Born in Italy on 14 February 1998, Nicolò Casale is a 27-year-old centre-back plying his trade for Bologna in the Serie A. He stands at 6ft 3in (1.91m) and weighs 12st 12lb (82kg). Casale dons the number 16 jersey for his current club.
His market value is estimated to be approximately £5.1 million according to Transfermarkt.
Casale's football journey began at Hellas Verona, joining its youth ranks in July 2015. His first-team breakthrough came in the 2016-2017 season, where he made one appearance for the club. Amazingly, during the 2021-2022 season, he featured in 36 league matches for Hellas Verona.
His first taste of football away from Verona came in July 2017, with a slight step down to Serie C for a loan spell at Perugia for the 2017-2018 season. And then, in January 2018, he went on another loan, this time to Prato, still in the Serie C. In both loan stints, he played in only one league match.
For the 2018 and 2019 seasons, Casale was on loan at Serie B sides Sudtirol and Venezia respectively. His time at Venezia was noteworthy in that he featured in 20 league matches during the 2019-2020 season.
Upon returning to Hellas Verona in August 2020, Casale’s status as a first-team regular was cemented, participating in 36 matches during the 2021-2022 season.
In October 2020, he was loaned out one more time to Empoli, this time in Serie B. An impressive tally of 24 appearances and one goal marked his stint for Empoli for the 2020-2021 season.
Casale with a proven Seria A experience was sold in July 2022 to Lazio for about £5.4m. Despite making 29 first-team appearances in the 2022-2023 season and 20 in the 2023-2024 season, he was reduced to only 2 appearances in the 2024-2025 season.
In an effort to revitalise his career, Casale was loaned to Bologna for the 2024-2025 season, where he made 15 league appearances. He was finally transferred permanently by Lazio to Bologna in July 2025 for a reported fee of £4.7m. In the current 2025-2026 season, Casale has a single league appearance to his name.
