Daniele Conti

Daniele Conti
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-01-09) 9 January 1979
Place of birth Nettuno, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1996–1999 Roma 5 (1)
1999–2015 Cagliari 434 (47)
National team
1998–1999 Italy U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 May 2015.

† Appearances (goals)

Daniele Conti (born 9 January 1979) is a former Italian football midfielder, who played most of his career for Cagliari. He is the son of former A.S. Roma and Italy star Bruno Conti, and the younger brother of fellow footballer Andrea Conti.

Career

Conti started his career at his father's club Roma, debuting in 1996.[1] In 1999 he was sold to Cagliari in a co-ownership deal. He did not leave the club despite the club being relegated in 2000. In June 2004, he was in the team when they were the runner-up of Serie B and returned to Serie A after 4 seasons. Conti became the new team captain after the retirement of long-serving Uruguayan defender Diego López in 2010.

In January 2013 Conti extended his contract for 1 more year.[2] On 10 November 2013, he scored a brace against Torino. His father Bruno wrote an open letter which was published on the local newspaper L'Unione Sarda several days later, congratulating him on a stellar career[3] – earlier that year Daniele became the club's all-time appearance maker, breaking local legend Mario Brugnera's three decade-old record.[4]

He played once for Italy U21 team, on 16 August 2000, in a friendly that beat Mexico U23 2–0.

Personal Life

Conti is married to long-time girlfriend Valeria and they have two sons, Bruno (named after his grandfather) and Manuel.[3][1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bruno e Daniele, i Conti che tornano" (in Italian). Gazetta dello Sport. 31 October 1999.
  2. ↑ "Daniele Conti rossoblù sino al 2014" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Esplora il significato del termine: L’orgoglio dei Conti, papà Bruno scrive a Daniele «Onori la nostra famiglia, dentro e fuori il campo»" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 13 November 2013. line feed character in |title= at position 86 (help)
  4. ↑ "Cagliari Calcio – Presenze assolute – Top 20". cagliaricalcio.net.

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