Daniele Montevago
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| Full name | Daniele Montevago[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 March 2003[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Palermo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Perugia | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2017 | Stella d’Oriente | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Palermo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Sampdoria | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Sampdoria | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → Gubbio (loan) | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | → Virtus Entella (loan) | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Perugia | 56 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Italy U20 | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Daniele Montevago (born 18 March 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie C Group B club Perugia.
Born in Palermo, Montevago started playing football at three years old,[2] before joining the local grassroots football school Stella d'Oriente.[2][3][4] In 2017, he entered Palermo's youth sector, where he spent two seasons before the club ultimately faced bankruptcy; then, in 2019, he joined Sampdoria.[2][3][5]
Following his performances for the Blucerchiati's youth teams, Montevago started training with the first team during the second half of the 2021-22 season, under manager Marco Giampaolo, and received his first call-ups to Serie A match-day squads.[2][6] In the summer of 2022, the forward extended his contract with Sampdoria until 2025.[6]
In the following campaign, Montevago kept training with the senior squad, under the new coach Dejan Stanković; he subsequently made his professional debut on 29 October 2022, coming in a substitute for Manolo Gabbiadini at the 78th minute of the 3–0 Serie A loss against Inter Milan.[4][7] On 12 January 2023, he made his first start in a professional game, together with team-mate Flavio Paoletti, in a 1–0 Coppa Italia loss to Fiorentina.[8]
On 1 September 2023, Montevago joined Serie C club Gubbio on loan.[9] On 23 September, he scored his first professional goal in a 1–0 league win over Vis Pesaro.[10]
On 11 January 2024, he joined fellow third-tier side Virtus Entella on loan until the end of the season.[11][12]
On 29 July 2024, Montevago moved to Perugia on a three-year contract, with Sampdoria holding an option to buy back.[13]
International career
Montevago has represented Italy at youth international level. After taking part in training camps with the under-15 and under-16 national teams,[14][15] he went on to play for the under-20 national team.[16]
In May 2023, he was included by head coach Carmine Nunziata in the Italian squad that took part in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina,[17] where the Azzurrini finished runners-up after losing to Uruguay in the final match.[18][19]
Style of play
Montevago is a centre forward, who has been regarded for his physical strength and his finishing.[3]
Although he has been compared to Christian Vieri,[2][3] he has actually named Duván Zapata and Fabio Quagliarella as his main sources of inspiration.[3][5]