Daniel Ciofani
Ciofani with Frosinone in 2014
Personal information
Full name Daniel Ciofani[1]
Date of birth (1985-07-31) 31 July 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Avezzano, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cremonese
Number 9
Youth career
Pescara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Pescara 12 (1)
2006–2007 → Celano (loan) 29 (7)
2008 → Gela (loan) 15 (7)
2008–2011 Cisco/Atletico Roma 98 (54)
2011–2013 Parma 0 (0)
2011–2012 → Gubbio (loan) 37 (8)
2012–2013 → Perugia (loan) 28 (12)
2013–2019 Frosinone 211 (71)
2019– Cremonese 146 (32)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024

Daniel Ciofani (born 31 July 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Cremonese for which he captains.

Career

Pescara

Born in Avezzano, Abruzzo, Ciofani started his career at Serie B side Pescara. In August 2006, he was loaned to Serie C1 side Celano along with Alessio Spoltore.[2] He made 29 league appearances for Celano and returned to Pescara on 1 July 2007. With Pescara which the team recently relegated to Serie C1 in June 2007, he only made two appearances. On 4 January 2008, he was loaned to Gela of Serie C2.[3] He scored seven goals in half season.

Atletico Roma

Ciofani was loaned to Seconda Divisione (ex- Serie C2) side Cisco Roma in August 2008 (renamed to Atletico Roma in 2010) with option to buy half of the registration rights in June 2009, for €130,000.[4][5] He scored 37 goals in two seasons and won the promotion playoffs with Cisco Roma in 2010. He was the team top-scorer of Cisco Roma and top-scorer of the 2nd Divisione Group C in 2009–10 season. Which he was the joint-topscorer of the league along with Alessandro Marotta of Group B. He scored two more goals in the playoffs, just one goal short behind Alessandro Cesarini and Giacomo Casoli (both three goals) and shared the play-offs second highest scorer with Alessandro Cesca, Francesco Corapi, Antonio Montella and Antonio Gaeta; thus he was the overall top-scorer of the 2nd Divisione.

In June 2010, Pescara also won promotion (but to Serie B) and both clubs failed to agree the price of the remained 50% registration rights,[6] thus both clubs had to submit a bid in envelope to Lega Pro to decide the ownership. On 30 June 2010, Lega Pro announced that Cisco Roma won the closed tender as the highest bidder[7] for an additional €222,000.[4]

Parma

On 8 July 2010, Ciofani signed for Serie A side Parma F.C. in another co-ownership deal, for €300,000 in four-year contract.[8] As part of the deal, Atletico Roma signed Alessio Tombesi (for €50,000) and Abel Gigli (for a peppercorn fee) in co-ownership deal, Abdou Doumbia and Gianluca Lapadula on loan.[9] Ciofani also remained in Rome on loan for another season. He scored 16 goals in 2010–11 season as team-topscorer.[10] On 24 June 2011, Parma bought the remain 50% registration rights for €100,000[8] and bought back Gigli.

In July 2011, he was loaned to Serie B newcomer Gubbio, which Parma also bore part of the wage for €185,000 as premi di valorizzazione.[11] On 2 August 2012, he signed for A.C. Perugia Calcio.[12] ca. summer 2012 he added one more year to his contract with Parma (to 2015), made Parma still eligible to form co-ownership contract with any club until 2013.

Frosinone

On 30 June 2013, Ciofani signed for Frosinone Calcio in co-ownership deal, swapped with Leandro Campagna.[13] Both 50% registration rights of the players were tagged for €600,000.[14] On 24 January 2014, Frosinone signed Ciofani outright.[15] He scored his first goal in Serie A for the club on 28 October 2015 in a 2–1 win over Carpi.

Cremonese

On 9 August 2019, Ciofani signed a multi-year contract with Cremonese.[16] On 28 February 2023, he scored a penalty in a 2–1 win over Roma, which was his club's first win in the 2022–23 Serie A season after 24 matches, and also the first since the 1995–96 season.[17]

Personal life

His brother, Matteo is also a professional footballer, and were teammates on Frosinone between 2013 and 2018.

References

  1. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 209" [Official Press Release No. 209] (PDF). Lega Serie A. 21 April 2016. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Ferrante al Pescara ma firma lunedì". Pescara Calcio (in Italian). 25 August 2006. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Ceduti sei calciatori". Pescara Calcio (in Italian). 4 January 2008. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  4. ^ a b Delfino Pescara 1936 Srl bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2010 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA (in Italian)
  5. ^ "MERCATO: ceduti quattro calciatori". Pescara Calcio (in Italian). 21 July 2008. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  6. ^ "RAFFAELE FRANCHINI ACQUISTATO DALLA CISCO ROMA. PER CIOFANI INCOGNITA BUSTE..." AS Cisco Calcio Roma (in Italian). 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Risoluzioni accordi di partecipazione ed esito apertura buste ( C.U. Lega Pro 156L del 18/05/10)" (in PDF). Lega Pro (in Italian). 30 June 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ a b Parma FC Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (in Italian) Require purchase in CCIAA
  9. ^ "ATLETICO ROMA: QUATTRO COLPI DI MERCATO CHE ARRIVANO DA PARMA". Atletico Roma (in Italian). 9 July 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  10. ^ "Classifica Marcatori – 1° Divisione gir. B" (in Italian). Lega Pro. c. 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  11. ^ Parma FC SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
  12. ^ "Calciomercato Perugia ecco Daniel Ciofani dal Parma". Legapro.it (in Italian). 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  13. ^ "CIOFANI E' DEL FROSINONE" (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  14. ^ Parma FC SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian) Require purchase in CCIAA
  15. ^ "Daniel Ciofani a titolo definitivo" (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  16. ^ "DANIEL CIOFANI IN GRIGIOROSSO" (Press release) (in Italian). Cremonese. 9 August 2019. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  17. ^ "Cremonese-Roma 2-1: prima gioia grigiorossa, Ciofani gela Mourinho" (in Italian). Goal.com. 28 February 2023.

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