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My Take
Cristian Molinaro reads to me like the quintessential dependable full-back: not a headline-grabber, but the steady 182 cm presence a serious side is built around, good enough to earn an Italy cap. What I respect most is the way he stayed in the game after hanging up his boots, moving into a technical director role at Serie A's Venezia. Plenty of players vanish once the cheering stops; choosing the unglamorous backroom grind says he loves the sport for itself, not the spotlight. There is a quiet southern-Italian tenacity to that path, and I have a soft spot for these unsung backbone figures.
Overview
Cristian Molinaro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkristjam mɔliˈnaːro]; born 30 July 1983) is an Italian professional football official and a former full-back. He works as a technical director for Serie A club Venezia. He represented the Italy national team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cristian Molinaro
- Name (Japanese)
- クリスティアン・モリナーロ
- Reading
- くりすてぃあん・もりなーろ
- Born
- July 30, 1983 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Boar
- Origin
- Vallo della Lucania, Province of Salerno, Italy
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 182 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Italy →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.