Davide Astori

Davide Astori

Astori playing for Roma in 2014.
Personal information
Full nameDavide Astori
Date of birth7 January 1987
Place of birthSan Giovanni Bianco, Italy
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Roma
(on loan from Cagliari)
Number23
Youth career
Pontisola
2001–2006Milan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2006–2008Milan0(0)
2006–2007→ Pizzighettone (loan)25(1)
2007–2008→ Cremonese (loan)31(0)
2008–Cagliari174(3)
2014–→ Roma (loan)20(1)
National team‡
2004–2005Italy U184(0)
2011–Italy9(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2014

Davide Astori (born 7 January 1987) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Roma, on loan from Cagliari, as a defender. Astori is a tall, consistent, and physically strong left-footed centreback, with good aerial ability and reliable technique.[2]

Astori started his career with Milan, spending loan spells with Pizzighettone and Cremonese. 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. He moved on loan to Roma in 2014.

He made his international debut for Italy in 2011 and represented his country at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, scoring a goal in Italy's victorious bronze-medal match.

Club career

Early career

Born and raised in the province of Bergamo, Astori started playing football with local team Pontisola before joining Milan in 2001.[3] 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.[4][5]

Cagliari

At the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Astori was signed by Serie A club Cagliari in a co-ownership deal with Milan,[6] for €1 million.[7] 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.[8]

In the summer transfer window 2009, the club renewed their ownership with AC Milan to keep Astori at Cagliari for another year.[9] Astori replaced Luis Diego López and made 34 appearance and would scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against Fiorentina on 31 January 2010. On 28 February 2010, Astori scored his second goal in a 2–1 loss against Chievo. On 3 April 2010, Astori scored an own goal against A.C. Milan to allow Milan scored the third goal in the match which Cagliari lose 3–2. During his second season at Cagliari, Rumours spread when A.C. Milan was keen to sign Astori but nothing happened. Despite the Rumours, Astori was keen to rejoin AC Milan in the summer.[10]

The club renewed their ownership with AC Milan to keep Astori at Cagliari for another year in June 2010.[9]

On 22 June 2011 the club bought the residual 50% registration rights from Milan for another €3.5 million. (pre-agreed €1 million tagged in 2008 + additional €2.5 million)[11][12] After making 8 appearance at the start of the season, Astori suffered a Fractured Foot in a match against Napoli on 23 October 2011 following an intervention by Ezequiel Lavezzi and have to come off on the 21 minutes in a 0–0 draw. His injury resulted him out for 3 months.[13]

On 9 July 2012, Astori revealed he turned down a move to Russian side Spartak Moscow for worth 15million euro (£11.9m) fee after agreement between two clubs. Astori explained turning down a move to Spartak Moscow because he wants to stay at Cagliari and achieve his goals with the club.[14]

Roma

On 24 July 2014, Cagliari announced Astori's move to Roma on a season-long loan deal. The transfer was settled in €2 million and Roma holds the option to make it permanent at the end of the season for another €5 million.[15][16] On 30 August 2014, Astori made his debut against Fiorentina in a 2-0 win. Astori made his Champions League debut against CSKA Moscow on 17 September, helping the Giallorossi to a 5-1 win.

International career

Astori played 4 games for Italy's under-18 team, beginning in 2004. He did not receive any further call-up at higher levels of youth international football.[17]

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,[18] however, he was left as an unused substitute.[19] He made his full debut fot Italy on 29 March 2011,[20] in a 2–0 friendly won against Ukraine in Kiev. He came on as a 17th-minute substitute for the injured Georgio Chiellini but was sent off with 15 minutes remaining in the second half after receiving two yellow cards.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Galliani incorona "I ragazzi sono in giro"". Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Allievi Nazionali 2003/2004". acmilan.com (in Italian). Associazione Calcio Milan. Archived from the original on 13 April 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  4. ↑ Christian Seu (30 August 2006). "Ufficiale: Pizzighettone, dal Milan ecco Astori". tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  5. ↑ Andrea Zalamena (9 June 2008). "Cagliari, arriva il giovane Astori". tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  6. ↑ Giuseppe Calvi; Filippo Di Chiara (30 May 2008). "Palermo su Sereni e punta Fornaroli Rinaudo al Napoli". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). p. 14. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
  7. ↑ page 52 Immobilizzazioni finanziarie Compartecipazioni ex art. 102 bis N.O.I.F. and page 77, AC Milan 2008 annual report
  8. ↑ "Calaiò e Ghezzal a segno Il Siena affonda il Cagliari". la Repubblica (in Italian). 14 September 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Astori resta al Cagliari" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio Homepage. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  10. ↑ "Astori seeks Milan return". Sky Sports. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  11. ↑ page 129, AC Milan bilancio 2011
  12. ↑ "Davide Astori è tutto del Cagliari" [Davide Astori is totally for Cagliari]. Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 22 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  13. ↑ "Brutta botta la frattura del perone, Astori, però, la prende con filosofia: "Non me lo aspettavo, ma fa parte del gioco..."" (in Italian). Goal.com. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  14. ↑ "Astori rejects Spartak switch". Sky Sports. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  15. ↑ "Roma complete deal for Astori". Goal.com. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  16. ↑ "Operazioni di mercato: Davide Astori" (PDF) (in Italian). AS Roma. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  17. ↑ "Davide Astori". figc.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  18. ↑ "L’Italia di Prandelli: 8 novità, tra cui Balotelli e Amauri. Torna Cassano". figc.it (in Italian) (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio). 6 August 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  19. ↑ "Italy v Ivory Coast". eurosport.yahoo.com. Eurosport. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  20. ↑ Davide Astori at National-Football-Teams.com
  21. ↑ "Ten-man Italy leave it late". FIFA.com. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.

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