Davide Astori
Davide Astori (born 7 January 1987) is an Italian international footballer who plays for Fiorentina, on loan from Cagliari, as a central defender.
After playing youth football for Pontisola, Astori started his senior career with Milan, spending loan spells with Pizzighettone and Cremonese. In 2008 Cagliari signed him in a co-ownership deal, before signing him fully from Milan, for whom he never made a first team appearance, in 2011. He later spent loan spells at Roma and Fiorentina.
He made his international debut for Italy in 2011 and represented his country at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, scoring a goal in Italy's victorious bronze-medal match.
Club career
Early career
Born and raised in the province of Bergamo, Astori started playing football with local team Pontisola before joining Milan in 2001. He spent five years in the club's youth system, after which time he was sent on two consecutive loan spells to Serie C1 clubs Pizzighettone and Cremonese for the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons respectively.