Daniele Dessena

Daniele Dessena

Personal information
Date of birth	May 10, 1987 (1987-05-10)
Place of birth	Parma, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Cagliari
Number	27
Youth career
1997–2004	Parma
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2008	Parma	81	(5)
2008–	Sampdoria	55	(2)
2009–2010	→ Cagliari (loan)	29	(3)
2012-	→ Cagliari (loan)	1	(0)
National team‡
2006–2009	Italy U-21	25	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:08, 10 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 23, 2009

Daniele Dessena (born 10 May 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Cagliari, on loan from Sampdoria.

Club career

Dessena began his football career in the youth ranks of Parma and made his official debut in the first team on 27 February 2005 against Lazio. Since then, he played 81 games scoring 5 goals in the Emilian shirt.

In the summer of 2008 he arrived at Sampdoria where he played for one season (25 appearances and 2 goals) before transferring to Cagliari.

He then returned back to the city of Genoa, playing 22 games in 2010–11 for Sampdoria.

Having made only 8 appearances in 2011–12, he was loaned back to Cagliari in January for the remainder of the season.

International career

From 2006 to 2009, he was a member of the Italy U-21's, coached by Pierluigi Casiraghi. He played for Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In May 2009, he was called-up to the European Championships but only made substitute appearances as second choice behind Luca Cigarini and Claudio Marchisio.