| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 July 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Avezzano, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Gubbio (on loan from Parma) |
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| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pescara | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2009 | Pescara | 12 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | → Celano (loan) | 29 | (6) |
| 2008 | → Gela (loan) | 15 | (7) |
| 2008–2009 | → Cisco Roma (loan) | 34 | (17) |
| 2009–2011 | Cisco/Atletico Roma | 64 | (36) |
| 2011– | Parma | 0 | (0) |
| 2011– | → Gubbio (loan) | 12 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of End of 2010-11 season. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Daniel Ciofani (born 31 July 1985) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B team Gubbio, on loan from Parma.
A right footed striker, Ciofani had spent 3½ seasons in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (4th highest level), scoring 50 goals, and additional 2 in playoffs. He maintained his goal scoring ratio (about 0.45 goals per game) in Italian third highest level in 2010–11 season, made him signed by a Serie B club in 2011.
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Born in Avezzano, Abruzzo, Ciofani started his career at Serie B side Pescara. In August 2006, he was loaned to Serie C1 side Celano along with Alessio Spoltore.[1] He made 29 league appearances for Celano and returned to Pescara on 1 July 2007. With Pescara which the team recently relegated to Serie C1 in June 2007, he only made 2 appearances. On 4 January 2008, he was loaned to Gela of Serie C2.[2] He scored 7 goals in half season.
Ciofani was loaned to Seconda Divisione (ex- Serie C2) side Cisco Roma in August 2008 (renamed to Atletico Roma in 2010) with option to buy half of the registration rights in June 2009.[3] He scored 37 goals in 2 seasons and won the promotion playoffs with Cisco Roma in 2010. He was the team top-scorer of Cisco Roma and top-scorer of the 2nd Divisione Group C in 2009–10 season. Which he was the joint-topscorer of the league along with Alessandro Marotta of Group B. He scored 2 more goals in the playoffs, just 1 goal short behind Alessandro Cesarini and Giacomo Casoli (both 3 goals) and shared the play-offs second highest scorer with Alessandro Cesca, Francesco Corapi, Antonio Ciro Montella and Antonio Gaeta; thus he was the overall top-scorer of the 2nd Divisione.
In June 2010, Pescara also won promotion (but to Serie B) and both clubs failed to agree the price of the remained 50% registration rights,[4] thus both clubs had to submit a bid in envelope to Lega Pro to decide the ownership. On 30 June 2010, Lega Pro announced that Cisco Roma won the closed tender as the highest bidder.[5]
On 8 July 2010, he was signed by Serie A side Parma F.C. in another co-ownership deal. As part of the deal, Atletico Roma signed Alessio Tombesi and Abel Gigli in co-ownership deal, Abdou Doumbia and Gianluca Lapadula on loan.[6] Ciofani also remained in Rome on loan for another season. He scored 16 goals in 2010-11 season as team-topscorer.[7] On 24 June 2011 Parma bought the remain 50% registration rights and bought back Gigli.
In July 2011, he was loaned to Serie B newcomer Gubbio.