 Dessena withCagliari in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniele Dessena[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-05-10)10 May 1987 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Parma, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olbia | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2004 | Parma | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2008 | Parma | 81 | (5) |
| 2008–2012 | Sampdoria | 55 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | →Cagliari (loan) | 29 | (3) |
| 2012–2019 | Cagliari | 166 | (7) |
| 2019–2021 | Brescia | 42 | (4) |
| 2021 | Pescara | 13 | (3) |
| 2021–2023 | Virtus Entella | 35 | (1) |
| 2023 | →Olbia (loan) | 12 | (4) |
| 2023– | Olbia | 31 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| 2004 | Italy U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Italy U19 | 7 | (1) |
| 2006–2009 | Italy U21 | 25 | (6) |
| 2008 | Italy Olympic | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 May 2024 | |||
Daniele Dessena (born 10 May 1987)[2] is an Italian professionalfootballer who plays as amidfielder forSerie D clubOlbia.
Dessena began his football career in the youth ranks ofParma and made his official debut in the first team on 27 February 2005 againstLazio.[3] This season also made his debut in the UEFA Cup on 24 February 2005, in a 2–0 win againstVfB Stuttgart. During the 2005–06 season he scored 3 goals in 17 games. During the 2006–07 season Dessena became one of the star players atParma, he made 34Serie A appearances scoring 2 goals, he also scored 2 goals in 6 games during theUEFA Cup campaign.
The 2007–08 season, Dessena played in 28Serie A games forParma. In total he played 101 games forParma in all competitions scoring 7 goals in the Emilian shirt.
In the summer of 2008 Dessena arrived atU.C. Sampdoria for a €4 million transfer fee. He made his debut on 31 August in a 1–1 draw againstInter Milan. On 23 October 2008, he scored his first goal for Sampdoria againstPartizan Belgrade in the group stage of theUEFA Cup. He also scored a brace for Sampdoria in a 5–0 victory against Reggina on 9 May 2009. He made 25 appearances and scored two goals during his first season at the club.
On 31 August 2009, he joined fellowSerie A sideCagliari. On 27 September, he scored his first goal for Cagliari in the game against his former team Parma. He scored again on 18 October against Catania and 14 March 2010 against Genoa.
On 25 June 2010, he was re-signed by Sampdoria after being brought back to the club by his former Parma ManagerDomenico Di Carlo. Despite playing in aUEFA Champions League qualifier game for Sampdoria during the 2010–11 season, Sampdoria had to settle for a place in theUEFA Europa League after failing to progress to the group stages. Dessena made 6 appearances for Sampdoria during the Europa League campaign. However, the Serie A season ended in relegation toSerie B, Dessena stayed with the club in Serie B making 8 appearances during the first half of the 2011–12 season.
Having made only eight appearances in 2011–12 during the first part of the season forSampdoria inSerie B, Dessena was loaned toSerie A clubCagliari in January for the remainder of the season. He made 12 appearances and scored 1 goal.[4] After impressing during his 6-month loan spell, he joinedCagliari on a permanent deal in July 2012.
In the 2012–13 season he totalled 31 appearances and three goals under managersMassimo Ficcadenti andIvo Pulga.
In the 2013–14 season he was deployed more frequently in a holding midfield position under new managerLuis Diego López. In February 2014, Dessena wore special rainbow laces againstInter Milan in support of Paddy Powers #Allacciamoli campaign to combat homophobia in football.[5]
On 10 January 2019, Dessena signed withSerie B clubBrescia.[6]
On 1 February 2021, Dessena signed withSerie B clubPescara.[7]
On 20 July 2021, he signed withVirtus Entella.[8] On 1 February 2023, Dessena moved on loan toOlbia, with an obligation to buy.[9]
Dessena made 2 appearances for theItaly U18 team and 7 appearances for theU-19 team.
In May 2008 he won theToulon Tournament with theItaly National Olympic team, assisting teammateDani Osvaldo for the only goal of the victorious final againstChile.[10] During the event, he scored a goal in Italy's victory over theUnited States.[11] He played for Italy at the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing.
From 2006 to 2009, he was a regular member of theItaly U-21s, coached byPierluigi Casiraghi.
In May 2009, he was called up to theEuropean Championships but only made substitute appearances as second choice behindLuca Cigarini andClaudio Marchisio. He finished with a bronze medal with Italy finishing in 3rd.
Updated 15 August 2020[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Parma | 2004–05 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 3 | ||||
| 2006–07 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | – | 43 | 4 | |||
| 2007–08 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 81 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 7 | ||
| Sampdoria | 2008–09 | Serie A | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 33 | 3 | |
| 2010–11 | Serie A | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Serie B | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 55 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 3 | ||
| Cagliari (loan) | 2009–10 | Serie A | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 3 | ||
| Cagliari | 2011–12 | Serie A | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2012–13 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 3 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 1 | ||||
| 2015–16 | Serie B | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17 | Serie A | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 18 | 1 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 195 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 12 | ||
| Brescia | 2018–19 | Serie B | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | Serie A | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 2 | |||
| 2020–21 | Serie B | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 2 | |||
| Total | 53 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 5 | ||
| Pescara | 2020–21 | Serie B | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 3 | ||
| Virtus Entella | 2021–22 | Serie C | 22 | 1 | – | – | – | 22 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 419 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 470 | 31 | ||
Italy U21
