Daniel Boloca
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File:Frosinone Calcio - Daniel Boloca ANF 9026.A cut AF.jpg Boloca with Frosinone in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 December 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Chieri, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sassuolo | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2008 | Torino | ||
| 2008–2016 | Juventus | ||
| 2016 | → Chieri (loan) | ||
| 2016 | Slovan Liberec | ||
| 2017 | Tatran Prešov | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Tatran Prešov | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Romanese | 9 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Pro Sesto | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | Francavilla | 10 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Fossano | 25 | (4) |
| 2020–2023 | Frosinone | 80 | (3) |
| 2023– | Sassuolo | 66 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Romania | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2022 | |||
Daniel Boloca (born 22 December 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Sassuolo. Born in Italy, he has appeared for the Romania national team at senior level.[1]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Born and raised in Italy to Romanian parents, Boloca started his career with the youth teams of Juventus, before leaving in 2017 to join Slovak club Tatran Prešov. He successively went on to move back to Italy, playing for a number of Serie D teams before being noted by Guido Angelozzi, sporting director of Spezia, who agreed on a three-year contract with him in May 2020;[2] the move was however cancelled by Spezia following promotion to Serie A and a change in the club management that led to Angelozzi's departure; in November 2020, after a few months without a club, Boloca eventually signed for Serie B club Frosinone, just a few days after Angelozzi's appointment as the club's new sporting director.[3]
At Frosinone, Boloca quickly became a regular and eventually was one of the protagonists of the first team that won the 2022–23 Serie B title under head coach Fabio Grosso.[4]
On 13 July 2023, Boloca left Frosinone for fellow Serie A club Sassuolo.[5]
International career
[edit | edit source]Boloca made his international debut for the Romania national team on 17 November 2022, replacing Răzvan Marin in the 84th minute in a friendly against Slovenia, ended in a 2–1 defeat for the Romanian team.[6]
Later that year, Roberto Mancini, Italy's national team head coach, announced that he was considering calling Boloca, despite having already played for Romania, as all these games were friendlies.[7] On 15 December 2022, Boloca was selected to join the Azzurri on a training camp;[8] after that, Boloca publicly declared his preference to play for Italy over Romania in case Mancini would choose to pick him in the future.[9]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Boloca is the older brother of defender Gabriele Boloca.[10]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 25 September 2025[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tatran Prešov | 2016–17 | Slovak First Football League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Romanese | 2017–18 | Serie D | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | |||
| Pro Sesto | 2018–19 | Serie D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francavilla | 2018–19 | Serie D | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Fossano | 2019–20 | Serie D | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 4 | ||
| Frosinone | 2020–21 | Serie B | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Serie B | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Serie B | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 2 | |||
| Total | 80 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 82 | 3 | ||||
| Sassuolo | 2023–24 | Serie A | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Serie B | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 4 | |||
| 2025–26 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 66 | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 71 | 6 | ||||
| Career total | 191 | 13 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 199 | 14 | ||||
- ^ Includes Coppa Italia and Coppa Italia Serie D
International
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 20 November 2022[12]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Frosinone
Sassuolo
- Serie B: 2024–25
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Portretul făcut de italieni lui Daniel Boloca, surpriza selecționerului + De ce l-a refuzat pe Hagi 14.05.2022, gsp.ro
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- ^ Horațiu Moldovan, cel mai bun jucător al României în meciul cu Slovenia. Cum s-au descurcat ceilalți patru debutanți trimiși în teren de Edi Iordănescu 17 November 2022, fanatik.ro
- ^ FRF, în alertă! » Mancini a pus ochii pe jucătorul debutat de Edi Iordănescu: „E de interes pentru naționala Italiei” 16 December 2022 gsp.ro
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External links
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- Daniel Boloca at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from Chieri
- Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Turin
- Italian men's footballers
- Romanian men's footballers
- Italian people of Romanian descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- 1. FC Tatran Prešov players
- Pro Sesto 1913 players
- ASD Francavilla players
- Frosinone Calcio players
- US Sassuolo Calcio players
- Slovak First Football League players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie D players
- Romania men's international footballers
- Romanian expatriate men's footballers
- Italian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
- 21st-century Romanian sportsmen