Cristian Molinaro
Torino in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 July 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Vallo della Lucania, Italy | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Venezia (technical director) | ||
Youth career | |||
1989–1996 | Gelbison | ||
1996–2002 |
Salernitana | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 |
Salernitana | 77 | (1) |
2005–2007 |
Siena | 56 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Juventus | 65 | (0) |
2010 | → VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 17 | (0) |
2010–2014 | VfB Stuttgart | 76 | (0) |
2014 |
Parma | 16 | (2) |
2014–2018 |
Torino | 81 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Frosinone | 14 | (0) |
2020–2022 |
Venezia | 36 | (0) |
Total | 438 | (4) | |
International career | |||
2004–2005 | 2 | (0) | |
2010 | Italy | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2022– |
Venezia (technical director) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cristian Molinaro (Italian pronunciation:
Club career
Early career
Molinaro started playing at age 5 for
In 2002–03 he made his league debut in
Siena and Juventus
In 2005, he was noticed by the dense network of observers of
For 2006–07, Juventus, relegated to
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
Stuttgart
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.[3] On 1 June 2010, VfB Stuttgart took advantage of a contract option and signed Molinaro permanently until June 2014.[4] Juventus announced that on 14 June they received €3.9 million transfer fees and the deal was completed.[5]
During the first round of the
Parma
On 30 January, Parma announced that they had signed Cristian Molinaro.
Torino
On 16 June 2014, Molinaro was signed by
On 18 September 2016, he ruptured his
Frosinone
On 12 July 2018, Christian Molinaro joined Serie A club Frosinone on a free transfer.[11]
Venezia
After not playing in the first half of the 2019–20 season, he signed with
International career
Molinaro received his first international call-up on 6 August 2010 under new head coach Cesare Prandelli.[13] He made his debut on 10 August 2010, starting in the match against Ivory Coast. He was also called up for the games against Estonia and Faroe Islands in the Euro 2012 qualifiers.
Post-playing career
On 13 June 2022,
Career statistics
Club
- As of 1 July 2022[15]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Salernitana |
2002–03 |
Serie B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
2003–04 |
33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||||
2004–05 |
39 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 1 | ||||
Total | 77 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 83 | 1 | ||||
Siena |
2005–06 |
Serie A | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
2006–07 |
36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | ||||
Total | 56 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 58 | 0 | ||||
Juventus | 2007–08 |
Seria A | 31 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||
2008–09 |
29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9[16] | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | |||
2009–10 |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 65 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 81 | 1 | |||
VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
VfB Stuttgart | 2010–11 |
27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
2011–12 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
2012–13 |
25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |||
2013–14 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 93 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 0 | — | 125 | 0 | |||
Parma | 2013–14 |
Serie A | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | |||
Torino |
2014–15 |
Serie A | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | — | 38 | 1 | |
2015–16 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||
2016–17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
2017–18 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||||
Total | 81 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | — | 101 | 2 | |||
Frosinone | 2018–19 | Serie A | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
Venezia |
2019–20 | Serie B | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | Serie A | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
Total | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||
Career total | 438 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 521 | 6 |
- ^ Appearances in Serie B – Promotion play-offs
International
Italy | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2010 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 |
Honours
VfB Stuttgart
References
- ^ "Grieco in extremis In Belgio è vittoria". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 31 March 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ Di Ragogna, Dante (18 March 2005). "L' Italia si diverte Brilla Vantaggiato". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ "VfB sign Cristian Molinaro". vfb.de. 5 January 2010. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ "Cristian Molinaro – VfB Stuttgart". gfdb.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ^ "Agreement with VfB Stuttgart 1893 for the definitive transfer of the registration rights of the player Cristian Molinaro" (PDF). Juventus FC official site. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Schneider setzt auch in Südafrika auf die Jugend". kicker.de (in German). 18 December 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ "Dallo Stoccarda arriva Cristian Molinaro. Da oggi è un giocatore del Parma" (in Italian). fcparma.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Molinaro al Toro" (in Italian). Torino FC. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "BROMMAPOJKARNA VS. TORINO 0 - 3". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ "Toro, frattura alla testa del perone per Molinaro".
- ^ "Molinaro signed with Frosinone". Eurosport.com. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- Venezia. 15 January 2020.
- ^ "L'Italia di Prandelli: 8 novità, tra cui Balotelli e Amauri. Torna Cassano". FIGC (in Italian). 6 August 2010. Archived from the original on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ^ "CRISTIAN MOLINARO NAMED VENEZIA FC FIRST TEAM TECHNICAL DIRECTOR". Venezia. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ a b Cristian Molinaro at Soccerway
- ^ Two appearances during the preliminaries
- ^ "Molinaro, Cristian" (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
External links
- Gazzetta dello Sports player profile (in Italian)
- Lega Serie A profile (in Italian)
- Profile at kicker.de (in German)
- Profile at FIGC.it (in Italian)