About Davide Santon
Davide Santon (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdaːvide sanˈton]; born 2 January 1991) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left wing-back. A former Inter Milan youth product, Santon began his professional club career with Inter in 2008, and remained with the club until 2011, aside from a spell on loan with Cesena. He later had a four-year spell with English club Newcastle United, before returning to Inter in 2015. After three seasons, he signed with Roma. After emerging through the youth ranks at Inter Milan, Santon was considered among the most promising young fullbacks in world football. However, persistent injury problems hindered his progress and number of appearances. In 2022, Santon announced his retirement at the age of 31, citing injury problems. At international level, Santon made his senior debut with Italy in 2009, represented his nation at the FIFA Confederations Cup later that year, and earned 8 caps in total. José Mourinho first named Santon in the line-up for a September Champions League match against Panathinaikos and the next three games, but did not use him. On 2 May 2012, Santon assisted Papiss Cissé's first goal in a 2–0 win over Chelsea. He started 13 league games and made two substitute appearances, thus winning his first senior honour, the Serie A title.
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