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Daniele Cacia
Personal information
Full name Daniele Cacia
Date of birth (1983-08-23) 23 August 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Catanzaro, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1996–2000 Piacenza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2007 Piacenza 91 (35)
2002 → Ternana (loan) 0 (0)
2003 → SPAL (loan) 3 (0)
2005 → Pistoiese (loan) 12 (8)
2008 Fiorentina 3 (0)
2008–2012 Lecce 22 (2)
2009–2010 → Reggina (loan) 27 (4)
2010–2011 → Piacenza (loan) 34 (17)
2011–2012 → Padova (loan) 33 (11)
2012–2014 Hellas Verona 52 (24)
2014–2015 Bologna 38 (11)
2015–2017 Ascoli 67 (29)
2017–2018 Cesena 16 (3)
2018–2019 Novara 32 (12)
2019 Piacenza 14 (1)
International career
2001 Italy U-18 1 (0)
2001 Italy U-19[1] 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2019

Daniele Cacia (born 23 August 1983) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker. He is a former Italy Under 19 international.

Club career

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Piacenza

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Born in Catanzaro, and coming through the youth ranks at Piacenza. He made his debut for Piacenza during the 2000–01 Serie B season, against Crotone, on 9 March 2001, at less than 18 years of age. He was loaned to Ternana for the 2002–03 season, where he never played after fracturing his fibula. After a loan spell at SPAL, he returned to Piacenza for the 2003–04, with which he made 13 appearances, scoring his first goal in a 3–2 home loss to Napoli. He joined Serie C1 side Pistoiese on loan and scored 8 goals in 12 games.

Cacia returned to Piacenza for the 2005–06, and was the team's leading goalscorer, with 18 goals in 37 games. He repeated the feat during the 2006–07 season, scoring 14 goals in 28 games; however his season was cut short when he suffered a broken ankle against Crotone.

Fiorentina co-ownership

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In summer 2007 half of his contractual rights was sold to Fiorentina for €4.5 million,[2] due to injury, he played for Piacenza until winter transfer period, when he moved to Florence in January 2008. Caica made his Fiorentina debut on 16 January in the second leg of the Italian Cup against Ascoli.

Cacia who faced competition for places from Luca Toni, Christian Vieri, Giampaolo Pazzini and Adrian Mutu, only played 6 games for Fiorentina in all competitions during the 2007/08 season, with his only goal for the club coming in the UEFA Cup against Rosenborg BK in 2008.

In June 2008 he was bought back by Piacenza for €2.8 million[2]

Lecce and loan moves

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Cacia signed for U.S. Lecce in Serie A in July 2008 after acquiring half of his registration rights from Piacenza for €3 million. He was given the number 9 shirt at the club.[3][4] On 22 February 2009, he was injured in the match against Lazio after fracturing his fibula. On 28 February, he underwent surgery in Pavia. He scored 2 goals in 22 games during his debut season at the club.

After returning from injury, he was loaned to Reggina on 28 August 2009, where he played 27 times scoring just 4 goals.

A loan move in 2010 back to his old club Piacenza saw Cacia recapture his goal scoring form, on 14 August 2010 Cacia scored a hat trick in a 5–3 victory in the Italian Cup second qualifying round against Virtus Lanciano. Cacia ended the season scoring 21 goals in all competitions and finish 3rd in the scoring charts in Serie B for the 2010–11 season. In June 2011 Lecce acquired Cacia outright. After impressing back at Piacenza, Cacia joined Padova on loan in 2011, scoring 11 league goals.

Hellas Verona

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In 2012, Cacia joined Hellas Verona in Serie B on a permanent deal.[5] During the 2012–13 season Cacia scored 24 goals in Serie B making him the top goal scorer in the division and helping earn Hellas Verona promotion to Serie A as runners up behind U.S. Sassuolo Calcio.

However, after the arrival of former Italian International Luca Toni during the summer of the 2013–14 season, Cacia found his first team place more limited in Serie A making only 13 appearances, with 10 of those coming off the bench as a substitute.

