Riccardo Calafiori
Italian footballer (born 2002)
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Key Takeaways
- Riccardo Calafiori (born 19 May 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Arsenal and the Italy national team.
- He featured sparingly for the club, and was loaned out to Genoa, before departing to Basel and later Bologna.
- Calafiori has represented Italy through various youth levels since 2017, and made his senior debut in June 2024.
- Club career Roma A youth product of Roma, Calafiori signed his first contract with them on 16 June 2018.
- Calafiori made his professional as well as Serie A debut with AS Roma in a 3–1 away victory against Juventus on 1 August 2020.
Riccardo Calafiori (born 19 May 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Arsenal and the Italy national team.
Calafiori began his senior career with Roma. He featured sparingly for the club, and was loaned out to Genoa, before departing to Basel and later Bologna. In July 2024, he joined Premier League club Arsenal for an initial fee of £33.6 million.
Calafiori has represented Italy through various youth levels since 2017, and made his senior debut in June 2024. He played for Italy during UEFA Euro 2024, starting in all three group matches.
Club career
Roma
A youth product of Roma, Calafiori signed his first contract with them on 16 June 2018. Calafiori suffered a near career-ending injury to his knee on 2 October 2018. Calafiori made his professional as well as Serie A debut with AS Roma in a 3–1 away victory against Juventus on 1 August 2020. During the match, he won a penalty which was successfully converted by teammate Diego Perotti, and Calafiori also scored a goal with a strike from distance following a corner. However, the goal was disallowed, as the ball had previously gone out of play.
The following season, on 3 December 2020, Calafiori was brought on by Roma coach Paulo Fonseca as Leonardo Spinazzola's substitute, and scored his first professional goal in Roma's home win against Young Boys in the UEFA Europa League.
On 14 January 2022, Calafiori joined Genoa on loan.
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