Edoardo Goldaniga (born 2 November 1993) is an Italian professional

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who plays a defender for club

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Club career

Pizzighettone & Palermo

Born in

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, Goldaniga began his career when he was signed by

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as a youth. He made his senior debut for the club in a

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league match in 2010. After eventually racking up more than 60 appearances for the club, he was subsequently noted by scouts from

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club Palermo, who agreed to sign him in July 2012. Initially joining the first team's pre-season camp, Goldaniga was then included into the ''Primavera'' under-20 squad, where he spent the 2012–13 season.

Pisa (loan), Juventus & Perugia (loan)

In July 2013 he was loaned out to

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club Pisa in order to gain regular first team experience. His impressive performances in the first half of the 2013–14 season won him interest from defending Serie A champions Juventus, who acquired 50% of the player's transfer rights in January 2014 on a co-ownership basis from Palermo (in a cashless swap with Eric Lanini). He remained with Pisa for the entirety of the

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helping the team to a 6th-place finish in Group B and a spot in promotion play-off. Goldaniga featured in all 33 matches for the club as a starter, scoring two goals, although Pisa eventually lost out in their hopes for promotion following a 2–1 aggregate defeat to

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in the semi-finals. Upon the conclusion of the loan agreement, Goldaniga returned to Juventus on 30 June 2014, after the club renewal of the co-ownership agreement. After officially joining Juventus for the first time on 1 July 2014, Goldaniga was instantaneously sent out on a season-long loan deal to newly promoted

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side

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, who were promoted from the

as Group B champions.

Return to Palermo

After a great season in Serie B, Goldaniga re-joined Palermo who announced they had resolved co-ownership of the player with Juventus.

Sassuolo

He, along with Palermo goalkeeper Leonardo Marson, signed for

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on 29 July 2017.

Loan to Frosinone

On 15 July 2018, Goldaniga signed with

on loan until 30 June 2019.

Loan to Genoa

On 2 September 2019, he joined

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on a season-long loan with option to buy. On 16 September 2020, the loan was renewed for an additional season.

Cagliari

On 12 January 2022, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Cagliari.

Como

On 28 January 2024, Goldaniga joined

club

on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

International career

Goldaniga is part of the Italy U21 squad since April 2014, selected by coach

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, with whom he made his debut on 4 June 2014 in a friendly match against

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. He has also featured for the Italy U20 squad on three occasions.

Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldaniga, Edoardo Living people 1993 births Footballers from Milan Men's association football defenders Italian men's footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Palermo FC players Pisa SC players AC Perugia Calcio players US Sassuolo Calcio players Frosinone Calcio players Genoa CFC players Cagliari Calcio players Como 1907 players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players