On 13 June 2014, Cacia announced he would be leaving Hellas Verona in search of more regular football,[6] On 27 June it was revealed that Cacia was still a target for Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino.[7]

Bologna

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On 5 August 2014, Cacia signed for Serie B club Bologna on a free transfer.[8] He wore no.9 shirt from departing Rolando Bianchi.[9] In his first season, he scored 11 goals in 38 games[citation needed] helping Bologna gain promotion to Serie A via the play-offs by beating Pescara, qualifying as the highest place team after a 1–1 aggregate draw in the two legged final.[10]

Ascoli

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On 11 September 2015, Cacia was signed by Serie B newcomer Ascoli on a two-year contract.[11][12]

Return to Piacenza

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On 18 July 2019, he returned to Piacenza on a one-year contract.[13] On 12 December 2019, the contract was terminated by mutual consent.[14]

International career

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Cacia was capped by Italy Under 19's in 2001, making his debut against the England national under-19 football team on 14 June in a 4–1 win. The last of his six Italy Under 19 caps came on 24 November 2001, in the team's 4–0 victory against the Moldova Under 19 side.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 19 January 2014
Season Team Competition Domestic Cup European Altre coppe Total
Comp League Goals Comp Pres Reti Comp Pres Reti Comp Pres Reti Pres Reti
2000–01 Italy Piacenza B 1 0 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 1 0
2001–02 A 0 0 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0
2002–Jan. 2003 Italy Ternana B 0 0 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Jan.–Jun. 2003 Italy SPAL C1 3 0 CI-C - - - - - - - - 3 0
2003–04 Italy Piacenza B 13 1 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 13 1
2004–Jan. 2005 B 6 0 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 6 0
Jan.–Jun. 2005 Italy Pistoiese C1 12 8 CI-C - - - - - - - - 12 8
2005–06 Italy Piacenza B 37 18 CI 3 3 - - - - - - 40 21
2006–07 B 28 14 CI 2 2 - - - - - - 30 16
2007–gen. 2008 B 6 2 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 6 2
Jan.–Jun. 2008 Italy Fiorentina A 3 0 CI 2 0 CU 2 1 - - - 7 1
2008–09 Italy Lecce A 22 2 CI 1 0 - - - - - - 23 2
2009–10 Italy Reggina B 27 4 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 27 4
2010–11 Italy Piacenza B 34+2[15] 17+1[15] CI 2 3 - - - - - - 38 21
Totale Piacenza 125+2 52+1 7 8 - - - - 134 61
2011–12 Italy Padova B 33 11 CI - - - - - - - - 33 11
2012–13 Italy Hellas Verona B 39 24 CI 2 1 - - - - - - 41 25
2013–14 A 10 0 CI 2 0 - - - - - - 12 0
Total Verona 49 24 4 1 - - - - 53 25
Total Career 274+2 100+1 14 9 2 1 - - 292 110

Honours

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Club

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Piacenza

Hellas Verona

Individual

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  • Serie B Capocannoniere (Golden Boot Award): 2012–13 (24 Goals)

References

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  1. ^ "Cacia, Daniele" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b ACF Fiorentina Report and Accounts on 31 December 2008 (in Italian)
  3. ^ "Serie B - Piacenza: in tre anni ripianati 15 milioni di perdite" (in Italian). sportpiacenza.it. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Bilancio Lecce 2010/11: l'importanza della Serie A e della TV" (in Italian). ju29ro.com. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Ufficiali: ecco Daniele Cacia e Valeri Bojinov" (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Daniele Cacia on his way to Leeds after confirming Verona exit". The Express. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  7. ^ "The Italian job! Leeds close in on TRIPLE swoop with Ross McCormack future still uncertain". The Express. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Cacia al Bologna" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Numerazione delle maglie 2014-15" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Bologna promoted to Italian Serie A after defeating Pescara in play-off final". Sky Sports. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Biennale per Daniele Cacia. Oggi la presentazione insieme a Giorgi" (in Italian). Ascoli Picchio F.C. 1898. 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Cacia all'Ascoli Picchio" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  13. ^ "DANIELE CACIA TORNA A VESTIRE LA MAGLIA DEL PIACENZA" (Press release) (in Italian). Piacenza. 18 July 2019.
  14. ^ "RISOLUZIONE CONSENSUALE CON DANIELE CACIA" (Press release) (in Italian). Piacenza. 12 December 2019.
  15. ^ a b Playout
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