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Paolo Cristallini

Paolo Cristallini
Personal information
Full name Paolo Cristallini
Date of birth (1971-09-20) 20 September 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–1988 Pisa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1994 Pisa 97 (5)
1994–1997 Torino 80 (7)
1997–1998 Bologna 19 (1)
1998–2001 Piacenza 76 (5)
2001–2006 Vicenza 79 (6)
Total 351 (24)
Managerial career
2006–2016 Vicenza (director of football)
2017–2018 Brescia (director of football)
2018–2020 Sassuolo (scout)
2020– Verona (scout)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024

Paolo Cristallini (born 20 September 1971), is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Player career

Paolo Cristallini began his career with Pisa SC in the 1988–89 season, but without participating in the team's relegation campaign to Serie B. In the following season, he made 3 appearances, in what was the club's return to Serie A. He played for the club until the bankrupt in 1994, moving to Torino. For the 1997–98 season, Cristallini was acquired by Bologna for a fee of six and a half million lira.[1] Later he still defended Piacenza and Vicenza, always in the first two divisions of Italian football.[2][3]

Style of play

Cristallini stood out for his enormous commitment to individual marking and sometimes for violence, being one of the record holders of sent offs in the 1995–96 season. He also had a strong leadership spirit.[4]

Post career

After retiring as a player, Cristallini worked for more than 10 years at LR Vicenza, holding the positions of sporting director and general director.[5][6] In 2017 he was hired by Brescia to perform the same role, remaining until March 2018.[7] He later became scout director, working at US Sassuolo and currently at Hellas Verona.[8]

References

  1. ^ "MORATTI ORA VUOLE ANCHE ROMARIO". la Repubblica (in Italian). 4 July 1997. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Carriera di Paolo Cristallini". ilcalcio.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  3. ^ "INTERVISTA A CRISTALLINI – Giovedì 22 novembre 2001". sportquotidiano.it (in Italian). 22 November 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2006.
  4. ^ "ADDIO TORINO, DA RIZZITELLI AD ANGLOMA". la Repubblica (in Italian). 4 July 1996. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  5. ^ "L'era Cassingena tra rivoluzioni e ripensamenti". la Domenica Vicenza (in Italian). 12 June 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  6. ^ Marco Orrù (17 June 2011). "Serie B Vicenza, dg Cristallini:"Si può fare un buon mercato anche con pochi soldi"". Serie B News (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Il nuovo corso biancazzurro sull'asse Cristallini-Salerno". Bresciaoggi (in Italian). Archived from the original on 10 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Dopo Milanetto anche Cristallini entra nell'area sportiva del Verona". Calcio Hellas (in Italian). 5 August 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Cristallini