Luca Caldirola
![]() Caldirola warming up with Werder Bremen in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 February 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Desio, Italy | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Benevento | ||
Number | 35 | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1999 | Base 96 | ||
1999–2010 | Inter Milan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
2010–2011 | → Vitesse Arnhem (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Cesena | 18 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Inter Milan (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Brescia (loan) | 38 | (0) |
2013–2019 | Werder Bremen | 46 | (1) |
2015–2016 | → Darmstadt 98 (loan) | 34 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Werder Bremen II | 3 | (0) |
2019– | Benevento | 10 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2006–2007 | Italy U-16 | 14 | (1) |
2007–2008 | Italy U-17 | 9 | (0) |
2009 | Italy U-18 | 3 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Italy U-19 | 7 | (0) |
2010 | Italy U-20 | 1 | (1) |
2010–2013 | Italy U-21 | 31 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:20, 18 April 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2013 |
Luca Caldirola (born 1 February 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie B side Benevento. Mainly a centre back, he can also play as a left back.
Club career
Internazionale
2009–10 season
Caldirola started his career at Internazionale, where he was the team captain at under-20 level (Primavera) and was occasionally called up to join the first team during the 2009–10 season, without making any appearances, however, on the pitch.[1] Caldirola also played for various youth teams in Lombardy as goalkeeper and midfielder before joined Internazionale[2] at the age of eight.[3] He played in a friendly match for the Inter first team in 2009.[4]
2010–11 season
On 29 June 2010, Internazionale loaned out Caldirola to Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem of the Eredivisie for the entire 2010–11 season; he is the second Italian player to be part of the Arnhem club, after Marco De Marchi.[5] Inter also reduced the age limit of its Primavera team to under-19 in 2010, keeping only three players born in 1991 in the 2010–11 season as back-ups for the first team.
Half of the registration rights of Caldirola — and Luca Garritano — were sold to Cesena as part of the deal that brought defender Yuto Nagatomo to the San Siro in June 2011, after a successful loan.[6] Half of the registration rights of Caldirola was valued €2.5 million; Caldirola signed a four-year contract.[7] Both Caldirola and Garritano returned to Internazionale in a temporary deal for the 2011–12 season.
2011–12 season
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On 7 December 2011, Caldirola made his first team debut for Internazionale in a UEFA Champions League group stage match against CSKA Moscow which ended in a 2–1 loss at San Siro.[8]
On 4 January 2012, Internazionale confirmed that Caldirola signed a loan deal until the end of the season with the Serie B outfit Brescia.[9]
2012–13 season
In June 2012, the co-ownership deal was renewed and Caldirola reported to Cesena in pre-season on 10 July 2012, where he played the first half of the season for the Romagna club before again being loaned to Brescia in January 2013,[10] where he finished the campaign with 15 league appearances.
In June 2013 Inter bought back Caldirola for €2.5 million, with Riccardo Melgrati and Thomas Pedrabissi moved to Cesena outright for €750,000 and €1 million respectively; Cesena also signed Yago Del Piero in co-ownership deal for €250,000, thus the deals only involves €500,000 cash to Cesena.[11]
Werder Bremen
On 26 June 2013, SV Werder Bremen confirmed the signing of Luca Caldirola from Internazionale on a four-year contract,[12] for a €2.5 million transfer fee.[13]
He missed most of the 2016–17 season due to injuries.[14] With his contract running out at the end of the month, he agreed to a two-year contract extension on 15 June 2017.[14]
After an envisaged transfer away from the club did not materialise in summer 2018, Caldirola trained with Werder Bremen's reserves in the first half of the 2018–19 season.[15]
Darmstadt 98 (loan)
On 15 July 2015, Caldirola was loaned out for a season to SV Darmstadt 98.[16]
Benevento
On 30 January 2019, Caldirola joined Italian Serie B side Benevento on a free transfer, returning to Italy after five years.[17][15]
International career
Caldirola has represented his native country of Italy at all youth levels, from under-16 to under-20.[18]
On 17 November 2010, he made his debut with the Italy under-21 team in a friendly match against Turkey in a 2–1 victory played in Fermo.
In 2009, he participated at the UEFA Under-19 Championship with the Italians.
In May 2011, he was called-on by Ciro Ferrara to play the games of the 2011 Toulon Tournament. Under the management of Devis Mangia, in 2012, Caldirola was named captain of the under-21 side, where he led the Azzurini in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 14 April 2019[19]
Club | Season | League | Cup[nb 1] | Europe[nb 2] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vitesse Arnhem | 2010–11 | Eredivise | 11 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
Internazionale | 2011–12 | Serie A | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Brescia | 2011–12 | Serie B | 19 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
Cesena | 2012–13 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
Brescia | 2012–13 | 19 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
Werder Bremen | 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |
2014–15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |||
2016–17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | ||
Darmstadt 98 (loan) | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |
Werder Bremen II | 2016–17 | 3. Liga | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Benevento | 2018–19 | Serie B | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |
Career total | 160 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 166 | 2 |
- ^ Includes Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal
- ^ Includes UEFA Champions League
References
- ^ "Luca Caldirola joins SBV Vitesse". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ "NAMES FOR THE FUTURE: LUCA CALDIROLA". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 28 April 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ "Three youngsters with first team for TIM Trophy". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ "TIM Trophy: Inter 1–0 A.C. Milan". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ "Vitesse huurt Caldirola van Internazionale" (in Dutch). Vitesse. 29 June 2010. Archived from the original on 5 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ "Transfer market: Nagatomo belongs to Inter now". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ A.C. Cesena SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
- ^ Mark Doyle (7 December 2011). "Inter 1-2 CSKA Moscow: Russians snatch victory in San Siro to join Serie A side in knockout stages". Goal.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Transfer market: Caldirola joins Brescia on loan". inter.it. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ "Calciomercato Inter: Caldirola torna al Brescia" [Transfer market Inter: Caldirola returns to Brescia] (in Italian). Calciomercato.com. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ AC Cesena SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian)
- ^ "Transfer fix! Vier-Jahresvertrag für Luca Caldirola" (in German). Werder Bremen. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ F.C. Internazionale Milano SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian)
- ^ a b Hanke, Maik (15 June 2017). "WERDER BESTÄTIGT CALDIROLA-VERLÄNGERUNG". WerderStube (in German). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Caldirola-Wechsel zu Benevento Calcio perfekt". Deichstube (in German). Kreiszeitung. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Lilien leihen Luca Caldirola von Werder Bremen aus" (in German). SV Darmstadt 98. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Benevento, colpo Caldirola per la difesa" (in Italian). Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "NOME: CALDIROLA LUCA" (in Italian). FIGC.it. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ "L. Caldirola". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
External links
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- Official website
- Luca Caldirola – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Luca Caldirola at Soccerway
- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Desio
- Italian footballers
- Italian expatriate footballers
- Italy youth international footballers
- Italy under-21 international footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Serie B players
- Eredivisie players
- Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Inter Milan players
- SBV Vitesse players
- Brescia Calcio players
- A.C. Cesena players
- SV Werder Bremen players
- SV Werder Bremen II players
- SV Darmstadt 98 players
- Benevento Calcio players
- Association football defenders