CAREER
Daniele
Adani started his career in Modena. It was the season 91/92
that he received his first match with a professional team,
when Modena was playing in the Serie B.
He stayed with Modena for three years before he moved to another
team. He had the chance to be a regular in his last season
with Modena, which contributed to a transfer to Lazio.
He
would only stay in Lazio for four months before he would go
to the team that changed his career. He came to Brescia and
Mazzone, and this was the team and coach that made him what
he is today, according to Adani. Until today he speaks very
fondly of Brescia.
When
he first came to Brescia the year 1994, they were playing
in Serie A, and he immediately became a starter for the team.
Sadly for Adani, they became relegated the same year, but
Adani showed his support for the team and stayed with Brescia
in Serie B for two years. He was now established in the backline
of Brescia and one of their most important players in the
competition to get their Serie A place back.
Brescia with Adani at the helm, stayed in Serie B for two
seasons before they were promoted. 97/98 they would be back
in Serie A, but only for one season. Brescia was once again
relegated, and once again, Adani sticks with the team.
Daniele
Adani made his last season with Brescia the season 98/99 playing
in Serie B. After that season he moved to Fiorentina, where
his International breakthrough would come. Daniele Adani got
to live through the highlights of Fiorentina’s history
and the downfall. He played with them in the Champions League
and made three seasons with Fiorentina. It was when he played
for La Viola that he started to be called up for the Italian
National Team. 15th November 2000 was the date that Adani
made his NT debut. It was a game against England.
He only made two more appearances after that.
Daniele
Adani was with Fiorentina till the very end. He left Fiorentina
as a free agent, due to their bankruptcy, and it was Inter
that signed him in front of Parma’s eyes. Adani would
now start a new adventure where his chances of playing would
be smaller. Adani responded to this with saying he would always
do his best when called upon.
Adani’s
first season with Inter would be somewhat of a disappointment.
Not because of performances, but because of lack of performances.
At the start of the season he find it really difficult to
find a place at Inter, since the same summer Inter bought
Fabio Cannavaro. What we could notice was how important he
seemed off the pitch. His cherish mood and positive attitude
was rubbing off to other players.
Adani once was playing in a three-men defence which was very
unusual during Cuper´s era, and he certainly succeeded.
However, he would fast go back to the bench.
Adani
made some subs during the season, mostly playing as a right
back. Then the negative thing happened, which destroyed his
entire season. A bad injury meant he had to go through a surgery
and was gone for the rest of the season.
During
the summer of 2003, many teams encountered Inter over the
availability of Adani. Cuper rejected every offer and said
that Adani was definitely not for sale. A gesture Adani appreciated.
The
season 2003/04, would be Adani’s real season with Inter.
As I´m writing this profile, it is February 2004, so
the entire season is not played yet. However, Adani has find
a place in the new three-men defence that Zaccheroni established.
Being the first sub for any player has made so that his playing
time grew rapidly. Marco Materazzi was struck with a bad injury
for months, and Adani was the first player to replace him.
Sadly,
Adani was not called up for the Italian National Team after
his injury the season 2002/03, with Inter.
AS A PLAYER
Adani
is a very versatile defender, and which is why he is of much
use. He can play at any position in the defensive line and
in any scheme. The season 2002/03, he was even played as a
defensive midfielder in one game, and even that position he
succeeded with.
He´s
not a fast player at all, but he covers this up with good
positional play, albeit not perfect. He´s also very
brave and takes initiatives. He likes to make long runs and
help out in the offence if the opportunity arrives.
He
shine on the pitch and is noticeable, because of his charisma.
He is always controlling the defensive line and talk with
his team-mates. Lots of gestures with his arms and hands,
of where to move. Sometimes though, he can be too late in
challenges and then he doesn´t have the pace to cover
up his mistake.
On
the contrary to Materazzi, Adani is not such a good ball distributor.
He´s not very calm when he has the ball, and is more
similar to players like Cordoba and Cannavaro when he has
the ball. Although, in a game against Atalanta in season 2002/03
when he was played as a right back, you could notice that
he has got some technique.
Although
Adani isn´t extremely tall, one of his biggest assets
are his aerial play. There´s of course the defensive
part of it, where he wins a lot of aerial challenges. But
one of the things that characterise him the most is his expertise
when it comes to attacking set-pieces. He´s one of the
defenders who is the most deadly in front of the goal. He
times his jumping perfectly, and he gives us an extraordinary
weapon on corners especially.
Daniele
Adani is foremost a team player. He doesn´t complain
when being benched and whenever he plays, he give the coach
a headache since it´ll be very difficult to bench him
the coming game. He´s very loyal and he does his job
most of the time. He can either play as a wide defender in
a back-three or as a libero, which makes him a very usual
player for any team.
Season
2003/04 must be a great success for Adani personally due to
the amount of playing time he has finally received with Inter.
Jimmy Fredholm
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