Full name Daniele Rugani Playing position Role Footballer Weight 78 kg Parents Ubaldo Rugani, Lia Rugani | Number 24 Name Daniele Rugani Height 1.90 m Career start 2013 | |
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Date of birth (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 21) Similar People Simone Zaza, Stefano Sturaro, Paulo Dybala, Alessio Romagnoli, Andrea Barzagli Profiles | ||
Best football moment of daniele rugani
Daniele Rugani (born 29 July 1994) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club Juventus.
Contents
- Best football moment of daniele rugani
- DANIELE RUGANI Juventus Tackles Defenses Dribbling Passes 201617 1080 HD
- Early career with Empoli and Juventus loan
- Empoli return
- 201516 season
- International career
- Club
- Individual
- References
DANIELE RUGANI ● Juventus ● Tackles, Defenses, Dribbling, Passes ● 2016/17 ● 1080 HD
Early career with Empoli and Juventus loan
Born in Lucca, Italy, Rugani began his footballing career with Tuscan side Empoli in 2000, at the age of 6. He remained within the clubs youth academy for twelve full seasons, before being transferred to Serie A giants Juventus on loan in August 2012. After joining Juventus, Rugani was registered with the club's Primavera (under-20) youth squad where he was a regular starter within the side during the 2012–13 season, winning the Coppa Italia Primavera.
After his successes during his first season with Juventus, Rugani was purchased outright by the club on 31 July 2013 and then sent back to Empoli on a season-long loan deal ahead of their 2013–14 Serie B campaign.
Empoli return
At age 20, Rugani was Empoli's star defender during their promotion–achieved campaign, as he finished the season having made 40 appearances and scoring 2 goals for the club. He scored his first career goal from a header off of a corner on 22 March 2014, in a 4–0 home win over Reggina. The club finished the season in 2nd place, thus achieving automatic promotion to Serie A, alongside champions Palermo.
On 18 June 2014, it was confirmed that the co-ownership agreement between the two clubs would be renewed, with the player remaining with newly-promoted Empoli for the 2014–15 Serie A campaign on loan from Juventus. Rugani made his Serie A debut on 31 August 2014, at the age of 20, in a 2–0 away defeat to Udinese, later scoring his first goal in Serie A on 20 September, in a 2–2 away draw against Cesena. On 2 February 2015, Juventus bought out the remaining half of Daniele Rugani’s registration rights from Empoli. Rugani was a key player for Empoli that season, appearing in all 38 of Empoli's league matches that season without being substituted or booked, in addition to scoring 3 goals, as the club finished the league in 15th place.
2015–16 season
In the summer of 2015, Rugani officially returned to Juventus. He made his debut with the club on 30 September 2015, coming on as a substitute in a 2–0 home win over Sevilla in the UEFA Champions League group stage, also making his European debut in the process. He made his first start with the club on 16 December, in a 4–0 win over cross-city rivals Torino in the Derby della Mole in the round of 16 of the Coppa Italia. His league debut with the club come four days later, as he came on for veteran defender Andrea Barzagli in the 56th minute of a 3–2 away win over Carpi.
International career
Rugani has represented Italy at various youth levels since 2010. His first cap for the under-21 team came on 5 March 2014 in a European qualifier against Northern Ireland, in which he scored the first goal for the azzurini in a 2–0 victory.
On 9 November 2014, he was called up by Antonio Conte to the senior Italy squad ahead of a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Croatia and a friendly against Albania.
With the Italy U-21 he took part at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship under manager Luigi Di Biagio.