Fabiano Santacroce

Fabiano Santacroce (2009)

Fabiano Santacroce ( born August 24, 1986 in Camaçari, Bahia) is an Italian football player.

Career

In the club

Born in Brazil Fabiano Santacroce moved with his Italian father and Brazilian mother at the age of two years after Monza in Lombardy. In his youth he played with smaller teams in the region. With Como Calcio, he played 2004/ 05 his first professional season in Serie C1. After the bankruptcy of Como Calcio, he remained without a club until he was obliged to Brescia Calcio. In the last two years in Brescia, he convinced than regular players.

In January 2008, Santa Croce was transferred for a fee of 5.5 million euros to the Italian tradition club SSC Napoli. On February 2, 2008 Santa Croce made ​​his Serie A debut in the match against Udinese Calcio. Due to his good performances, it was often used by the then coach Edoardo Reja as a regular player.

In the National Team

Fabiano Santacroce was on 21 August 2007 his debut in the Italian U- 21 team in a friendly against France as a replacement for the injured Marco Andreolli.

In the game of 21 November 2007 against the Faroe Islands, the defender was sent off for an elbow strike from space, which is why he missed in Beijing a possible participation in the Olympic Games in 2008 with the Italian Olympic team.

In the U -21 Football Championship in 2009, he failed to Italy in the semi-finals at Germany.

On October 5, 2008 Santa Croce was appointed for the first time by coach Marcello Lippi in the Italian national team. He did not come in the World Cup qualifiers against Bulgaria and Montenegro, but used.