Luca Caldirola

Luca Caldirola (born 1 February 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie B club Monza. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a left-back.

Luca Caldirola
Caldirola warming up for Werder Bremen in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-02-01) 1 February 1991
Place of birth Desio, Italy
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Monza
Number 5
Youth career
1995–1999 Base 96
1999–2010 Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Vitesse Arnhem (loan) 11 (0)
2011–2013 Cesena 18 (0)
2011–2012 → Inter Milan (loan) 0 (0)
2012–2013 → Brescia (loan) 38 (0)
2013–2019 Werder Bremen 46 (1)
2015–2016 → Darmstadt 98 (loan) 34 (0)
2017–2019 Werder Bremen II 3 (0)
2019–2021 Benevento 67 (8)
2021– Monza 16 (0)
National team
2006–2007 Italy U16 14 (1)
2007–2008 Italy U17 9 (0)
2009 Italy U18 3 (0)
2009–2010 Italy U19 7 (0)
2010 Italy U20 1 (1)
2010–2013 Italy U21 31 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:46, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Club career

2009–10 season

Caldirola started his career at Inter Milan, where he was the team captain at under-20 level (Primavera) and was occasionally called up to join the first team during the 2009–10 season, without making any appearances, however, on the pitch.[1] Caldirola also played for various youth teams in Lombardy as goalkeeper and midfielder before joined Inter[2] at the age of eight.[3] He played in a friendly match for the Inter first team in 2009.[4]

2010–11 season

On 29 June 2010, Inter loaned out Caldirola to Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem of the Eredivisie for the entire 2010–11 season; he is the second Italian player to be part of the Arnhem club, after Marco De Marchi.[5] Inter also reduced the age limit of its Primavera team to under-19 in 2010, keeping only three players born in 1991 in the 2010–11 season as back-ups for the first team.

Half of the registration rights of Caldirola — and Luca Garritano — were sold to Cesena as part of the deal that brought defender Yuto Nagatomo to the San Siro in June 2011, after a successful loan.[6] Half of the registration rights of Caldirola was valued €2.5 million; Caldirola signed a four-year contract.[7] Both Caldirola and Garritano returned to Inter in a temporary deal for the 2011–12 season.

2011–12 season
Caldirola with Inter Milan in the late 2011

On 7 December 2011, Caldirola made his first team debut for Inter in a UEFA Champions League group stage match against CSKA Moscow which ended in a 2–1 loss at San Siro.[8]

On 4 January 2012, Inter confirmed that Caldirola signed a loan deal until the end of the season with the Serie B outfit Brescia.[9]

2012–13 season

In June 2012, the co-ownership deal was renewed and Caldirola reported to Cesena in pre-season on 10 July 2012, where he played the first half of the season for the Romagna club before again being loaned to Brescia in January 2013,[10] where he finished the campaign with 15 league appearances.

In June 2013 Inter bought back Caldirola for €2.5 million, with Riccardo Melgrati and Thomas Pedrabissi moved to Cesena outright for €750,000 and €1 million respectively; Cesena also signed Yago Del Piero in co-ownership deal for €250,000, thus the deals only involves €500,000 cash to Cesena.[11]

Werder Bremen

On 26 June 2013, SV Werder Bremen confirmed the signing of Luca Caldirola from Inter on a four-year contract,[12] for a €2.5 million transfer fee.[13]

He missed most of the 2016–17 season due to injuries.[14] With his contract running out at the end of the month, he agreed to a two-year contract extension on 15 June 2017.[14]

After an envisaged transfer away from the club did not materialise in summer 2018, Caldirola trained with Werder Bremen's reserves in the first half of the 2018–19 season.[15]

Darmstadt 98 (loan)

On 15 July 2015, Caldirola was loaned out for a season to SV Darmstadt 98.[16]

Benevento

On 30 January 2019, Caldirola joined Italian Serie B side Benevento on a free transfer, returning to Italy after five years.[17][15]

Monza

On 17 July 2021, Caldirola moved to Monza in the Serie B on a two-year contract.[18]

International career

Caldirola has represented his native country of Italy at all youth levels, from under-16 to under-20.[19]

On 17 November 2010, he made his debut with the Italy under-21 team in a friendly match against Turkey in a 2–1 victory played in Fermo.

In 2009, he participated at the UEFA Under-19 Championship with the Italians.

In May 2011, he was called-on by Ciro Ferrara to play the games of the 2011 Toulon Tournament. Under the management of Devis Mangia, in 2012, Caldirola was named captain of the under-21 side, where he led the Azzurini in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 January 2022[20]
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vitesse Arnhem 2010–11 Eredivisie 110——110
Inter Milan 2011–12 Serie A ——1[lower-alpha 2]010
Brescia 2011–12 Serie B 190——190
Cesena 2012–13 Serie B 18010—190
Brescia 2012–13 Serie B 190——190
Werder Bremen 2013–14 Bundesliga 33010—340
2014–15 Bundesliga 7110—81
2016–17 Bundesliga 5000—50
2017–18 Bundesliga 1000—10
Total 4612000481
Darmstadt 98 (loan) 2015–16 Bundesliga 34020—360
Werder Bremen II 2016–17 3. Liga 20——20
2017–18 3. Liga 10——10
Total 30000030
Benevento 2018–19 Serie B 16300—163
2019–20 Serie B 33310—103
2020–21 Serie A 18200—182
Total 6781000688
Monza 2021–22 Serie B 16010—170
Career total 233970102419
  1. Includes Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal
  2. Appearance in UEFA Champions League

References
  1. "Luca Caldirola joins SBV Vitesse". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  2. "NAMES FOR THE FUTURE: LUCA CALDIROLA". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 28 April 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  3. "Three youngsters with first team for TIM Trophy". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  4. "TIM Trophy: Inter 1–0 A.C. Milan". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  5. "Vitesse huurt Caldirola van Internazionale" (in Dutch). Vitesse. 29 June 2010. Archived from the original on 5 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  6. "Transfer market: Nagatomo belongs to Inter now". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  7. A.C. Cesena SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
  8. Mark Doyle (7 December 2011). "Inter 1-2 CSKA Moscow: Russians snatch victory in San Siro to join Serie A side in knockout stages". Goal.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  9. "Transfer market: Caldirola joins Brescia on loan". inter.it. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  10. "Calciomercato Inter: Caldirola torna al Brescia" [Transfer market Inter: Caldirola returns to Brescia] (in Italian). Calciomercato.com. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  11. AC Cesena SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian)
  12. "Transfer fix! Vier-Jahresvertrag für Luca Caldirola" (in German). Werder Bremen. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  13. F.C. Internazionale Milano SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian)
  14. Hanke, Maik (15 June 2017). "WERDER BESTÄTIGT CALDIROLA-VERLÄNGERUNG". WerderStube (in German). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  15. "Caldirola-Wechsel zu Benevento Calcio perfekt". Deichstube (in German). Kreiszeitung. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  16. "Lilien leihen Luca Caldirola von Werder Bremen aus" (in German). SV Darmstadt 98. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  17. "UFFICIALE: Benevento, colpo Caldirola per la difesa" (in Italian). Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  18. "Luca Caldirola è del Monza" [Luca Caldirola is a Monza player]. A.C. Monza (in Italian). 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  19. "NOME: CALDIROLA LUCA" (in Italian). FIGC.it. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  20. Luca Caldirola at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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