# Marco Crimi

Marco Crimi (born 17 March 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie C Group C club Messina. He plays as a defensive midfielder, but can also play as a right back. He is a former Italy under-21 international.

## Club career

Crimi born in Messina, started his career at his home town team Messina before joining Igea Virtus as a free agent. His form earned him a move to Serie A side Bari.

### Bari

Crimi joined Serie A side Bari in 2009. He made his Bari debut in the Italian Cup on 28 October 2010 in a 3–1 win against Torino. On 10 November 2010, he made his Serie A debut replacing Alessandro Gazzi as a substitute in a match against ChievoVerona.

### Grosseto

He earned a subsequent loan move to Grosseto on 31 January 2011. He made his debut in Serie B on 5 February 2011, in Grosseto's 1–0 loss to Novara. On 23 June 2011, Grosseto bought out 50% of his rights in a co-ownership deal, for a fee of €300,000. The co-ownership deal was renewed in June 2012.
After becoming a regular starter at Grosseto, Crimi was frozen out of the first team along with teammates Yaw Asante, Davis Curiale and Giovanni Formiconi all being in a car involved in an accident where the driver had been drink driving.
In June 2013, Grosseto acquired Crimi outright from Bari.

### Latina

On 3 September 2013, Crimi joined Serie B side Latina on loan. His impressive form in the heart of the midfield, led Latina to an impressive 3rd-place finish in Serie B, after helping beat his former club Bari in two legs in the Serie B play-off semi-final, Latina were undone 4–2 on aggregate by Cesena in the two legged final for promotion to Serie A.
In June 2014, Latina excised the option to sign Crimi outright.

### Bologna

Crimi joined Bologna on 20 August 2015 for a €730,000 fee, with Daniele Paponi moving in the opposite direction for free. Crimi signed a reported three-year contract, worth €250,000 a year.

### Carpi

On 4 January 2016, Serie A side Carpi had reached an agreement for the loan of Crimi until the end of the season, with a buyout option.
On 21 June 2016, Carpi announced that they had activated the buyout clause to sign Crimi on a two-year deal, for a fee of €500,000.

### Cesena

On 31 January 2017, Crimi joined Cesena on a temporary deal, with an obligation to buy.

### Virtus Entella

On 31 August 2017, Crimi was sold to fellow Serie B club Virtus Entella.

### Reggina

On 29 January 2021 he joined Reggina on a 1.5-year contract.

### Triestina

On 31 August 2021, he moved to Triestina.

### Trapani

After two Serie C seasons with Triestina, on 28 September 2023 Crimi joined Serie D club Trapani on a free transfer.

## International career

On 4 November 2011, he received his first call-up to Italy U-21 by Ciro Ferrara for the double engagement with Turkey and Hungary qualifier for the UEFA European Under-21 qualifiers. Becoming the first player in the history of Grosseto to play in the Under-21s.
On 27 May 2013, he was included as Devis Mangia in the 23-man squad to for European Under-21 Championship in Israel, where Italy finished in second place with Spain beating Italy 4-2 in the final on 18 June, with Crimi making 3 appearances in all the tournament.

## Honours
### Italy U21

* 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up