Daniele Ghilardi
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| Date of birth | 6 January 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lucca, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Roma (on loan from Hellas Verona) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 87 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2012 | Lucchese | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2022 | Fiorentina | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Hellas Verona (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Hellas Verona | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Mantova (loan) | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 38 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | → Roma (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Italy U17 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Italy U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Italy U19 | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Italy U20 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Italy U21 | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 June 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Daniele Ghilardi (born 6 January 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Roma on loan from Hellas Verona.
Club career
Ghilardi is a youth product of Lucchese from the age of 5 to 9 and played as a goalkeeper and striker as a youth.[2] He moved to Fiorentina's youth academy at 9, worked his way up their youth categories, and signed his first professional contract with the club on 22 September 2021 until 2024.[3]
He joined Hellas Verona on loan with the option to buy in January 2022. Hellas Verona exercised the option for €500,000 on 16 July 2022.[4] He spent the 2022–23 season on loan with Mantova 1911 in the Serie C.[5]
On 13 August 2023, he joined Sampdoria on loan in the Serie B for the 2023–24 season with the option to buy.[6]
On 2 August 2025, Ghilardi joined Roma on loan for the 2025–26 season, for an estimated €2.5 million fee with a conditional obligation to make the move permanent at the end of the season. He signed a contract with Roma until 2030 that would be in effect if the conditions are triggered.[7]
International career
Ghilardi is a youth international for Italy, having played for the Italy U20s at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup where they came in second.[8]
He was called up to the Italy U21s for a set of 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches in September 2023,[9] and he made his debut with the U21 side on 8 September in the match against Latvia.
Career statistics
- As of match played 25 May 2025[10]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mantova (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie C | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| Sampdoria (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie B | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 2 | ||
| Hellas Verona | 2024–25 | Serie A | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Roma | 2025–26 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 75 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 3 | ||
Honours
Italy U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2023
References
- ^ "Daniele Ghilardi". UC Sampdoria. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Ghilardi, dalla Lucchese Junior alla maglia azzurra con l'under 20". Il Tirreno.
- ^ "GHILARDI, Il giocatore della Primavera ha rinnovato". Firenze Viola.
- ^ "Ufficiale: Ghilardi passa dalla Fiorentina al Verona a titolo definitivo". 16 July 2022.
- ^ Chiacchio, Nicola (16 July 2022). "UFFICIALE - Hellas Verona, ceduto Daniele Ghilardi al Mantova | Football Scouting".
- ^ "Hellas, prestito per i giovani Ghilardi e Bosilj". VeronaSera.
- ^ "DANIELE GHILARDI JOINS FROM HELLAS VERONA". AS Roma. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "Italia in semifinale ai mondiali under 20, c'è un lucchese come pilastro della difesa". Luccaindiretta. 4 June 2023.
- ^ "Convocazioni Italia U21: il CT Nunziata chiama anche i blucerchiati Ghilardi e Panada". Telenord. 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Daniele Ghilardi".