Q:Daniel Bombardieri (born 12 May 1985) is an Italian footballer. He plays as a defender for AlbinoLeffe having been loaned out twice to Pergocrema. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete