Giandomenico Mesto

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Full name Giandomenico Mesto Name Giandomenico Mesto Spouse Sara Facciolini (m. 2012) 1998–2007 Reggina Weight 79 kg		Years Team Height 1.81 m Place of birth Monopoli, Italy Role Footballer Salary 700,000 EUR (2012)

Date of birth (1982-05-25) May 25, 1982 (age 33) Playing position Right back / Right Midfielder Current team Italy national football team (Defender, Midfielder) Similar People Miguel Britos, Gokhan Inler, Bruno Uvini, Kalidou Koulibaly, Jorginho

Giandomenico Mesto (born 25 May 1982) is an Italian footballer who last played for the Greek football club Panathinaikos. Known for his pace, work-rate, and versatility, Mesto usually plays as a full-back or as a wide midfielder on the right flank.

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Club career

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After making his professional debut during the 1998–99 Serie B season, Mesto has spent the majority of his career at Reggina, aside from spells with Cremonese and Fermana during the 2001–02 Serie C2 and C1 seasons, makine 138 appearances and scoring 1 goal; he was loaned out to Udinese during the 2007–08 season. In 2008, he transferred to Genoa, where he remained for four seasons. In 2012, he moved to Napoli where he remained until the 2014–15 Serie A season, winning a Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana in 2014. At the end of the season, his contract was not renewed. On 31 December 2015 he signed with Greek side Panathinaikos for one and a half years. On 1 June 2016, Mesto extended his contract with the club for another year till the summer of 2018.

International career

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At international level, Mesto appeared in the Italian under-21 national team which won the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, and was a member of the under-23's Olympic squad which won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Afterwards, he made his senior international debut for Italy a year later, in a 1–1 friendly draw against Serbia and Montenegro, on 8 June 2005; in total, he has obtained three caps for Italy.