Giandomenico Mesto

Giandomenico Mesto
	Mesto playing for Napoli in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Giandomenico Mesto
Date of birth	25 May 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Monopoli, Italy
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right back/Right Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2008	Reggina
2000–2001	→ Cremonese (loan)
2001–2002	→ Fermana (loan)
2007–2008	→ Udinese (loan)
2008–2012	Genoa
2012–2015	Napoli
2015–2017	Panathinaikos
International career
2002–2003	Italy U-18
2002–2003	Italy U-20
2004–2005	Italy U-21
2005–2007	Italy
Medal record
Representing Italy
Men's Football
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giandomenico Mesto Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [dʒandoˈmeːniko ˈmɛsto]; born 25 May 1982) is a former Italian footballer. Known for his pace, work-rate, and versatility, Mesto usually played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder on the right flank.^[2]

Club career

After making his professional debut during the 1998–99 Serie B season, Mesto has spent the majority of his career at Reggina, aside from spells with Cremonese and Fermana during the 2001–02 Serie C2 and C1 seasons, makine 138 appearances and scoring 1 goal; he was loaned out to Udinese during the 2007–08 season. In 2008, he transferred to Genoa, where he remained for four seasons. In 2012, he moved to Napoli where he remained until the 2014–15 Serie A season, winning a Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana in 2014.^[3] At the end of the season, his contract was not renewed.^[4] On 31 December 2015 he signed with Greek side Panathinaikos for one and a half years.^[5] On 1 June 2016, Mesto extended his contract with the club for another year till the summer of 2018.^[6]

International career

At international level, Mesto appeared in the Italian under-21 national team which won the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship,^[7] and was a member of the under-23's Olympic squad which won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.^[8]^[9] Afterwards, he made his senior international debut for Italy a year later, in a 1–1 friendly draw against Serbia and Montenegro, on 8 June 2005; in total, he has obtained three caps for Italy.^[10]

Honours

International

Italy U21^[7]

Club

Napoli^[3]

Orders

5th Class / Knight: Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 2004^[11]

References

^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 169" [Official Press Release No. 169] (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 6 March 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
^ "Giandomenico Mesto" (in Italian). Area Napoli. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Giandomenico Mesto" (in Italian). Tutto Calciatori. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^ Luca Bargellin (23 June 2015). "Mesto saluta Napoli: "Non rinnoverò. E' stato un onore vestire questa maglia"" (in Italian). Tutto Mercato. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^ pao.gr. "Απόκτηση του Μέστο" (in Greek). Retrieved 31 December 2015.
^ sport24.gr. "Επεκτείνει για άλλη μία σεζόν ο Μέστο" (in Greek). Retrieved 1 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b Francesco Cozza (13 November 2012). "Ex amaranto in copertina: Mesto devastante, Cozza risorge" (in Italian). Reggio nel Pallone. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^ Marco Liguori (19 April 2013). "Azzurri di bronzo ad Atene 2004" (in Italian). SCS Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^ "Giandomenico Mesto Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-02-22. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
^ "Mesto, Giandomenico" (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^ "Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana Sig. Mesto, Giandomenico" (in Italian). Retrieved 7 August 2015.

External links

Giandomenico Mesto at Soccerbase
Giandomenico Mesto at Soccerway
Giandomenico Mesto at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 169" [Official Press Release No. 169] (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 6 March 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

[2] "Giandomenico Mesto" (in Italian). Area Napoli. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[tuttocalciatori.net-3] "Giandomenico Mesto" (in Italian). Tutto Calciatori. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[4] Luca Bargellin (23 June 2015). "Mesto saluta Napoli: "Non rinnoverò. E' stato un onore vestire questa maglia"" (in Italian). Tutto Mercato. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[5] .gr. "Απόκτηση του Μέστο" (in Greek). Retrieved 31 December 2015.

[6] sport24.gr. "Επεκτείνει για άλλη μία σεζόν ο Μέστο" (in Greek). Retrieved 1 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[reggionelpallone.it-7] Francesco Cozza (13 November 2012). "Ex amaranto in copertina: Mesto devastante, Cozza risorge" (in Italian). Reggio nel Pallone. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[8] Marco Liguori (19 April 2013). "Azzurri di bronzo ad Atene 2004" (in Italian). SCS Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[9] "Giandomenico Mesto Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-02-22. Retrieved 2009-10-28.

[10] "Mesto, Giandomenico" (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[11] "Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana Sig. Mesto, Giandomenico" (in Italian). Retrieved 7 August 2015.

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