Riccardo Calafiori

Riccardo Calafiori (born 19 May 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Bologna.

Riccardo Calafiori
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-05-19) 19 May 2002
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Bologna
Number 33
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Roma 10 (0)
2022 → Genoa (loan) 3 (0)
2022–2023 Basel 26 (0)
2023– Bologna 4 (0)
International career‡
2017 Italy U15 7 (0)
2017–2018 Italy U16 9 (1)
2018 Italy U17 3 (1)
2020 Italy U19 2 (0)
2021– Italy U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:18, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Club career

A youth product of Roma, Calafiori signed his first contract with them on 16 June 2018.[1] Calafiori suffered a near career-ending injury to his knee on 2 October 2018.[2] Calafiori made his professional debut with Roma, as well as his Serie A debut, in a 3–1 away win over Juventus on 1 August 2020; during the match, he won a penalty, which was successfully converted by teammate Diego Perotti, and he also scored a goal with a strike from distance following a corner, which was disallowed however, as the ball had previously gone out of play.[3][4]

The following season, on 3 December 2020, Calafiori was brought on by Roma coach Paulo Fonseca as Leonardo Spinazzola's substitute,[5] and scored his first professional goal in Roma's home win against Young Boys in the UEFA Europa League.[6]

On 14 January 2022, he joined Genoa on loan.[7]

On 30 August 2022, Roma announced Calafiori had joined FC Basel on a permanent deal.[8] Calafiori signed a 3-year contract with Basel.[9] He joined Basel's first team for their 2022–23 season under head coach Alexander Frei. Calafiori played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the Cornaredo on 9 October 2022 as Basel were defeated 1–0 by Lugano.[10]

On 31 August 2023, Calafiori returned to Serie A and signed with Bologna.[11]

International career

On 3 September 2021 he made his debut with the Italy U21 squad, playing as a substitute in the qualifying match won 3–0 against Luxembourg.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 October 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Roma 2019–20 Serie A 100000—10
2020–21 30005[lower-alpha 1]1—81
2021–22 60003[lower-alpha 2]0—90
Total 1000081—181
Genoa (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 30———30
Basel 2022–23 Swiss Super League 230308[lower-alpha 2]1—341
2023–24 30001[lower-alpha 2]00040
Total 260309100381
Bologna 2023–24 Serie A 4000——00
Career totals 4303017100631
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

References
  1. "Chi è Riccardo Calafiori, il baby-Kolarov della Roma blindato da Monchi". Calcio Fanpage (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  2. "POTENZA, RAPIDITA' E FISICITA': RICCARDO CALAFIORI, IL BABY TALENTO DELLA ROMA". July 7, 2020.
  3. "Juventus vs. Roma - 1 August 2020 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  4. Baldini, Sergio (1 August 2020). "Juve-Roma 1-3: Higuain non basta, ora testa alla Champions". www.tuttosport.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. Manfredi, Jacopo (3 December 2020). "Europa League, Roma-Young Boys 3-1: Mayoral, Calafiori e Dzeko regalano il primo posto ai giallorossi" (in Italian). la Repubblica. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  6. "Il ginocchio che si rompe, la dedica di Dzeko e il primo gol in giallorosso" (in Italian). Sky Sport. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  7. "RICCARDO CALAFIORI È ROSSOBLÙ" (in Italian). Genoa. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. "Official: Riccardo Calafiori sold to FC Basel". Roma Press. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  9. FC Basel 1893. "Riccardo Calafiori wechselt zum FCB". Riccardo Calafiori moves to FCB (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  10. FC Basel 1893 (9 October 2022). "Ein weitgehend harmloser FCB unterliegt in Lugano mit 0:1". A largely harmless FCB beaten 1-0 in Lugano. FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  11. "Calafiori al Bologna" [Calafiori at Bologna] (in Italian). Bologna. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  12. "Esordio con vittoria per la nuova Italia. Nicolato: "Ho visto un grande impegno, ma dobbiamo lavorare"" (in Italian). figc.it. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  13. Riccardo Calafiori at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
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