Matteo Darmian

Matteo Darmian

Personal information
Date of birth	2 December 1989 (1989-12-02) (age 21)
Place of birth	Legnano, Italy
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre / Right / Left back
Club information
Current club	Torino
Number	36
Youth career
2000–2009	Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2010	Milan	4	(0)
2009–2010	→ Padova (loan)	20	(1)
2010–	Palermo	11	(0)
2011–	→ Torino (loan)	13	(1)
National team‡
2006	Italy U-17	7	(0)
2006	Italy U-18	5	(0)
2007–2008	Italy U-19	11	(0)
2008–2009	Italy U-20	7	(0)
2009	Italy U-21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 October 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 May 2010

Matteo Darmian (born 2 December 1989) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Torino, on loan from Palermo and Milan.

Club career

Milan

Darmian started playing football with Carcor, an amateur club based in Rescaldina, before joining A.C. Milan's youth system in 2000.^[1] He made his first-team debut for the Rossoneri on 28 November 2006, aged only 16, in a Coppa Italia game against Brescia, replacing Kakha Kaladze at half-time.^[2] Six months later, on 19 May, he made also his Serie A debut in a match against Udinese, coming off the bench late in the second half.^[2]

During the 2007–08 season he made only another appearance in Coppa Italia and none in the league, though he became the leader and captain of the youth team. The following season the 19-year-old defender collected other three league appearances.

Padova

On 17 July 2009, Darmian was loaned to Serie B club Padova until the end of the 2009–10 season.^[3] He made his official debut for the club on 28 November, in a home loss against Vicenza.^[4] He went on making 20 appearances and scoring one goal, as Padova finished the season in 19th place and subsequently won the relegation play–off against Triestina.

Palermo

On July 11, 2010 it was announced that Matteo Darmian would join Palermo's pre-season training camp in Austria, after Milan and the Sicilians agreed in principle about a transfer move involving him.^[5] The move, unveiled as a co-ownership bid, was officially announced by Palermo the next day.^[6] The fee was €800,000.^[7] He made his debut for the rosanero on 16 September 2010 in a Europa League game against Sparta Prague. Concludes the season with 16 appearances.

Torino

On July 12, 2011 Palermo officially confirmed to have loaned out Darmian to Torino until the end of the 2011–12 Serie B season.^[8]

International career

In 2008, Darmian took part at the UEFA European U-19 Championship with the Italy U-19 squad.

On 25 March 2009, he made his debut with the Italy U-21 squad in a friendly match against Austria.

Honours

Milan

• UEFA Champions League 2006–07
• UEFA Super Cup: 2007

Statistics

As of 12 January 2011.

Team	Season	Domestic League		Domestic Cup		European Competition1		Other Tournaments2		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Milan	2006–07	1	0	1	0	0	0	–		2	0
	2007–08	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2008–09	3	0	0	0	0	0	–		3	0
	Total	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Padova	2009–10	20	1	0	0	–		2	0	22	1
Palermo	2010–11	11	0	1	0	4	0	–		16	0
Torino	2011–12	12	1	1	0	0	0	–		13	1
Career Total		47	2	4	0	4	0	2	0	57	2

¹European competitions include the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Super Cup
²Other tournaments include the FIFA Club World Cup and Serie B relegation play–offs

References

1. ^ "Giovanissimi Nazionali 2003/2004" (in Italian). acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. Archived from the original on 6 June 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040606084629/www.acmilan.com/MostraInfo.asp?id_info=18942. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "A.C. Milan – Matteo Darmian" (in Italian). ACMilan.com. A.C. Milan. http://www.acmilan.com/LM_Actor.aspx?idSquadra=3&idStagione=15&idPersona=7162&name=Darmian%20Matteo. Retrieved 2009-09-09. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Il baby rossonero Darmian in prestito al Padova" (in Italian). padovacalcio.it. Padova Calcio. 2009-09-01. http://www.padovacalcio.it/ultime_news.php?id=2698. Retrieved 2009-08-31. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Padova–Vicenza 1–2" (in Italian). padovacalcio.it. Padova Calcio. 2009-12-01. http://www.padovacalcio.it/archivionews.php?id=2952. Retrieved 2009-11-28. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "DA DOMANI I ROSA IN RITIRO" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 2010-07-11. http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0910/news_scheda.jsp?id=20988. Retrieved 2010-07-11. 
6. ^ "MATTEO DARMIAN AL PALERMO" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 2010-07-12. http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0910/news_scheda.jsp?id=20994. Retrieved 2010-07-12. 
7. ^ "AC Milan Group 2010 Annual Report" (in Italian). AC Milan. ca. April 2011. http://www.acmilan.com/uploads/club/bilancio2010/pdf/Bilancio_Gruppo_Milan_10.pdf. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
8. ^ "Darmian e Glik ceduti al Torino [Darmian and Glik to Torino]" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 12 July 2011. http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/1011/news_scheda.php?id=24636. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 

External links

• Profile at official club website (Italian)
• Profile at Assocalciatori.it (Italian)
• Profile at EmozioneCalcio.it (Italian)
• International Caps at FIGC.com (Italian)

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Name	Darmian, Matteo
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Date of birth	2 December 1989
Place of birth	Legnano, Italy
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