Cesare Casadei

Cesare Casadei
Casadei with Italy in 2025
Personal information
Full name Cesare Casadei
Date of birth (2003-01-10) 10 January 2003
Place of birth Ravenna, Italy
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Torino
Number 22
Youth career
Cervia
–2018 Cesena
2018–2022 Inter Milan
2022–2023 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2025 Chelsea 11 (0)
2023Reading (loan) 15 (1)
2023–2024Leicester City (loan) 22 (2)
2025– Torino 40 (5)
International career
2018–2019 Italy U16 9 (2)
2019 Italy U17 1 (1)
2021 Italy U18 1 (1)
2021–2022 Italy U19 12 (3)
2022–2023 Italy U20 9 (8)
2022–2025 Italy U21 16 (4)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Runner-up 2023 Argentina
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:36, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 June 2025

Cesare Casadei (born 10 January 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Torino.

Casadei played youth football with various Italian clubs before moving from Inter Milan to Chelsea in 2022. He was sent on loan in January 2023 and made his professional debut with Reading. He then joined Leicester City on loan for the 2023–24 season. He joined Torino in February 2025.

Representing Italy in various youth levels, Casadei received the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot awards in the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.