Carlo Crialese (born 14 November 1992) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Crialese started his senior career at Italian

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club

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. In 2011 Crialese joined

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club

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. In 2012, he joined fellow fourth-tier club Lamezia. In 2013, he moved to the third tier club Nocerina, via

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. Nocerina also signed Tozzi and Rosato from Parma. During the season, Nocerina was suspected of match-fixing after 8 players were injured, leaving not enough players for the rest of the match. Thus the club was expelled from the league and relegated. On 1 August 2014, the club was assigned to

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, two tier below Lega Pro, as Lega Pro only had one unified division since the 2014–15 season. However, Crialese himself did not find any club for the second half of 2013–14 season.

Cesena

On 30 June 2014, the last day of 2013–14 financial year, Crialese,

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, Mohamed Traoré were sold from

to Serie A newcomers

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, with Nicola Ravaglia,

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and

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moved to opposite direction. Crialese signed an initial three-year contract. On 1 September 2014, he was signed by

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. The loan deal was extended on 8 July 2015. He returned to Cesena for their pre-season camp on 14 July 2016. However, on 25 July 2016, Crialese was signed by Bassano in another loan. On 12 July 2017, he received a call-up from Cesena for their 2017 pre-season camp. However, he left the club less than a month of the new season.

Pro Vercelli

On 20 July 2017, Crialese joined

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, with

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moved to opposite direction. Crialese was immediately left for

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

club Juve Stabia.

Loan to Virtus Entella

On 6 August 2018, he joined Serie C side

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on a two-year loan deal. Virtus Entella was promoted to

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for the second season of his loan.

Loan to Perugia

On 6 August 2020, Crialese went to

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on loan.

Crotone

On 31 August 2022, Crialese joined

on loan with a conditional obligation to buy. The conditions were fulfilled and he transferred to Crotone on a permanent basis.

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crialese, Carlo 1992 births Living people Footballers from Rome Italian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Atletico Roma FC players Vigor Lamezia players Parma Calcio 1913 players ASG Nocerina players AC Cesena players US Cremonese players Bassano Virtus 55 ST players FC Pro Vercelli 1892 players SS Juve Stabia players Virtus Entella players AC Perugia Calcio players FC Crotone players