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Cristian Silvestri

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Cristian Silvestri is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

) is an Italian football defender

Defender (football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

who currently plays for Ascoli Calcio in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

Serie B

Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

Ternana Calcio

Silvestri began his professional career at the age of 20, after he was promoted from the youth system of Ternana Calcio

Ternana Calcio

Ternana Calcio is an Italian football club based in the city of Terni, Umbria.The team's colours are red and green.The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana have twice played in Serie A...

in 1995. The player made a handful of appearances in his first season, and continued with the senior squad for 4 full seasons, and in his final two seasons with the club, Silvestri establisghed himself as an undisputed starter an following the conclusion of the 1998-99 season, Silvestri had racked up over 100 appearances for his club in all competitions, scoring 6 goals. Following several positive seasons with Ternana Calcio

Ternana Calcio

, the fullback transferred to Cosenza Calcio in the summer

Summer

Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice...

of 1999.

Cosenza Calcio

In July 1999, Cosenza Calcio 1914, officially announced the signing of the 24 year old defender, for an undisclosed transfer fee. In just two seasons with the third division club, Silvestri managed an impressive 54 appearances with 1 goal in all competitions. The players impressive form led to interest amongst several larger Italian clubs, including Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

side, U.S. Lecce

U.S. Lecce

Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....

, who eventually signeed the defender in the summer of 2001.

U.S. Lecce

The defender officially transferred to U.S. Lecce

U.S. Lecce

in the summer of 2001, and made his Serie A

Serie A

debut during that season. In his first Serie A

Serie A

season, the player managed to make 15 appearances in the league, while also taking part in a select Coppa Italia

Coppa Italia

The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...

, and friendly mathces. Silvestri could not, however, help the club avoide relegation to the Serie A

Serie A

, but he remained within the squad, despite their demotion. In his second season with the Apulian club, Silvestri was a starter for much of the Serie B

Serie B

season, and went on to make 35 starts for the club in the league. His efforts helped the club earn promotion back into the top flight after just one season in the second tier. In the club's return season, Silvesrti was dropped from the starting XI, and made just 15 league appearances. During the following campaign, Silvestri was far down in the pecking order and also was hampered by injuries throughout the first portion of the season. With this, he managed to make just 2 appearances during the first 4 months of the 2004-05 Serie A

Serie A

season. After a dismal start to the season, the fullback transferred to Sicilian

Sicily

Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...

side, Calcio Catania

Calcio Catania

Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...

for the second half of the 2004-05 Serie B

Serie B

season.

Calcio Catania

Silvestri officially joined the Sicilian

Sicily

outfit in January 2005, during the winter transfer market. He instantly became a key part of the team's roster and made 18 appearances in the league scoring 2 goals in his first six months. Silvestri also was an influential part of the Catania

Catania

Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...

first team during the 2005-06 Serie B

Serie B

season, as he helped the club to finish second in the league, and hence, earn promotion to the Italian Serie A. Cristian contributed with an impressive total of 36 league mathces, also netting a single goal. Upon Catania

Catania

's return to the Italian top flight, Silvestri continued to be an integral figure in the club's success. He manages 22 Serie A

Serie A

appearances and helped guide the team to a 13th place finish in the league table. The 2007-08 season proved to be very similar, as the player contributed with 26 appearances, helping the team to avoid relegation yet again with a 17th place finish in the league. During the 2008-09 Serie A

Serie A

campaign, Silvestri was often used as a left full back, as the right side was covered by Gennaro Sardo

Gennaro Sardo

Gennaro Sardo is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Chievo in the Italian Serie A.-Early Career:Sardo started his professional career in 1997 when he played for A.S. Palmese Calcio. In 1998, he moved on loan to S.S.C. Giugliano. He played 16 total games with the club. He would then...

and later Alessandro Potenza

Alessandro Potenza

Alessandro Potenza is an Italian football defender, who currently plays for Calcio Catania of the Italian Serie A.-FC Internazionale Milano:...

. Silvestri still managed 23 appearances in the league, and the club wound up 15th in the final table. At the conclusion of the season, talk of a contract renewal was heard, but on June 30, 2009, Silvestri became a free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

at the age of 34.
During his time with Catania

Catania

he was known for being a hard worker and a so-called "wall" in defensive positions.

Ascoli Calcio

In July 2009, Silvestri signed a contract with Serie B

Serie B

side, Ascoli Calcio, following the expiration of his Catania

Catania

deal. In his first season with the club, Silvestri made 21 appearances in the league, along with select appearances in the club's Coppa Italia

Coppa Italia

campaign. Silvestri joined former Catania teammates, Marcello Gazzola

Marcello Gazzola

Marcello Gazzola is an Italian footballer who plays for Ascoli Calcio in the Italian Serie B.-Parma F.C.:Gazzola started his youth career at Serie A club, Parma F.C. in 1995...

, Mirco Antenucci, and Vito Falconieri

Vito Falconieri

Vito Falconieri is an Italian striker who plays for Serie B outfit Ascoli.-Club career:Falconieri made his Serie A debut on April 26, 2009 against U.S. Lecce....

at Ascoli

Ascoli

-Places of Italy:*Ascoli Piceno, a city and provincial seat in Marche*Ascoli Satriano, a town in the Province of Foggia*Porto d'Ascoli, a civil parish of San Benedetto del Tronto, in the province of Ascoli Piceno*Province of Ascoli Piceno, a province of the Marche...

. Gazzola and Falconieri are at Ascoli in co-ownership deal, whilst Antenucci was on loan.

External links

PRofile at Lega-Calcio.it

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