Danilo D'Ambrosio

Danilo D'Ambrosio (born 9 September 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for club Monza.

Born in Naples, D'Ambrosio began playing for local Campania side Salernitana.

However, the club went bankrupt and he, along with his brother Dario, joined the Fiorentina youth team in 2005.

He was part of the Fiorentina primavera until December 2007, but on 8 January 2008 he was sold to Serie C1 side Potenza on a co-ownership agreement.

He made his professional debut on 20 January 2008 in a 2–1 victory over Juve Stabia, ultimately making ten appearances during the season.

In June 2008, Fiorentina repurchased D'Ambrosio.

On 11 July 2008, D'Ambrosio joined Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Juve Stabia in another co-ownership deal, for €30,000, making his debut for Le vespe on 31 August 2008 against Taranto.

D'Ambrosio became a starter for Juve Stabia in his first season, who decided to purchase his remaining contract from Fiorentina for another €75,500.

He spent the next season mostly playing as a right midfielder, even scoring his first goal in a home victory against Barletta, 4–1.

On 12 January 2010, D'Ambrosio was signed by Torino in a co-ownership agreement for a €200,000 transfer fee.

He made his Serie B debut on 16 January 2010 in a 4–1 home win against Grosseto.

He was a regular for Torino during the season, scoring his first goal for the granata on 20 March 2010 in a 2–0 away win against Modena.

Torino purchased the remaining half of his contract from Juve Stabia in June 2010 for an additional €500,000.

During the following season, D'Ambrosio was also a starter for new coach Franco Lerda.

He scored the first brace of his career in a 3–2 home win against Modena, one of the only two goals of his season.

On 15 December 2010, he renewed his contract with Torino until 2014.

However, his season was characterised by negative performances and Torino's failure to reach the playoffs made him the object of much criticism.

New head coach Giampiero Ventura decided to focus on D'Ambrosio for the 2011–12 season, playing him as right back with Matteo Darmian.

On 2 November 2011, he scored the winning goal against Reggina.

He repeated this on 11 February 2012, scoring in a 3–1 win over Nocerina.

Throughout the season, D'Ambrosio contributed 26 appearances and 3 goals with Torino being promoted.

D'Ambrosio made his Serie A debut on 26 August 2012 during the goalless draw against Siena, appearing as a 93rd-minute-substitute, but did not start until 26 September against Udinese (0–0).

He scored his first goal in Serie A during a 5–1 win away against Atalanta.

In December 2012, he became Torino's vice-captain after Angelo Ogbonna suffered an injury.

He was voted Torino's revelation of the year by the readers of Toro.it.

D'Ambrosio covered as a left back in the 2013–14 season, scoring in the 2–2 home draw against AC Milan on 14 September 2013.

He scored again the following week away against Bologna, in a game won 2–1 by Torino.

On 13 December 2013, Torino chairman Urbano Cairo confirmed that D'Ambrosio would be leaving the club after turning down a contract extension.

The former vice-captain concluded his experience at Torino with 119 appearances and 10 goals.

On 8 January 2014, Tuttosport reported that D'Ambrosio would join Inter in a cash plus player deal.

On 28 January, Tuttosport revealed that the fee was €1.75 million cash plus the free loan of Matteo Colombi and 50% of the registration rights of Marco Benassi.

(Although the transfer also cost Inter an additional €1.04M on agent and other misc. fee on top of the value of the 50% rights of Benassi (€1M) and cash paid (€1.75M) ) Two days later, Inter confirmed the deal.

Three days after that, he made his debut for Nerazzurri in the Derby d'Italia against Juventus at Juventus Stadium, a 3–1 Inter loss.

On 15 March, D'Ambrosio started his first match with Inter, defeating Hellas Verona 2–0 at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi.

Following that result, he secured a place in the starting lineup.

D'Ambrosio was an unused substitute in Javier Zanetti's last competitive match at the San Siro, in which Inter defeated Lazio 4–1 to secure a place in UEFA Europa League play-off for next season.

D'Ambrosio finished his first season with Inter having played 11 matches, 3 of which he played in their entirety.

D'Ambrosio scored his first competitive goal for Inter on his European debut, a 3–0 away win over Stjarnan in the first leg of Europa League play-off.

With a 6–0 victory in the second leg, Inter advanced to the group stage 9–0 on aggregate.

On 18 September, in the first Europa League group match against Ukrainian side Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, he scored the only goal of the match.