Domenico Crisito - Italian defender, former captain of the St. Petersburg “Zenith”, player of the Italian national football team. One of the most memorable foreign players in the Russian Premier League.
Biography
The future defender was born on December 30, 1986, in the tiny settlement of Cherkola, which occupies only about three square kilometers in the Italian province of Naples. The Domenico family has two more sisters and a brother.
Crisito often skipped school to devote time to his beloved football. He literally slept with the ball in bed, and as a result, the father took his 15-year-old son to the Virtus Voll football club, the first in his life.
Career
A year later, when Domenico turned 16, the scouts of the Genoa football club noticed a talented defender. Then he got into the youth team of Turin Juventus. As part of the Juventus youth team, there was a victory in the Italian youth championship, and the defender got into the application for the match of the main Juventus team several times, but did not take part in the matches.
In 2006, Criscito returned to Genoa. In the “Genoa” Domenico made his debut in the championship of Italy. Oddly enough, the young defender immediately became the main player in the team. For half a season in the “griffins”, the defender spent 36 games. In early 2007, Crisito signed a full-fledged contract with Juventus, but this was not the end of Domenico’s journey from Genoa to Juventus.
Crisito could not gain a foothold in the Turin team, and on loan again moved to the camp of the “griffins” in 2008. In 2010, after several extensions of Crisito’s lease, Genoa still bought the defender’s contract from Juventus. He played in the camp of griffins until the summer of 2011, but unfortunately, he won no titles for the entire period of his stay in Italian teams.
And in the summer of 2011, the defender’s transfer to St. Petersburg Zenit took place, according to various sources, the transfer amount was from 11 to 15 million euros. In the “Zenith”, the Italian football player was finally able to gain a foothold in the team and win their first titles. In the St. Petersburg club, Domenico twice became the champion of Russia and received the Russian Cup.
Criscito showed himself on the field and in the locker room as the real leader of the team, and in 2015 he took over as its captain. As part of the St. Petersburg Domenico spent 155 games and scored 15 goals, which is a very good result for the defender. In the summer of 2018, Domenico Crisito returned again to Genoa, where he is currently playing.
Italy national team
In the national team, the football player spent 24 matches. As part of the national team, the defender played at the World Championships in South Africa, however, like the entire national team, he held a slurred tournament. Recall that the Italian team left the tournament at the stage of the group stage.
