Bryan Cristante
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bryan Cristante | ||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Milan | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Casarsa | |||
| Liventina Gorghense | |||
| 2009–2013 | Milan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011– | Milan | 3 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Italy U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Italy U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Italy U18 | 6 | (2) |
| 2013– | Italy U19 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Bryan Cristante (born 3 March 1995) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Milan. He also holds a Canadian passport, as his father was born there.[1]
Club career
Cristante was born in San Vito al Tagliamento but raised in the nearby San Giovanni di Casarsa, where he started playing football as a child.[2] He moved on to Liventina Gorghense, an amateur club in the province of Treviso, before joining A.C. Milan in 2009.[3] Throughout his time in the club's youth system he was a member of the under-15 squad who won the Campionato Giovanissimi Nazionali in 2010,[4] scoring eight goals,[2] as well as a member of the under-17 side who won the Campionato Allievi Nazionali in 2011.[5]
He made his professional debut for the club on 6 December 2011, aged 16 years and 278 days, coming on as a substitute for Robinho in a UEFA Champions League group stage match against Viktoria Plzeň, which ended in a 2–2 draw.[6] He thus became the youngest ever Milan player to feature in a Champions League game and third youngest overall.[7][8]
Cristante was elected as the best player at the Torneo di Viareggio 2013. On 4 March 2013, Cristante signed his first professional contract, which will keep him at Milan until 2018. He joined the first team squad at the start of the 2013/2014 season.[9]
On 10 November 2013 he made his debut in Serie A, coming on as a substitute for Kaká in a match against Chievo Verona, which ended in a 0-0 draw.[10]
On 6 January 2014 Bryan scored his first goal for the club thanks to an assist from Kaká, in a 3-0 victory at the San Siro against Atalanta, which was also the game in which Kaká scored his 100th (and 101st) goal for the club.
Statistics
- As of match played on 18 January 2014.
| Team | Season | Domestic League |
Domestic Cup |
European Competition1 |
Other Tournaments2 |
Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Milan | 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | ||
| Career Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League.
2Other tournaments include the Supercoppa Italiana.
References
- ↑ "Milan: chi è Cristante: "Mi rivedo in Aquilani"". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 7 December 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Simone Gambino (7 December 2011). "An introduction to Bryan Cristante - AC Milan's 16-year-old Champions League wonderkid". goal.com (PERFORM). Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ Pietro Mazzara (04-12-2011). "DNA vincente e serietà: ecco chi è Bryan Cristante". milannews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2011-12-15.
- ↑ "Campionato Giovanissimi Nazionali 2009/10". acmilan.com (in Italian). Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "Campionato Allievi Nazionali 2010/11". acmilan.com (in Italian). Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ Ian Holyman (6 December 2011). "Plzeň secure late draw with Milan to end on a high". uefa.com (Union of European Football Associations). Retrieved 7 December 2011.
- ↑ Gaetano De Stefano (7 December 2011). "Pato and Robinho not enough, AC Milan fluff the finish in Prague". gazzetta.it (La Gazzetta dello Sport). Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ Lu. Guaz. (7 December 2011). "Cristante, il suo nome nella storia". ilgiorno.it (in Italian) (Il Giorno). Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "Bryan Cristante: il gioellino della "Cantera" rossonera". milanpassion.it (in Italian). Milan Passion. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ↑ http://www.milannews.it/i-tabellini/chievo-milan-0-0-il-tabellino-della-gara-127953
External links
- Primavera squad list at acmilan.com
- International caps at figc.it (Italian)
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