Full name Cristian Molinaro Name Cristian Molinaro Salary 400,000 EUR (2014) Years Team Weight 82 kg | Number 3 Height 1.82 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Date of birth (1983-07-30) 30 July 1983 (age 32) Place of birth Vallo della Lucania, Italy Current team Torino F.C. (#3 / Defender) Siblings Bartolomeo Molinaro, Angelo Molinaro Similar People Cesare Bovo, Daniele Padelli, Bruno Peres, Giuseppe Vives, Alessandro Gazzi | ||
Cristian molinaro il leone
Cristian Molinaro (born 30 July 1983) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Torino.
Contents
- Cristian molinaro il leone
- Cristian molinaro numero di alta scuola colpo di tacco alla roberto mancini
- Early career
- Siena and Juventus
- Stuttgart Parma and Torino
- International career
- Club
- International
- References
Cristian molinaro numero di alta scuola colpo di tacco alla roberto mancini
Early career
He started playing at age 5 for Gelbison, in Vallo della Lucania, before growing up in the various Salernitana youth teams.
In 2002–03 he made his league debut in Serie B. This marked the beginning of the two competitive seasons he played as a starter in Salerno, that included his first professional goal in 2004–05 in a match against Bari. In 2005, he moved to Siena, a club that he played for two seasons.
Siena and Juventus
In 2005, he was noticed by the dense network of observers of Juventus and signed, who decided to sell him in co-ownership to Siena, in which Juventus already had several players on loan. He made his debut in Serie A on 18 September 2005 in Siena - Palermo 1–2 and his first season in the top flight was characterised by ups and downs; losing the role of starting left-back to the more experienced Gianluca Falsini.
For 2006–07, Juventus, relegated to Serie B by the 2006 Italian football scandal, allowed Molinaro to remain at Siena (who sold Falsini), relying on him to cover the role of left-back. He collected 36 appearances out of 38 league games and two appearances in 2 rounds of Coppa Italia.
On 20 June 2007, shortly before the transfer window deadline, Juventus redeemed him for a sum of €2.5 million. During 2007–08, at age 24, he carved out a starting spot on the left wing of the defence of Juventus, thanks to the movement of companion Giorgio Chiellini to central defence.
In his second season at Juventus he debuted 13 August 2008 in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the Champions League, won 4–0 against Petržalka, which also represented his debut in European competition. On 28 November 2008 he extended his contract with Juventus until 2013. He finished the 2008–09 season prematurely because of a perirenal hematoma.
Stuttgart, Parma and Torino
With the arrival of Italy international Fabio Grosso and Uruguayan Martín Cáceres in the summer, Molinaro signed a loan deal with VfB Stuttgart on 5 January 2010 which initially saw him stay at the club until the end of the 2009–10 season. On 1 June 2010, VfB Stuttgart took advantage of a contract option and signed Molinaro permanently until June 2014. Juventus announced that on 14 June they received €3.9M transfer fees and the deal was completed.
During the first round of the 2013–14 Bundesliga season, Molinaro only played once. Kicker and other media reported that VfB Stuttgart sought to offload him. On 30 January, Parma announced that they had signed Cristian Molinaro. On 16 February 2014, he scored his first goal with the shirt of Parma, as well as first in Serie A, against Atalanta for the momentary 0–1. Shortly afterwards, in his first game against his former team, Juventus, he scored his second goal in Serie A.
On 16 June 2014 Molinaro was signed by Torino on an annual contract. He made his debut with the Granata in the third round of the 2014–15 Europa League against Brommapojkarna. On 25 June 2015 Torino exercised the option to extend his contract.
International career
Molinaro received his first international call-up on 6 August 2010 under new head coach Cesare Prandelli. He made his debut on 10 August 2010, starting in the match against Côte d'Ivoire. He was also called up for the games against Estonia and Faroe Islands in the Euro 2012 qualifiers.