Gian Marco Crespi (born 28 June 2001) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club Spezia.

Club career

On 31 January 2020, Crespi signed with

Crotone Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...

and was loaned back to Gozzano until the end of the 2019–20 season. On 22 May 2021 he made his serie A debut in Crotone–

Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...

. On 2 August 2021 he went to Renate on loan. On 26 August 2021 he joined

Pistoiese Unione Sportiva Pistoiese 1921 is an Italian association football club, based in Pistoia, Tuscany. Currently, Pistoiese plays in Serie D. Originally founded on 21 April 1921 and later restored after bankruptcy, the team plays their home games ...

on loan. On 22 July 2022, Crespi was loaned by

Picerno Picerno is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the ''comuni'' of Balvano, Baragiano, Potenza, Ruoti Ruoti ( Ruotese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pot ...

. On 24 January 2023, he was loaned to

Juventus Next Gen Juventus Next Gen (), also known as Juve Next Gen or Juve NG (), is a professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, which acts as the reserve team of club Juventus. They compete in , and play their home games at the Stadio Gius ...

. In February of the same year, he received his first call-up to

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

' first team for the first leg of the

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knockout play-off against

Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

. On 1 September 2023, Crespi's contract with Crotone was terminated by mutual consent. On 23 October 2023, Crespi signed a one-year contract with Juventus Next Gen. On 18 January 2024, Crespi joined

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club Spezia on a permanent deal, signing a three-year-and-a-half contract.

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* 2001 births Living people Footballers from Udine Italian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Serie A players Serie C players Udinese Calcio players AC Gozzano players FC Crotone players AC Renate players US Pistoiese 1921 players AZ Picerno players Juventus Next Gen players Spezia Calcio players {{Italy-footy-goalkeeper-2000s-stub