Daniele Ghilardi

Daniele Ghilardi (born 6 January 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Sampdoria, on loan from Serie A club Hellas Verona.

Club career
Ghilardi is a youth product of Lucchese from the age of 5 to 9, and played as a goalkeeper and striker as a youth. He moved to Fiorentina's youth academy at 9 and worked his way up their youth categories, and signed his first professional contract with them on 22 September 2021 until 2024. He joined Hellas Verona on loan with option to buy in January 2022. Hellas Verona exercised the option for €500,000 on 16 July 2022. He spent the 2022–23 season on loan with Mantova 1911 in the Serie C. On 13 August 2023, he joined Sampdoria on loan in the Serie B for the season with option to buy.

International career
Ghilardi is a youth international for Italy, having played for the Italy U20s at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup where they came in second.

He was called up to the Italy U21s for a set of 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches in September 2023, and he made his debut with the U21 side on 8 September in the match against Latvia.

Honours
Italy U20
 * FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2023