Alessandro Deiola (born 1 August 1995) is an Italian footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for Serie A club Cagliari.
 Deiola with Lecce in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 August 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | San Gavino Monreale, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cagliari | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | Cagliari | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Cagliari | 153 | (10) |
| 2014–2015 | → Tuttocuoio (loan) | 33 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | → Spezia (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Parma (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Lecce (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | → Spezia (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:35, 24 May 2024 (UTC) | |||
Career
editBorn in San Gavino Monreale, Province of South Sardinia, Sardinia, Deiola began his career at nearby Cagliari. For the 2014–15 season, he was loaned to Tuttocuoio in Lega Pro. He made his debut for the Pisan club on 30 August 2014, playing the full 90 minutes in a goalless home draw against Carrarese. His first goal came on 28 September, a fifth-minute opener in a 3–2 defeat at AC Pistoiese; in total he scored four goals in 33 games, all but two as a starter.[2]
On 9 August 2015, Deiola made his Cagliari debut, playing the full 90 minutes of a 5–0 win over Virtus Entella at the Stadio Sant'Elia in the Coppa Italia second round, scoring the final goal.[3] He headed the opener in the 1–1 draw at Trapani in the next round six days later, with his team advancing in a penalty shootout.[4]
On the last day of the winter transfer market session in 2017, he returned from the loan to Cagliari.[5]
On 17 August 2018, he joined Parma on loan. He returned to Cagliari on 22 January 2019.
On 10 January 2020, he joined Lecce on loan with a purchase option.[6]
On 22 September 2020, Deiola returned to Spezia on loan for the 2020–21 season.[7] He made 12 Serie A appearances for the side before Cagliari requested his early return in January 2021.[8]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 23 May 2024[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tuttocuoio (loan) | 2014–15 | Serie C | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 4 | |
| Cagliari | 2015–16 | Serie B | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 25 | 3 | |
| 2016–17 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Spezia (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie B | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |
| Cagliari | 2017–18 | Serie A | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
| Parma (loan) | 2018–19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Cagliari | 2018–19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Lecce (loan) | 2019–20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Spezia (loan) | 2020–21 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| Cagliari | 2020–21 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 35 | 6 | |||
| 2022–23 | Serie B | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| Total | 153 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 232 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 252 | 19 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Alessandro Deiola" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "A. DEIOLA". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ Pellone, Stefano (9 August 2015). "Coppa Italia, il Cagliari passeggia sulla Virtus Entella: finisce 5-0 per i sardi" [Coppa Italia, Cagliari go through instead of Virtus: it finishes 5–0 to the Sardinians] (in Italian). Mondo Pallone. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Coppa Italia, il Cagliari batte il Trapani ai rigori grazie a un mostruoso Storari" [Coppa Italia Cagliari beat Trapani on penalties thanks to a phenomenal Storari]. L'Unione Sarda (in Italian). 15 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ "Deiola torna al Cagliari" [Deiola comes back to Cagliari]. Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "DEIOLA IN GIALLOROSSO" (Press release) (in Italian). Lecce. 10 January 2020.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Spezia, doppio colpo Deiola e Farias".
- ^ "Cagliari to recall Deiola". football-italia. 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Alessandro Deiola".
External links
edit- Alessandro Deiola at Soccerway