Ciro Polito

Ciro Polito's career arc is the kind I find genuinely satisfying. A former goalkeeper from Naples, the man who once stood furthest back and read the whole pitch now shapes a club's future as sporting director at Bari. That progression feels almost inevitable: keepers are paid to see everything, and that panoramic instinct translates beautifully to recruitment and squad-building. There is something fitting about a southern Italian footballer staying in the demanding cauldron of the Italian game on the executive side. I like understated professionals who reinvent themselves without fuss, and Polito strikes me as exactly that.

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Name (English)

Ciro Polito

Name (Japanese)

チーロ・ポリート

Reading

ちーろ・ぽりーと

Born

April 12, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Naples, Campania, Italy

Height

183 cm

Occupation

association football player / sports executive

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Goat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciro%20Polito
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q797745

Tags

• Campania
• association football player
• sports executive

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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