Christian José Manfredini
Sisostri, known as Christian Manfredini,
(born May 1, 1975 in Port
Bouët
, Côte d'Ivoire
) is an Ivorian-Italian
footballer. Manfredini currently
plays for Italian Serie A side Lazio.
Personal life
Christian
Manfredini was born Christian José Sisostri, in Côte
d'Ivoire. At the age of 5, he was adopted by an
Italian family called Manfredini.
Career
Club
A versatile midfielder, Manfredini is a product of the
Juventus youth system and spent the early
years of his career sent on loan by Juve to smaller clubs.
Manfredini spent four seasons with different sides, playing in both
Serie C1 and
C2
until he was sent to
Cosenza in
1998 where he made his debut in
Serie B at the age of 23.
In
1999, after a year with Cosenza, Manfredini
joined
Genoa, also in
Serie B at the time. After just a season with Genoa,
Manfredini then joined a club which was making its way forward on
the Italian football scene.
In
2000, Manfredini joined
Chievo Verona, and was an important part
of the first ever Chievo side to reach
Serie
A. The team continued to surprise as they found themselves top
of Serie A, eventually finishing fifth and achieving a
UEFA Cup place.
Manfredini did not stay any longer though as he had caught the eye
of giants
Lazio, who he joined in
2002.
At first, Manfredini failed to break into the
strong Lazio side and was sent on loan to Osasuna in Spain
, as well as
Perugia and Fiorentina.
In
2004, Lazio went into financial meltdown and
were forced to sell many of their top players. Manfredini was
recalled to the club and while not always a regular in the first
eleven, made many appearances for the capital club.
Manfredini also scored a goal in the
UEFA Champions League
against German side
SV Werder
Bremen.
International
In
2006, Manfredini was handed his maiden
national team callup by his country of birth, the
Côte d'Ivoire. On
March 1,
2006,
Manfredini was selected for the squad to face
Spain in a friendly match,
however remained an unused substitute. Manfredini later came off
the bench against
Senegal on
August 16,
2006. He was not
selected for the
2006 FIFA World
Cup.
In
2008, Côte d'Ivoire's new manager, Bosnian
Vahid Halilhodžić, gave
Manfredini a recall to the national side.
References
- http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=228805&cc=3436
Werder 2-1 Lazio
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