Daniele Cacia

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Daniele Cacia
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-08-23) 23 August 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Catanzaro, Italy
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Ascoli
Number 21
Youth career
1996-2000 Piacenza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2007 Piacenza 91 (35)
2002 → Ternana (loan) 0 (0)
2003 → SPAL (loan) 3 (0)
2005 → Pistoiese (loan) 12 (8)
2008 Fiorentina 3 (0)
2008–2012 Lecce 22 (2)
2009–2010 → Reggina (loan) 27 (4)
2010–2011 → Piacenza (loan) 34 (17)
2011–2012 → Padova (loan) 33 (11)
2012–2014 Verona 52 (24)
2014–2015 Bologna 38 (11)
2015– Ascoli 0 (0)
International career
2000-2001 Italy U-18 1 (0)
2001-2002 Italy U-19[1] 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:24, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Daniele Cacia (born 23 August 1983) is an Italian football striker. He currently plays for Serie B side Ascoli. He is a former Italy Under 19's International.

Career

Piacenza

Born in Catanzaro, and coming through the youth ranks at Piacenza. He made his debut for Piacenza in Serie B 2000-2001 against Crotone March 9th 2001, less than 18 years of age. In 2002-2003 he was loaned to Ternana, where he never played after fracturing his fibula. After a loan spell at SPAL, in the 2003-2004 he returned to Piacenza with which he made 13 appearances scoring his first goal in the 3-2 loss at home to Napoli. He joined Pistoiese on loan of Serie C1 and scored 8 goals in 12 games.

Cacia returned was team leading goalscorer for Piacenza in 2005-06 (18 goals in 37 games) and 2006-07 season (28 games and 14 goals), however his 2006-07 season was cut short when he suffered a broken ankle against Crotone.

Fiorentina Co-Ownership

In summer 2007 half of his contractual rights was sold to Fiorentina for €4.5 million,[2] due to injury, he played for Piacenza until winter transfer period, when he moved to Florence in January 2008. Caica made his Fiorentina debut on January 16 in the second leg of the Italian Cup against Ascoli.

Cacia who faced competition for places from Luca Toni, Christian Vieri, Giampaolo Pazzini and Adrian Mutu, only played 6 games for Fiorentina in all competitions during the 2007/08 season, with his only goal for the club coming in the UEFA Cup against Rosenborg BK in 2008.

In June 2008 he was bought back by Piacenza for €2.8 million[2]

Lecce + Loan Moves

Cacia signed for U.S. Lecce in Serie A on July 2008 after acquiring half of his registration rights from Piacenza for €3 million. He was given the number 9 shirt at the club.[3][4] On 22 February 2009 he was injured in the match against Lazio after fracturing his fibula. On February 28, he underwent surgery in Pavia. He scored 2 goals in 22 games during his debut season at the club.

After returning from injury, he was loaned to Reggina on 28 August 2009, where he played 27 times scoring just 4 goals.

A loan move in 2010 back to his old club Piacenza saw Cacia recapture his goal scoring form, on 14 August 2010 Cacia scored a hatrick in a 5-3 victory in the Italian Cup second qualifying round against Virtus Lanciano. Cacia ended the season scoring 21 goals in all competitions and finish 3rd in the scoring charts in Serie B for the 2010/11 season. In June 2011 Lecce acquired Cacia outright. After impressing back at Piacenza, Cacia joined Padova on loan in 2011, scoring 11 league goals.

Verona

in 2012, Cacia joined Verona in Serie B on a permanent deal.[5] During the 2012-13 season Cacia scored 24 goals in Serie B making him the top goal scorer in the division and helping earn Verona promotion to Serie A as runners up behind U.S. Sassuolo Calcio.

However after the arrival of former Italian International Luca Toni during the summer of the 2013/14 season, Cacia found his first team place more limited in Serie A making only 13 appearances, with 10 of those coming off the bench as a substitute.

On 13 June 2014, Cacia announced he would be leaving Verona in search of more regular football,[6] On 27 June it was revealed that Cacia was still a target for Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino.[7]

Bologna

On 5 August 2014 he was signed by Serie B club Bologna on free transfer.[8] He wore no.9 shirt from departing Rolando Bianchi.[9] His first season, he scored 11 goals in 38 games to help Bologna gain promotion to Serie A via the Playoffs by beating Pescara, qualifying as the highest place team after a 1-1 aggregate draw in the two legged final.[10]

Ascoli

On 11 September 2015 Cacia was signed by Serie B newcomer Ascoli in a 2-year contract.[11][12]

International Career

Cacia was capped by Italy Under 19's in 2001, making his debut against England Under 19's on the 14 June in a 4-1 win. The last of his 6 Italy Under 19 caps came on 24 November 2011 in the 4-0 victory against Moldova Under 19's

Honours

Promotion through

Piacenza

Verona

Individual

  • Capocannoniere (Serie B: Golden Boot) 2012/13 Season: 24 Goals

Career Statistics

Statistiche aggiornate al 19 gennaio 2014.

Season Team Competition Domestic Cup European Altre coppe Total
Comp League Goals Comp Pres Reti Comp Pres Reti Comp Pres Reti Pres Reti
2000-2001 Italy Piacenza B 1 0 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 1 0
2001-2002 A 0 0 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0
2002-gen. 2003 Italy Ternana B 0 0 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0
gen.-giu. 2003 Italy SPAL C1 3 0 CI-C - - - - - - - - 3 0
2003-2004 Italy Piacenza B 13 1 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 13 1
2004-gen. 2005 B 6 0 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 6 0
gen.-giu. 2005 Italy Pistoiese C1 12 8 CI-C - - - - - - - - 12 8
2005-2006 Italy Piacenza B 37 18 CI 3 3 - - - - - - 40 21
2006-2007 B 28 14 CI 2 2 - - - - - - 30 16
2007-gen. 2008 B 6 2 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 6 2
gen.-giu. 2008 Italy Fiorentina A 3 0 CI 2 0 CU 2 1 - - - 7 1
2008-2009 Italy Lecce A 22 2 CI 1 0 - - - - - - 23 2
2009-2010 Italy Reggina B 27 4 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 27 4
2010-2011 Italy Piacenza B 34+2[13] 17+1[13] CI 2 3 - - - - - - 38 21
Totale Piacenza 125+2 52+1 7 8 - - - - 134 61
2011-2012 Italy Padova B 33 11 CI - - - - - - - - 33 11
2012-2013 Italy Verona B 39 24 CI 2 1 - - - - - - 41 25
2013-2014 A 10 0 CI 2 0 - - - - - - 12 0
Total Verona 49 24 4 1 - - - - 53 25
Total Career 274+2 100+1 14 9 2 1 - - 292 110

References

  1. ↑ FIGC
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 ACF Fiorentina Report and Accounts on 31 December 2008 (Italian)
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