Luca Caldirola (born 1 February 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Monza. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a left-back.
 Caldirola warming up for Werder Bremen in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 February 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Desio, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Monza | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| 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 (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) |
| 2019–2021 | Benevento | 67 | (8) |
| 2021– | Monza | 92 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Italy U16 | 14 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Italy U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2009 | Italy U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Italy U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2010 | Italy U20 | 1 | (1) |
| 2010–2013 | Italy U21 | 31 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:12, 30 November 2024 (UTC). | |||
Club career
editInter Milan
edit2009–10 season
editCaldirola started his career at Inter Milan, 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.[2] Caldirola also played for various youth teams in Lombardy as goalkeeper and midfielder before joined Inter[3] at the age of eight.[4] He played in a friendly match for the Inter first team in 2009.[5]
2010–11 season
editOn 29 June 2010, Inter 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.[6] 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.[7] Half of the registration rights of Caldirola was valued €2.5 million; Caldirola signed a four-year contract.[8] Both Caldirola and Garritano returned to Inter in a temporary deal for the 2011–12 season.
2011–12 season
edit
On 7 December 2011, Caldirola made his first team debut for Inter in a UEFA Champions League group stage match against CSKA Moscow which ended in a 2–1 loss at San Siro.[9]
On 4 January 2012, Inter confirmed that Caldirola signed a loan deal until the end of the season with the Serie B outfit Brescia.[10]
2012–13 season
editIn 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,[11] 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.[12]
Werder Bremen
editOn 26 June 2013, SV Werder Bremen confirmed the signing of Luca Caldirola from Inter on a four-year contract,[13] for a €2.5 million transfer fee.[14]
He missed most of the 2016–17 season due to injuries.[15] With his contract running out at the end of the month, he agreed to a two-year contract extension on 15 June 2017.[15]
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.[16]
Darmstadt 98 (loan)
editOn 15 July 2015, Caldirola was loaned out for a season to SV Darmstadt 98.[17]
Benevento
editOn 30 January 2019, Caldirola joined Italian Serie B side Benevento on a free transfer, returning to Italy after five years.[18][16]
Monza
editOn 17 July 2021, Caldirola moved to Monza in the Serie B on a two-year contract.[19]
International career
editCaldirola has represented his native country of Italy at all youth levels, from under-16 to under-20.[20]
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
editClub
edit- As of match played 5 November 2023[21]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vitesse | 2010–11 | Eredivisie | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Inter Milan | 2011–12 | Serie A | — | — | 1[b] | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Brescia | 2011–12 | Serie B | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Cesena | 2012–13 | Serie B | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| Brescia | 2012–13 | Serie B | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Werder Bremen | 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 3. Liga | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Benevento | 2018–19 | Serie B | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | Serie B | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 3 | |||
| 2020–21 | Serie A | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| Total | 67 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 8 | ||
| Monza | 2021–22 | Serie B | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| Total | 61 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 278 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 290 | 12 | ||
- ^ Includes Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
References
edit- ^ "Luca Caldirola". AC Monza. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Luca Caldirola è del Monza" [Luca Caldirola is a Monza player]. AC Monza (in Italian). 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "NOME: CALDIROLA LUCA" (in Italian). FIGC.it. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ Luca Caldirola at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
External links
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- Official website
- Profile at AC Monza
- Luca Caldirola – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Luca Caldirola at Soccerway