Luca Caldirola is an Italian

Italian people

The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...

 footballer who currently plays as a defender

Defender (association football)

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 for Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 club Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

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Club career

Caldirola started his career at Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

, where he was the team captain at Under-19 level (Primavera) and was occasionally called-up to join the first team during the 2009–10 season, however without making any appearance on the pitch. Caldirola also played for various youth teams in Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

 as goalkeeper and midfielder before joined Internazionale at age of 8. He played a friendly matches for Inter first team in 2009.

On 29 June 2010 Internazionale announced to have loaned out Caldirola to Dutch Eredivisie

Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

 club Vitesse for the entire 2010–11 season; he is the second Italian player to be part of the Arnhem

Arnhem

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 club after Marco De Marchi

Marco De Marchi

Marco Antonio De Marchi is an Italian football agent and former association football defender.-Career:De Marchi started his career with the Como youth system, and was successively sold to Serie C2 club Ospitaletto, where he made his professional debut...

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International career

Caldirola has represented his native country of Italy at all youth levels from Under-16 to Under-20.

On 17 November 2010 he made his debut with the Italy U-21

Italy national under-21 football team

The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...

 team in a friendly match against Turkey

Turkey national under-21 football team

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