| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Davide Astori | ||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | San Giovanni Bianco, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Cagliari | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pontisola | |||
| 2001–2006 | Milan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2008 | Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Pizzighettone (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Cremonese (loan) | 31 | (0) |
| 2008– | Cagliari | 80 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2005 | Italy U-18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2011– | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Davide Astori (born 7 January 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Cagliari and the Italian national football team.
He started his career with Milan twice going on loan to Pizzighettone in 2006 and Cremonese in 2007. In 2008 Cagliari signed him in a co-ownership deal, before signing him fully from Milan, for whom he never made a first team appearance, in 2011.
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Born and raised in the province of Bergamo, Astori started playing football with local team Pontisola before joining Milan in 2001.[1] He spent five years in the club's youth system, after which time he was sent on two consecutive loan spells to Serie C1 clubs Pizzighettone and Cremonese for the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons respectively.[2][3]
At the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Astori was signed by Serie A club Cagliari in a co-ownership deal with Milan, [4] for €1 million.[5] He made his official debut in the top-flight during an away game against Siena on 14 September 2008, coming on as a substitute in the second half.[6]
On 22 June 2011 the club bought the residual 50% registration rights from Milan.[7]
Astori played 4 games for Italy U-18, being first capped in 2004. However, he did not receive any further call-up at higher levels of youth international football.[8]
Astori got his first call-up for the senior team under newly-appointed coach Cesare Prandelli who named him in the squad for a friendly against Côte d'Ivoire, to be played on 10 August 2010,[9] however, he was left as an unused substitute.[10] He made his full debut fot Italy on 29 March 2011,[11] in a 2-0 friendly won against Ukraine in Kiev. He came on as a first half minute substitute for Georgio Chiellini but was later sent off in the second half after receiving two yellow cards.[12]
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