Daniele Cacia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 August 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Catanzaro, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Verona | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2007 | Piacenza | 91 | (35) |
| 2002 | → Ternana (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | → SPAL (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Pistoiese (loan) | 12 | (8) |
| 2008 | Fiorentina | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2012 | Lecce | 22 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | → Reggina (loan) | 27 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | → Piacenza (loan) | 34 | (17) |
| 2011–2012 | → Padova (loan) | 33 | (11) |
| 2012– | Verona | 40 | (25) |
| National team | |||
| 2001 | Italy U-17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 | Italy U-19[1] | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:44, 30 December 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Daniele Cacia (born 23 August 1983) is an Italian football striker. He currently plays for Hellas Verona. He is a former Italy U-19 International.
Career
Piacenza
He made his debut for Piacenza in Serie B 2000-2001 against Crotone March 9th 2001, less than 18 years of age. In 2002-2003 he was loaned to Ternana, where he never played after fracturing his fibula. After a loan spell at SPAL, in the 2003-2004 he returned to Piacenza with which he made 13 appearances scoring his first goal in the 3-2 loss at home to Napoli. He joined Pistoiese on loan of Serie C1 and scored 8 goals in 12 games.
Cacia returned was team leading goalscorer for Piacenza in 2005-06 (18 goals in 37 games) and 2006-07 season (28 games and 14 goals), however his 2006-07 season was cut short when he suffered a broken ankle against Crotone.
Fiorentina Co-Ownership
In summer 2007 half of his contractual rights was sold to Fiorentina for €4.5 million,[2] due to injury, he played for Piacenza until winter transfer period, when he moved to Florence in January 2008. Caica made his Fiorentina debut on January 16 in the second leg of the Italian Cup against Ascoli.
Cacia who faced competition for places from Luca Toni, Christian Vieri, Giampaolo Pazzini and Adrian Mutu, only played 6 games for Fiorentina in all competitions during the 2007/08 season, with his only goal for the club coming in the UEFA Cup against Rosenborg BK in 2008.
In June 2008 he was bought back by Piacenza for €2.8 million[2]
Lecce + Loan Moves
Then signed for U.S. Lecce, who acquired half of his registration rights from Piacenza for €3 million.[3][4]
After not played at the first 3 games of the season, he was loaned to Reggina on 28 August 2009.
A loan move in 2010 back to his old club Piacenza saw Cacia recapture his goal scoring form, with Cacia scoring 17 league goals and finish 3rd in the scoring charts in Serie B for the 2010/11 season. After impressing back at Piacenza, Cacia joined Padova on loan in 2011, scoring 11 league goals.
Verona
in 2012, Cacia joined Verona in Serie B on a permanent deal. During the 2012-13 season Cacia scored 24 goals in Serie B making him the top goal scorer in the division and helping earn Verona promotion to Serie A as runners up behind U.S. Sassuolo Calcio.
However after the arrival of former Italian International Luca Toni during the summer of the 2013/14 season, Cacia found his first team place more limited in Serie A with several of his appearances coming off the bench.
International Career
Cacia was capped by Italy U-19 in 2001.
Honours
- Promotion through
Piacenza
- Serie B Third Place: 2000/01
Verona
- Serie B Runner Up: 2012/13
Individual
- Capocannoniere (Serie B: Golden Boot) 2012/13 Season: 24 Goals
Career Statistics
Statistiche aggiornate al 19 gennaio 2014.
| Season | Team | Competition | Domestic Cup | European | Altre coppe | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comp | League | Goals | Comp | Pres | Reti | Comp | Pres | Reti | Comp | Pres | Reti | Pres | Reti | ||
| 2000-2001 |  Piacenza | B | 1 | 0 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 2001-2002 | A | 0 | 0 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002-gen. 2003 | Ternana | B | 0 | 0 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| gen.-giu. 2003 | SPAL | C1 | 3 | 0 | CI-C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| 2003-2004 | Piacenza | B | 13 | 1 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 1 |
| 2004-gen. 2005 | B | 6 | 0 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | |
| gen.-giu. 2005 | Pistoiese | C1 | 12 | 8 | CI-C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 8 |
| 2005-2006 | Piacenza | B | 37 | 18 | CI | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 21 |
| 2006-2007 | B | 28 | 14 | CI | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 16 | |
| 2007-gen. 2008 | B | 6 | 2 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | |
| gen.-giu. 2008 | Fiorentina | A | 3 | 0 | CI | 2 | 0 | CU | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | 1 |
| 2008-2009 | Lecce | A | 22 | 2 | CI | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 2 |
| 2009-2010 | Reggina | B | 27 | 4 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 4 |
| 2010-2011 | Piacenza | B | 34+2[5] | 17+1[5] | CI | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | 21 |
| Totale Piacenza | 125+2 | 52+1 | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 134 | 61 | |||||
| 2011-2012 | Padova | B | 33 | 11 | CI | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | 11 |
| 2012-2013 | Verona | B | 39 | 24 | CI | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | 25 |
| 2013-2014 | A | 10 | 0 | CI | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 0 | |
| Total Verona | 49 | 24 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 53 | 25 | |||||
| Total Career | 274+2 | 100+1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 292 | 110 | |||||
References
- ↑ FIGC Archive
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 ACF Fiorentina Report and Accounts on 31 December 2008 (Italian)
- ↑ "Serie B - Piacenza: in tre anni ripianati 15 milioni di perdite" (in Italian). sportpiacenza.it. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "Bilancio Lecce 2010/11: l’importanza della Serie A e della TV" (in Italian). ju29ro.com. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Playout
External links
- Profile at Gazzetta.it (Italian)
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