 Bonera with AC Milan in 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Daniele Bonera[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 May 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brescia, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre back | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Milan Futuro (head coach) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1999 | Brescia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | Brescia | 60 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Parma | 114 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2015 | AC Milan | 152 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Villarreal | 40 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 366 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Italy U21 | 29 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Italy U23 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2008 | Italy | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Milan Futuro | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Daniele Bonera Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [daˈnjɛːle boˈnɛːra]; born 31 May 1981) is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a centre back. He works as the head coach of Milan Futuro, AC Milan's reserve team playing in Serie C.
Prior to joining Spanish Villarreal in 2015, with whom he retired in 2019, he had previously played for Italian clubs Brescia, Parma, and in particular AC Milan, where he won several titles, including the 2010–11 Serie A and the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League.
At international level, he represented the Italy national team on 16 occasions; he also won the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship with the Italy national under-21 football team, as well as a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 28" [Official Press Release No. 28] (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 19 August 2011. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2020.