| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Cividale del Friuli, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Internazionale | ||
| Number | 48 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Audace San Leonardo | ||
| 2002–2007 | Donatello | ||
| 2007– | Internazionale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011– | Internazionale | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Italy U-16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | Italy U-17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Italy U-18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2010– | Italy U-19 | 11 | (0) |
| 2010– | Italy U-21 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Lorenzo Crisetig (born 20 January 1993) is an Italian footballer of South Slavic minority who plays for Serie A club Internazionale.
Crisetig made his competitive debut on 27 September 2011, in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.
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Born in Cividale del Friuli, the Province of Udine (but from Škrutovega,[1] Scrutto frazione of San Leonardo), Crisetig started his career with local club Audace San Leonardo.[2] In the next season he left for Donatello, located in the city of Udine. At age of 14 he was signed by Internazionale. Crisetig played for Giovanissimi Nazionali under-16 team In 2007–08[3] and Allievi Nazionali under-18 team in 2008–09 season. He was picked by Italy U-17 team in 2009 as one of the youngest players, which the team mainly consist of born 1992.
In August 2009 he played for the first team in a friendly match.[4][5] Soon after, he received his first Italy U-21 team.[6] That season he also promoted to the Primavera under-20 team. He also picked by José Mourinho in another friendly, mid of international break.[7] In January 2010 he received his first competitive call-up, but did not play.[8] Mourinho also made several call-up after that match.[9][10][11][12] In May 2010 he also returned to Allievi Nazionali team,[13] reached quarter-finals.[14]
In the next season, he was named as one of the club youth product (List B) in 2011 UEFA Super Cup (but did not received call-up).[15] On 11 August, he made his Italy U-21 debut as the youngest player in history.[16] Under Rafael Benítez, he also received call-up to the first team;[17][18] Benítez's successor, Leonardo, also picked Crisetig[19] but he failed to make debut. Crisetig won 2011 Torneo di Viareggio with the Primavera (the Spring).[20]
Under new coach Gian Piero Gasperini, Crisetig played in pre-season friendlies.[21][22][23][24][25][26] However he did not play in competitive match. But under new coach Claudio Ranieri, he made his debut in 2011–12 UEFA Champions League on 27 September, replacing Cristian Chivu in the last minute. It was due to the injury crisis, which the coach had 5 midfielders only (including Zanetti) plus Crisetig and youngster Andrea Romanò.[27] He also played for the youth team in 2011–12 NextGen series in the next day.[28]
Crisetig received his first call-up in December 2007, for Torneo Giovanile di Natale.[29] He made his debut in 2008, for Italy U-16 team. Despite not played in qualifying, he was picked by Pasquale Salerno to the final tournament of 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, as the only born 1993 player. He started all four matches, losing to Germany in the semi-finals. In the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, he played all five games, losing to Switzerland in the quarter-finals.[30] He followed the team member promoted to U-18 team after the tournament. He was eligible to 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, but did not play in any qualifying match.
On 11 August 2010 he made his Italy U-21 debut in a friendly match against Denmark under coach Pierluigi Casiraghi, as the youngest player ever. After that Crisetig went to U-19 team and made his U-19 debut on 22 September. Under the guidance of Daniele Zoratto, Crisetig played twice in 2011 U-19 Euro qualifying and two substitute appearances in the elite round, losing to Republic of Ireland in the last game. He also played twice for U-21 in friendlies in March, which coached by Ciro Ferrara.
After the U-19 team (born 1992 team) was eliminated by the Irish, Crisetig remained in the U-19 team (but consists of player 1993 born) as one of the eldest players. He played 2 (out of possible 3) friendlies to prepare for the 2012 U-19 Euro qualifying which coached by Alberigo Evani. After made his professional debut, he joined the U-19 team on 29 September,[31] but only played once out of three qualifying, being replaced by Francesco Vassallo for the latter. He started in the first match that losing to Romania 1–2 in the first qualifying match, on 6 October.[32] Eventually Azzurrini qualified as the group 3 runner-up.He is considered the best player of primavera squad
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