Daniele Verde
Verde with Valladolid in 2018
Personal information
Full name Daniele Verde
Date of birth (1996-06-20) 20 June 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Spezia
Number 99
Youth career
Pigna
2010–2014 Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Roma 7 (0)
2015 → Frosinone (loan) 6 (0)
2016 → Pescara (loan) 9 (3)
2016 → Avellino (loan) 32 (8)
2017–2018 → Hellas Verona (loan) 30 (2)
2018–2019 → Real Valladolid (loan) 22 (2)
2019–2021 AEK Athens 30 (6)
2020–2021 → Spezia (loan) 21 (6)
2021– Spezia 72 (13)
International career‡
2014–2015 Italy U19 8 (1)
2015–2016 Italy U20 4 (0)
2015–2018 Italy U21 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2018

Daniele Verde (born 20 June 1996) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Serie B club Spezia.

Club career

Roma

Born in Naples, Verde is a youth product from Roma. Verde featured for the A.S. Roma Primavera side that qualified for the knockout stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League, finishing 2nd in their group, Verde scoring twice in the group stage, both coming in wins against CSKA Moscow.[2][3]

Verde made his senior debut on 17 January 2015 in the Serie A fixture against Palermo, replacing Juan Iturbe after 75 minutes of a 1–1 away draw.[4] On 8 February 2015, Verde starred on his first start for Roma, playing 90 minutes as they won 2–1 away at Cagliari, with Verde assisting both of Roma's goals, for Adem Ljajić and Leandro Paredes.[5]

On 9 July 2015, he was officially transferred on loan to Frosinone.[6] On 6 January 2016, he was transferred on loan to Serie B side Pescara for the remainder of the 2015–16 season.[7] On 15 July, fellow Serie B side Avellino confirmed that Verde had joined on loan from Roma.[8] Verde played from start to finish in Avellino's 2–0 away defeat against Bassano Virtus in round one of the 2016–17 edition of the Coppa Italia on 7 August.[9]

On 8 August 2018, Verde joined to Spanish La Liga club Real Valladolid on loan until 30 June 2019 with an option to buy.[10]

AEK Athens

On 16 July 2019, AEK Athens agreed with Roma for the transfer of the young winger to the Greek club for an estimated transfer fee of €1 million, plus a resale rate of 30%.[11] Verde signed a three-year contract,[12] earning €750,000 per year and will be given the number 7 shirt, upon request.[13] The following day, AEK officially announced the acquisition of the Italian winger.[14] On 7 December 2019, he scored his maiden goal for the Athens-based club with a stunning free kick which beat Jérémy Malherbe with the help of the right post, in a hammering 5–0 home win game against Panionios.[15] On 5 January 2020, Daniel Verde came on after the restart and gave a new wind to the home side, and he deservedly added his name to the scoresheet with AEK's second penalty of the game with eight minutes remaining, sealing a 3–1 home win game against Panetolikos.[16] On 23 February 2020, Verde scored a brace with clinical side-footed finish, as a resurgent AEK Athens continued their impressive form with a convincing 3–0 home win over OFI.[17]

On 14 June 2020, he came in as a substitute and scored with an excellent left-footed strike, sealing a 2–0 away win against OFI.[18] On 12 July 2020, he converted a penalty in a 3–1 away win against Panathinaikos.[19]

Spezia

On 22 September 2020, AEK officially announced that the Italian winger completed a move to Spezia. AEK received €300,000 from the loan, with a mandatory purchase of €800,000.[20]

International career

On 29 September 2014, Verde received his first call up to the Italy U19 squad for the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round fixtures against Armenia, Serbia and San Marino in October 2014.[21] Verde featured in all three game as Italy U19 qualified for the elite round to be played in 2015, scoring in the 3–0 victory against Armenia on 10 October 2014.[22]

He made his debut with the Italy U21 on 12 August 2015, in a friendly match against Hungary.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 April 2023.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Roma 2014–15 Serie A 7 0 1 0 2 0 10 0
Frosinone (loan) 2015–16 Serie A 6 0 1 0 — 7 0
Pescara (loan) 2015–16 Serie B 9 3 0 0 — 9 3
Avellino (loan) 2016–17 Serie B 32 8 1 0 — 33 8
Hellas Verona (loan) 2017–18 Serie A 30 2 3 2 — 33 4
Real Valladolid (loan) 2018–19 La Liga 22 2 4 4 — 26 6
AEK Athens 2019–20 Super League Greece 30 6 5 0 3 0 38 6
Spezia 2020–21 Serie A 21 6 3 2 — 24 8
2021–22 Serie A 33 8 1 0 — 34 8
2022–23 Serie A 20 3 3 3 — 23 6
Total 74 17 7 5 0 0 81 22
Career total 210 38 22 11 5 0 237 49
  1. ^ Includes Coppa Italia, Copa del Rey, Greek Football Cup

Honours

AEK Athens

References

  1. ^ "Debutto in a per Verde: Ecco chi è il numero 53 giallorosso".
  2. ^ "ROMA U19 VS. CSKA MOSKVA U19 3 - 1". soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  3. ^ "CSKA MOSKVA U19 VS. ROMA U19 0 - 2". soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Palermo vs. Roma 17 January 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Cagliari vs. Roma 8 February 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Home". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Daniele Verde Off to Pescara on Loan | IFD". IFD. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Daniele Verde è un calciatore dell'Avellino" (in Italian). U.S. Avellino. 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Matches/1123006/Live/Italy-Coppa-Italia-2016-2017-Bassano-Virtus-Avellino". www.whoscored.com. Who Scored. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  10. ^ "UFFICIALE: Roma, Verde in prestito con diritto di riscatto al Valladolid" (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  11. ^ "ΑΕΚ: Έκλεισε ο Βέρντε". sport24.gr (in Greek). Online. 16 July 2019.
  12. ^ ΑΕΚ: Και οι Ιταλοί για το deal για Βέρντε! (pic) (in Greek). Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  13. ^ Βέρντε: «Εκλεισε στην ΑΕΚ» (in Greek). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  14. ^ ΑΕΚ: Βέρντε και επίσημα. www.sport24.gr. 17 July 2019.
  15. ^ "ΑΕΚ - Πανιώνιος 5-0: Υποδοχή Καρέρα με πεντάρα". sport24. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  16. ^ "ΑΕΚ - Παναιτωλικός 3-1: Είχε δύο MVP και έγραψε την πρώτη νίκη για το 2020". sport24. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  17. ^ "ΑΕΚ - ΟΦΗ 3-0: Κιτρινόμαυρη καταιγίδα με ιταλική φινέτσα". sport24. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  18. ^ "ΟΦΗ - ΑΕΚ 0-2: Πέρασε από την Κρήτη και πήρε προβάδισμα για τη 2η θέση". www.sport24.gr. 14 June 2020.
  19. ^ "Παναθηναϊκός - ΑΕΚ 1-3: Το ήθελαν περισσότερο και το πήραν οι φιλοξενούμενοι". www.sport24.gr. 12 July 2020.
  20. ^ "ΑΕΚ: Πωλήθηκε στη Σπέτσια ο Βέρντε". www.sport24.gr. 22 September 2020.
  21. ^ "RADUNO PER LE QUALIFICAZIONI EUROPEE: 26 CONVOCATI, IL 10 OTTOBRE L'ESORDIO CON L'ARMENIA" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  22. ^ "ITALY U19 VS. ARMENIA U19 3 - 0". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

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