Riccardo Calafiori (born 19 May 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Premier League club Arsenal and the Italy national team.

During the match, he won a penalty which was successfully converted by teammate Diego Perotti, and Calafiori also scored a goal with a strike from distance following a corner.

He scored his first (and only) goal for his new team on 16 March 2023 in the away game at Tehelné pole as Basel played a 2–2 draw with Slovan Bratislava in the round of 16 of the 2022–23 Conference League.

[13] Eventually in the semi-final, their campaign came to an unlucky end in the 10th minute of added time of the extra-time, because then they concided the decider and were defeated by ACF Fiorentina.

[14] With his strong performances, especially in the second half of the season, Calafiori aroused the interest of several clubs from his homeland and before returning to Italy at the end of August.

[20][21] On 29 July 2024, Calafiori joined Premier League club Arsenal on a long-term contract[22] for a reported fee of £42 million.

[28] On 23 May 2024, he received his first official call-up to the Italy senior national team, being included in the preliminary squad for UEFA Euro 2024 by manager Luciano Spalletti.

[29] He debuted for the senior team on 4 June, coming on as a substitute for Federico Dimarco in the 85th minute of a goalless friendly draw against Turkey in Bologna.

[35] In their final group stage match against Croatia, he assisted Mattia Zaccagni's stoppage-time equaliser in a 1–1 draw that sent Italy through to the round of 16 with a second-place finish.