Bio

Danilo D'Ambrosio (born 9 September 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or as a right-back for Serie A club Monza and the Italy national team. On 11 August 2010, D'Ambrosio made his debut with the Italy under-21 national team in a friendly match against Denmark. On 28 March 2017, D'Ambrosio made his senior international debut for Italy alongside four other debutants, appearing as a substitute in a 2–1 friendly away win against the Netherlands. He made his first start for Italy under Roberto Mancini, in a 3–1 friendly loss to France in Nice on 1 June 2018. D'Ambrosio has an identical twin brother Dario, who also plays as a defender, for Monza. Both grew up in Caivano in a football school, Sporting Caivano 94. In April 2014, D'Ambrosio joined Twitter and with his first post claimed that for every follower he received, he would make a donation of €0.50 to the "Aiutare I Bambini" charity which gives aid to needy children in his home region of Campania. He eventually donated €11,500.