Daniele Conti
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 Conti in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Nettuno, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Roma | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Roma | 5 | (1) |
| 1999–2015 | Cagliari | 434 | (47) |
| Total | 439 | (48) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Italy U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Daniele Conti (born 9 January 1979) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played most of his career for Cagliari as a midfielder. He is the son of former AS Roma and Italy star Bruno Conti, and the younger brother of fellow footballer Andrea Conti.[1]
Conti started his career at his father's club Roma, debuting in 1996.[2] In 1999, he was sold to Cagliari in a co-ownership deal for 800 million lire (€413,166).[3] He did not leave the club despite the club being relegated in 2000. In June 2000 Cagliari signed him outright for another 1.25 billion lire (€645,571).[3]
In June 2004, he was in the team when they were the runner-up of Serie B and returned to Serie A after four seasons. Conti became the new team captain after the retirement of long-serving Uruguayan defender Diego López in 2010.[4]
In January 2013 Conti extended his contract for one more year.[5] On 10 November 2013, he scored a brace against Torino. His father Bruno wrote an open letter which was published on the local newspaper L'Unione Sarda several days later, congratulating him on a stellar career[6] – earlier that year Daniele became the club's all-time appearance maker, breaking local legend Mario Brugnera's three decade-old record.[7] He retired at the end of the 2014–15 season, after sixteen years with the club.[4] In total, he made 464 appearances for Cagliari, scoring 51 goals.[1]
International career
Conti played once for the Italy U21 team, on 16 August 2000, in a 2–0 friendly win over the Mexico U23 side.
