Background
He is the son of former Associate of Science Conti started his career at his father"s club Roma, debuting in 1996.
He is the son of former Associate of Science Conti started his career at his father"s club Roma, debuting in 1996.
Roma and Italy star Bruno Conti. In 1999 he was sold to Cagliari in a co-ownership deal. He did not leave the club despite the club being relegated in 2000.
In June 2004, he was in the team when they were the runner-up of Serie B and returned to Serie A after 4 seasons.
Conti became the new team captain after the retirement of long-serving Uruguayan defender Diego López in 2010. In January 2013 Conti extended his contract for 1 more year.
On 10 November 2013, he scored a brace against Torino. His father Bruno wrote an open letter which was published on the local newspaper L"Unione Sarda several days later, congratulating him on a stellar career – earlier that year Daniele became the club"s all-time appearance maker, breaking local legend Mario Brugnera"s three decade-old record.
He played once for Italy U21 team, on 16 August 2000, in a friendly that beat Mexico U23 2–0.