Domenico Criscito

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Domenico Criscito
Personal information
Date of birth	December 30, 1986 (age 20)
Place of birth	Cercola, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	central defender
Club information
Current club	Genoa C.F.C.
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002- 2004-2006	Genoa Juventus (co-ownership)	1 (0) 0 (0)
National team2
2004-2005 2005 2006-	Italy U-19 Italy U-20 Italy U-21	6 (1) 2 (1) 1 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Domenico Criscito (born 30 December 1986 in Cercola, Naples) is an Italian football central defender.

Criscito started his professional career at Genoa C.F.C., but was signed by Juventus for €1.9 million. Immediately thereafter Juventus sold 50% of the rights back to Genoa.

In January 2007, Juventus finally bought back the remaining 50% of Crisito for a combined price of €7.5 million. This was paid by the co-ownership of Andrea Masiello and Abdoulay Konko to Genoa C.F.C., and €5.25 million.

He also signed a new contract with Juventus which will last until June 30, 2011.

[edit] International career

Criscito made his U-21 debut as a substitute for Andrea Mantovani in a friendly match against the Czech Republic on November 14, 2006.[1]

[edit] Teams and clubs

• ? -2004: Genoa C.F.C.
• 2004-2006: Juventus youth team co-ownership with Genoa
• 2006-2007: Genoa C.F.C. co-ownership with Juventus
• Italy national under-21 football team
  • 2006-
  • debut against Czech Republic U-21

Genoa C.F.C. - Current Squad
3 Biasi | 4 Bega | 5 Coppola | 7 Rossi | 9 Figueroa | 14 Adaílton | 15 Longo | 17 Zeytulaev | 18 Aurelio | 19 Criscito | 20 Forestieri | 21 Grabbi | 22 Botta | 23 Greco | 27 Stellini | 28 Jurić | 29 Fabiano | 30 Diogo Tavares | 33 De Rosa | 57 Russo | 73 Scarpi | 77 Milanetto | 81 Pedro López | 83 Rubinho | 87 Tiago |  Masiello |  León | Coach: Gasperini