for a friendly against Côte d'Ivoire, to be played on 10 August 2010,[9] however, he was left as an unused substitute.[10] He made his full debut fot Italy on 29 March 2011,[11] in a 2-0 friendly won against Ukraine in Kiev. He came on as a first half minute substitute for Georgio Chiellini but was later sent off in the second half after receiving two yellow cards.[12]
References
- ^ "Allievi Nazionali 2003/2004" (in Italian). acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. Archived from the original on 13 April 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040404133018/www.acmilan.com/MostraInfo.asp?id_info=18940. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ Christian Seu (30 August 2006). "Ufficiale: Pizzighettone, dal Milan ecco Astori" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=38002. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ Andrea Zalamena (9 June 2008). "Cagliari, arriva il giovane Astori" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=107879. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ Giuseppe Calvi; Filippo Di Chiara (30 May 2008). "Palermo su Sereni e punta Fornaroli Rinaudo al Napoli" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport: p. 14. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2008/maggio/30/Palermo_Sereni_punta_Fornaroli_Rinaudo_ga_10_080530038.shtml. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
- ^ page 52 Immobilizzazioni finanziarie Compartecipazioni ex art. 102 bis N.O.I.F. and page 77, AC Milan 2008 annual report
- ^ "Calaiò e Ghezzal a segno Il Siena affonda il Cagliari" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 14 September 2008. http://www.repubblica.it/2008/09/sezioni/sport/calcio/serie_a/giornata-2/siena-cagliari/siena-cagliari.html. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ "Davide Astori è tutto del Cagliari [Davide Astori is totally for Cagliari]" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 22 June 2011. http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/11601/davide-astori-e-tutto-del-cagliari.html. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ "Davide Astori" (in Italian). figc.it. Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=2890&squadra=1. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ "L’Italia di Prandelli: 8 novità, tra cui Balotelli e Amauri. Torna Cassano" (in Italian). figc.it (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio). 6 August 2010. http://www.figc.it/it/204/25569/2010/08/News.shtml. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ "Italy v Ivory Coast". eurosport.yahoo.com. Eurosport. 10 August 2010. http://eurosport.yahoo.com/football/friendlies/2010/italy-ivory-coast-390078.html. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ Davide Astori at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Ten-man Italy leave it late". FIFA.com. 29 March 2011. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1408535.html. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
External links
- Profile at official club website (Italian)
- Profile at Assocalciatori.it (Italian)
- Profile at EmozioneCalcio.it (Italian)
- International caps at FIGC.it (Italian)
Cagliari Calcio – current squad 1 Agazzi · 2 Gozzi · 3 Ariaudo · 4 Nainggolan · 5 Conti (c) · 7 Cossu · 8 Biondini · 9 Larrivey · 10 El Kabir · 12 Ruzittu · 13 Astori · 14 Pisano · 15 Burrai · 16 Eriksson · 18 Nenê · 19 Thiago · 20 Ekdal · 21 Canini · 22 Vigorito · 23 Ibarbo · 24 Perico · 25 Avramov · 26 Dametto · 29 Murru · 30 Sampaio · 31 Agostini · 32 Cepellini · Head Coach: Ballardini
Categories:- 1987 births
- Living people
- Italian footballers
- A.C. Milan players
- U.S. Cremonese players
- A.S. Pizzighettone players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- Serie A footballers
- People from the Province of Bergamo
- Italy international footballers
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