Antonio Candreva
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Antonio Candreva (born 28 February 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder or right winger for Inter Milan and the Italian national team. Candreva began his professional football career with Ternana in 2004, where he remained until 2007.
He stayed in Udinese until 2012, but during his time with the club, he was sent on loan to Livorno, Juventus, Parma, and Cesena.
He then moved to Lazio, where he lifted the Coppa Italia in his first season with the team.
He joined Inter in 2016.
He has represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics (winning a bronze medal in the tournament), at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and in UEFA Euro 2016.
Early life
Candreva was born in Rome on February 28, 1987. Candreva is of part Arb'reshe descent as his grandfather, who is on his father's side, hails from the village of Falconara Albanese in Cosenza.
Club career
Candreva began playing for youth at Lodigiani's youth team, then moved to Ternana's Serie C1 team in 2003 and appeared in numerous games for the first team during the 2004-05 season. Ternana was relegated to Serie C1 the following season and attracted the attention of several Serie A clubs.
Candreva was then signed by Serie A club Udinese and spent for their Primavera (U-20) team as an overage player in June 2007. He made his Serie A debut against Inter on January 27th and spent many appearances with the first team throughout the season.
For the 2008–09 season, the 21-year-old was progressively loaned out to Livorno, a Serie B team. He worked with Alessandro Diamanti to help the Tuscan side regain promotion to Serie A as playoff champions. After a fruitful first season, the Udinese and Livorno loan contract was extended to a year more, giving Candreva the opportunity to play full season as a regular in the Italian top flight.
Juventus had a Serie A giants on loan for the remainder of the season, from €500,000, with Juventus having the option to buy half of the season's contract from Udinese. He scored his first Serie A goal, beating Bologna in less than ten minutes after being brought on as a replacement for Diego. In the second leg of the club's round of 32 fixtures against Ajax, he made his debut in European competitions in the Europa League, just days after arriving as a late replacement for captain Alessandro Del Piero.
Juventus retained their right to keep the player permanently after the 2009–2010 season, and Candreva returned to Udinese in the summer.
Candreva's loan agreement with Parma began on August 31, 2010 for €500,000. Parma had the option to buy Candreva as part of a joint venture, but chose not to do so.
Candreva signed with Cesena on July 21, 2011 for the first one-year loan agreement. Cesena's money was worthless.
On the last day of the January 2012 transfer window, he migrated to Lazio on a free loan contract, but Simone Del Nero from Lazio obtained a free loan to Cesena. Candreva scored his first goal for Lazio against Napoli in the 2011-12 season, a 3–1 home win.
The temporary contract was renewed for free on July 18, 2012, with the option to buy.
Candreva became one of Lazio's top performers with the addition of new coach Vladimir Petkovi in the 2012–13 season. Candreva won by 3–0 over Palermo on September 2, 2012, following Miroslav Klose's 2 goals.
Following a 1–0 victory over Roma cross-city rivals, he claimed the first trophy of his career, the 2012–13 Coppa Italia championship. In the 71st minute of the 2013 Coppa Italia Final, Candreva assisted Senad Luli's match-winning goal.
Lazio bought Candreva in a co-ownership agreement for €1.7 million on a 4-year basis in June 2013. Candreva added one year to his current deal in October 2013. Lazio bought Candreva outright for another €4 million on June 14, so Lazio paid Udinese €5.7 million.
Candreva joined Inter Milan on a four-year contract for a €22 million fee plus announced bonuses on August 3rd. Candreva scored his first goal for the club in the 60th minute on August 13th; he made the field debut against Celtic in an International Champions Cup preseason match; he was on the pitch in the 60th minute and scored his first goal with the club ten minutes later in a 2–0 win. For a 1–0 home victory over Southampton on October 20, he scored his first Europa League goal with the club, the team's only goal of the game. In a 2–2 draw with Milan rivals, he scored his first league goal with the club on November 20th.
Candreva made his 100th appearance in Serie A on October 29th, 2019–20 in 2019.
Candreva moved to Sampdoria on loan with the promise to make the deal permanent, on September 25, 2020.
Candreva joined Salernitana on a one-year loan contract on August 13, 2022. Salernitana made history by becoming the ninth club he has played for in this division.
International career
Candreva has competed for Italy since the U-18 age, making his debut in October 2004. Candreva was placed on the reserve list for the forthcoming Olympics after being involved in his nation's triumphant campaign in the 2008 Toulon Tournament; he was eventually named as an injury substitute for Tommaso Rocchi. In the 2009 Under-21 European Championship qualifier against Croatia, he made his U-21 debut on September 9, 2008. He was selected into the 23-man squad for the 2009 Under-21 European Championships, starting as second choice and making several substitute appearances as Italy advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament, losing 1–0 to eventual champions Germany.
Candreva's senior national team debut in a friendly match against the Netherlands on November 14th, resulting in a 0–0 draw.
Candreva was called up to the training camp early May before the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but after being picked by manager Marcello Lippi, Candreva was dropped from the 28-man provisional team a week later.
Antonio Candreva was called by Italian national team head Cesare Prandelli in October 2012 to compete in two matches in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Candreva gained a spot in the national team after his best results for Lazio in both qualifiers.
Candreva was chosen by Prandelli to compete in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in June 2013. During the semi-finals against Spain's national football team, the match had to be decided by a penalty shoot-out in the knockout stages of the tournament knockout stage. Candreva stepped up to take the first penalty and advanced past Iker Casillas by chipping the ball, recalling Antonn Panenka's famous penalty in the UEFA Euro 1976 Final. In the bronze medal match, Italy finished third after defeating Uruguay on penalties.
Candreva was selected in Italy's 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 1, 2014. In Manaus' opening match of the tournament, Mario Balotelli assisted Mario Balotelli's match-winning goal in a 2–1 loss of England. Claudio Marchisio's first goal was played by him as he ran a short corner to Marco Verratti, who later screamed the ball out wide to Andrea Pirlo, who drew his marker with him; Pirlo let the ball pass between his legs and Marchisio, leaving him with ample space to score with a low drive from outside the region. Italy lost their next two matches and ended in third place in their group, and was barred from qualifying in the first round for the second straight World Cup.
Candreva scored his first international goal against Croatia on November 16th, 2014 in a 1–1 Euro 2016 qualifier draw. In the 36th minute of a 1–1 Euro 2016 qualifier away draw against Croatia in an emptied Split stadium, he scored Italy's equalizing goal, a Panenka style penalty. In Italy's 3–1 away victory over Azerbaijan in a European qualifying match, Stephan El Shaarawy assisted with his match-winning goal on October 10th; the victory also guaranteed Italy a spot in Euro 2016.
He was named in Antonio Conte's 23-man Italy squad for Euro 2016 on May 31. In a 2–0 victory over Belgium in the first group match of Euro 2016, he made his tournament debut and set up Graziano Pellè's goal in stoppage time. Candreva was also ruled out of Italy's last group match, a 1–0 loss to Ireland, due to an injury sustained in Italy's 1–0 win over Sweden on June 25th, and then a 6–5 penalty shoot-out loss to Germany in the quarter final on July 2nd.