Di Gennaro while playing for Reggina.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Davide Di Gennaro | ||
Date of birth | 16 June 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Cagliari | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
Cimiano | |||
1995–2007 | Milan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2012 | Milan | 1 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Bologna (loan) | 22 | (2) |
2008–2009 | → Genoa (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → Reggina (loan) | 24 | (1) |
2010 | → Livorno (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2010–2011 | → Padova (loan) | 17 | (5) |
2011–2012 | → Modena (loan) | 32 | (10) |
2012–2013 | Spezia | 34 | (9) |
2013–2015 | Palermo | 14 | (2) |
2014–2015 | → Vicenza (loan) | 39 | (4) |
2015– | Cagliari | 51 | (6) |
National team‡ | |||
2004 | Italy U16 | 5 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Italy U17 | 7 | (2) |
2005 | Italy U18 | 2 | (1) |
2006 | Italy U19 | 1 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Italy U20 | 5 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Italy U21 | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:54, 19 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 March 2010 |
Davide Di Gennaro (born 16 June 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Cagliari.
Di Gennaro is a product of Milan's youth system, which he joined from amateur side Cimiano in 1995. There he went on to become the captain of their under-20 squad. On 19 May 2007, he made his first team debut, aged 18, in a Serie A game against Udinese. For the 2007–08 season the young midfielder was loaned out to Bologna in Serie B, where he scored two goal in 22 appearances, playing an important part in the club's promotion to Serie A.
In August 2008, Di Gennaro was transferred to Genoa in a co-ownership deal, in compensasion for Marco Borriello, who was brought back to Milan. Nevertheless, after only making one league appearance, he was loaned out to Reggina, just before the transfers deadline. Oddly enough, he scored his only goal of the season – his first in Serie A – in the game against Milan at the San Siro, on 7 February 2009. The Rossoneri later equalised and the match finished 1–1.
On 27 June 2009, Milan reclaimed Di Gennaro from the co-ownership with Genoa via a blind auction, after the two teams had failed to reach an agreement, for €1.25 million. Di Gennaro signed a new 3-year deal. However, during a pre-season friendly he suffered a broken metatarsal, which forced him out for the first months of the season. After recovering from the injury, he struggled to return to form, playing only two Coppa Italia games. In order to get some more playing time, on 29 January 2010 he was loaned to Livorno for the remainder of the season.