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Daniele Dessena

Daniele Dessena
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Personal information
Date of birth (1987-05-10) 10 May 1987 (age 29)
Place of birth Parma, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Cagliari
Number 4
Youth career
1997–2004 Parma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Parma 81 (5)
2008–2009 Sampdoria 25 (2)
2009–2010 Cagliari 29 (3)
2010–2012 Sampdoria 30 (0)
2012– Cagliari 128 (7)
National team
2004 Italy U18 2 (0)
2006–2009 Italy U19 7 (1)
2006–2009 Italy U21 20 (5)
2008 Italy Olympic 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2016.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2009

Daniele Dessena (born 10 May 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cagliari.

Dessena began his football career in the youth ranks of Parma and made his official debut in the first team on 27 February 2005 against Lazio. This season also made his debut in the UEFA Cup on 24 February 2005, in a 2–0 win against VfB Stuttgart. During the 2005/6 season he scored 3 goals in 17 games. During the 2006/7 season Dessena became one of the star players at Parma, he made 34 Serie A appearances scoring 2 goals, he also scored 2 goals in 6 games during the Uefa Cup campaign.

The 2007/8 season, Dessena played in 28 Serie A games for Parma. In total he played 101 games for Parma in all competitions scoring 7 goals in the Emilian shirt.

In the summer of 2008 he arrived at Sampdoria for €4 million. He made his debut on 31 August in a 1–1 draw against Inter Milan. On 23 October 2008 he scored his first goal for Sampdoria against Partizan Belgrade in the group stage of the UEFA Cup. He also scored a brace for Sampdoria in a 5–0 victory against Reggina on 9 May 2009. He made 25 appearances and scored two goals during his first season at the club.

On 31 August 2009 he joined fellow Serie A side Cagliari. On 27 September, he scored his first goal for Cagliari in the game against his former team Parma. He scored again on 18 October against Catania and 14 March 2010 against Genoa.

On 25 June 2010, he was re-signed by Sampdoria after being brought back to the club by his former Parma Manager Domenico Di Carlo. Despite playing in a UEFA Champions League qualifier game for Sampdoria during the 2010/11 season, Sampdoria had to settle for a place in the Europa League after failing to progress to the group stages. Dessena made 6 appearances for Sampdoria during the Europa League campaign. However, the Serie A season ended in relegation to Serie B, Dessena stayed with the club in Serie B making 8 appearances during the first half of the 2011/13 season.


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