Mattia Caldara unfairly lived in the shadow of Gonzalo Higuain and Leonardo Bonucci in the system of transfers between Milan and Juventus . A 24-year-old Italian is worth more attention for sure. On the first hand he is considered to be one of the most talented defenders of the country. And secondly he has creatively different literary preferences.

Milan sports director Leonardo said at the conference with a smile : "I chose Calddara because he has a diploma in economics and he reads Dostoevsky." Caldara went further: "It is true that I read Dostoevsky. I prefer to read and to stay in privacy of my own mind but not to play video games. "

Caldara is very quiet, shy and thoughtful. He admitted that if he were not a footballer, he would devote his life to learning languages. He passionately went into the analysis of Dante's Divine Comedy at high school . Matthia is obligated to his college teacher for the acquaintance with Russian classical literature: "My Professor Signorelli knew that I like literature and t advised me to read some Russian authors. Books help to grow after reading them people start to speak better." One day, Caldara was asked if he had the desire to read with the aim to impress girls. Mattia replied very quickly: "No, no, they just laughed at me because of this."

Caldara read twice Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, all famous works of Tolstoy including War and Peace and Anna Karenina. They say that Kaldary's large and worn backpack is always full of books.

Atalanta's partners told us that Caldara thinks PlayStation is a waste of time and often stays in his room with books. Forward Andrea Petagna nicknamed the defender by the poet. Caldara promised to engage in the partner’s education in turn: "I'll give him a book, because he always laughs at me. I like reading, especially Russian literature. This is a solitary journey. Books figured my character and in future it can help me get a job in the Italian Footballers Association." Mattia didn’t t try to instill his hobby to partners. He joked: "How shall I make them read? I’d better shut up or they'll just eat me. "

Translated from sports.ru