Federico Crescentini
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-04-13)13 April 1982
Place of birth San Marino
Date of death 15 December 2006(2006-12-15) (aged 24)
Place of death Acapulco, Mexico
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Virtus Villa
2004–2005 AS Real Misano
2005–2006 S.P. Tre Fiori
International career‡
2002–2006 San Marino 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2006
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 December 2006

Federico Crescentini (13 April 1982 – 15 December 2006)[1] was a Sammarinese football defender. He played eight times for his country's national team.[1]

Club career

Crescentini played in the Italian amateur leagues before moving to Sanmarinese side Tre Fiori in 2005.

International career

He made his debut for San Marino in a May 2002 friendly match against Estonia, coming on as a substitute for Giacomo Maiani. He earned his 8th and final cap against Ireland in November 2006, substituting Damiano Vannucci.

Death

He died while on holiday in Acapulco, Mexico when he tried to help a friend in trouble, but despite rescuing her, he drowned.[1] He was the third footballer to drown in the course of a single week, after Juventus FC's youth players Riccardo Neri and Alessio Ferramosca drowned at the club's training ground. At the time of his death, he was 24. His funeral took place at MonteGiardino in San Marino.

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