Daniele Croce (born 9 September 1982) is an Italian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

central midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

Club career

Pescara

Born in

Giulianova Giulianova ( Giuliese: ' ) is a coastal town and ''comune'' in the province of Teramo, Abruzzo region, Italy. The ''comune'' also has city () status, thus also known as Città di Giulianova. Geography The town lies in the north of the Abruzzo regi ...

, Abruzzo, Croce started his career at Abruzzese club

Pescara Pescara (; ; ) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surround ...

Arezzo

Croce was signed by fellow

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...

club

Arezzo Arezzo ( , ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the Province of Arezzo, province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of Above mean sea level, above sea level. As of 2 ...

in a co-ownership deal for €600,000 on 30 August 2006.Pescara Calcio SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2007 (in Italian) In June 2007 Arezzo signed Croce outright for another €431,000. Arezzo folded in 2010.

Alessandria & Sorrento

In 2010 Croce joined

Alessandria Alessandria (; ) is a city and commune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. It is also the largest municipality of the region. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, ...

. In 2011, he was signed by

Sorrento Sorrento ( , ; ; ) is a City status in Italy, city and overlooking the Gulf of Naples, Bay of Naples in Southern Italy. A popular tourist destination, Sorrento is located on the Sorrentine Peninsula at the southern terminus of a main branch o ...

Empoli

In 2012, he returned to Serie B with

Empoli F.C. Empoli Football Club is an Italian professional football club based in Empoli, Tuscany. Founded in 1920, the side is part of a select group of Italian football clubs not based in a provincial capital city that have participated in Serie A. Emp ...

The club promoted back to Serie A in 2014. On 24 May 2016 he signed a new 1-year contract with the club.

Cremonese

After Empoli relegated in 2017, Croce joined

club

Cremonese Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po (river), Po river in the middle of the Po Valley. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city a ...

on a free transfer.

References

External links

*
legaserieb profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Croce, Daniele Living people People from Giulianova 1982 births Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Delfino Pescara 1936 players Taranto FC 1927 players SS Arezzo players AC Cesena players US Alessandria Calcio 1912 players Sorrento Calcio 1945 players Empoli FC players US Cremonese players Serie A players Serie B players Footballers from the Province of Teramo 21st-century Italian sportsmen