Giulio Donati


Giulio Donati is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Lecce.

Club career

Italy

Born in Pietrasanta, the Province of Lucca, Donati started his career at hometown club Lucchese. In July 2008, he was signed by Internazionale and played for its Primavera team.
At the start of 2009–10 season, Donati was called up to the first team for a number of friendlies. On 16 December 2009, he made his debut against Livorno at Coppa Italia. With both teams resting numbers of regular starters, the match ended in a 1–0 win. He subsequently also received call ups to the next two competitive matches and started a mid-season friendly.
On 25 June 2010, he was loaned to newly promoted Serie A team Lecce with option to sign him in a co-ownership deal. He made 16 appearances for Lecce in a season in which the Salentini were relegated. He was also a regular for the Italian u20 and u21 sides during the season. Lecce did not take up the option to sign him on a co-ownership deal.
Donati spend the 2011–12 season on loan at Serie B side Calcio Padova. On 25 August, he made his Serie B debut with Padova in the away draw against Sampdoria. There he found regular first team football and made a total of 30 appearances.
The 2012–13 season was another in which Donati was sent on loan again to a Serie B side, this time U.S. Grosseto F.C.. He made 27 appearances for Grosseto and made two assists throughout the course of the season.

Bayer Leverkusen

On 21 June 2013, Bayer Leverkusen agreed a fee of €3m with Internazionale.
He took part in 23 of the 34 Bundesliga games in the 2013–14 season, assisting once in a 2–1 win over Hertha BSC. He also made six UEFA Champions League appearances in a run that saw Bayer knocked out by Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16.

Mainz 05

He signed for Mainz 05 on 25 January 2016 on a contract running until 2019 for an undisclosed fee. He left the club at the end of the 2018–19 season after his contract expired.

Return to Lecce

On 16 December 2019, Donati joined Serie A club Lecce after 8 years.

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