Matteo Darmian was born in 1989 on December 2nd in Milan. This is an Italian footballer who currently defends the honor of the English club Manchester United and his national team.
early years
Matteo Darmian is a pupil of the Italian “Milan” - one of the most famous and titled clubs in Europe. The boy’s craving for football appeared early, and from 2001 to 2009 he studied at the AC Milan Academy, learned the technique and improved it. For five years he performed in the “youth team”. As a player of the main composition of the Rossoneri, he entered the field in 2006. It was a game taking place in the framework of the Italian Cup, and then “Milan” played against “Brescia”. Young defender was released instead of Kakha Kaladze in the 46th minute of the match.
And he played his first match in the Italian League (that is, in Serie A) in 2007, on May 19th. Then he, too, was released to replace. Matteo Darmian took the field instead of Giuseppe Favalli in the second half, in the 68th minute. “Milan” then played with “Udinese”.
Career after Milan
In the 2009/10 season, Matteo Darmian left Milan, but then it was still on loan. He was interested in the Padova club, which played an order of magnitude lower - in Series V. A pupil of the Rossoneri made his debut as part of a new team in 2009, on November 28th. Then the club played against the “Vicenza”. For all the time he entered the field twenty times and, it must be said, helped his new team not to fly out of Series B.
After this season, the boys became interested in FC “Palermo”, where he, in fact, moved on. It was bought out from “Milan” (which at that time the defender still belonged) not completely - only half, for 800,000 euros. In 2010, on September 16, football player Matteo Darmian played the first match in the new squad. That game was held within the framework of the Europa League, and Italians played against the Sparta club in Prague. September 23 left in the “Palermo” on the field in the match of the Italian Championship, replacing Javier Pastore. At the end of the season, “Milan” agreed with the club to extend the joint ownership of the rights to the football player. Then the last defender moved to “Torino” - also on loan. Matteo helped his next new club break into Serie A that season by playing 33 matches for the team.
Last years
Darmian Matteo, whose biography is full of facts about his constantly changing clubs, in 2012, Palermo was finally bought out, immediately transferring half of Torino. After that, a year later, this club paid for the remainder. Thus, Matteo Darmian became owned by Torino, and from that moment, finally, they ceased to put it up for auction. So for five years he played in this team without any rents and re-purchase of rights. There he revealed his potential, began to score goals, and even scored a winning goal against the Spanish “Athletic Bilbao”, due to which “Torino” made it to 1/8 of one of the most prestigious UEFA tournaments - the Europa League. In 2014/15, Matteo Darmian played 47 matches.
Then he was noticed by the English “Manchester United” and decided to make the Italian an advantageous offer to join their ranks. The defender did not refuse, and on July 11 a number of “red devils” joined the ranks. The footballer, who was always outbid for several hundred thousand euros, moved to Manchester United for 12.7 million! The contract was signed for four years. Already on August 8, he made his debut for the new composition in the Premier League.
Career Team
Matteo Darmian played not only for Italian clubs, but also for the national team. His first team was the one in which young men under 17 played. In 2008, he moved to another team due to age. In that team, boys played until the age of 19. Matteo was in the composition, which participated in the European Youth Championship. A year later, in the national team until the age of 20, he played at the Mediterranean Games. And in 2009, he made his debut for the Italian national team until the 21st year.
In 2014, on the first of June, he was included in the application of the main team. Matteo went with the team to the World Cup in Brazil. His first serious match was the game, which was held against the English national team. Then he entered the field first against the Costa Ricans, and then fought with the Uruguayans. True, the Italians lost both matches, which is why multiple world champions did not even manage to leave the group.
In 2015, Darmian was awarded the “blue ball”. This prize is awarded to the best player in the national team of Italy according to fans. He was recognized as the best footballer, he was even ahead of Andrea Pirlo and Graziano Pelle - the true legends of world sports.