Federico Crescentini

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Federico Crescentini
Date of birth	April 13, 1982(1982-04-13)
Place of birth	San Marino
Date of death	December 13, 2006 (aged 24)
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001–2002 2004–2005 2005–2006	Virtus Villa AS Real Misano S.P. Tre Fiori
National team²
2002–2006	San Marino	08 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:47, 25 December 2006 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 13 April 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Federico Crescentini (13 April 1982–13 December 2006) was a football player, a defender for the tiny nation of San Marino, for whom he made eight appearances.^[1]

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Death
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Club career

Crescentini played in the Italian amateur leagues before moving to Sanmarinese side Tre Fiori in 2005.

[edit] International career

He made his debut for San Marino in a May 2002 friendly match against Estonia, coming on as a substitute for Giacomo Maiani. He earned his 8th and final cap against Ireland in November 2006, substituting Damiano Vannucci.

[edit] Death

He died while on holiday in Acapulco, Mexico when he tried to help a friend in trouble, but despite rescuing her, he drowned.^[1] He was the third footballer to drown in the course of a single week, after Juventus FC's youth players Riccardo Neri and Alessio Ferramosca drowned at the club's training ground. At the time of his death, he was only 24. His funeral took place at MonteGiardino in San Marino.