Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 February 1992 | ||
Place of birth | San Marino | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | S.S. Folgore Falciano Calcio | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | San Marino Calcio | 0 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Folgore | 0 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Cattolica Calcio | 0 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Sammaurese | 3 | (0) |
2016– | Folgore | 166 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2011 | San Marino U19 | ||
2011–2013 | San Marino U21 | 8 | (0) |
2012– | San Marino | 24 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2021 |
Cristian Brolli (born 28 February 1992) is a San Marino international footballer who plays as a defender for SS Folgore. [1]
As of 2021, he was in his second spell of playing domestic football in San Marino for S.S. Folgore Falciano Calcio. [2]
Brolli has played eight games for the San Marino under-21 side, all of which ended in defeat. [1] [3] He has previously represented the San Marino under-19's, and scored an own goal for Italy in a Euro 2010 (under-19) qualification game at the Stadio Olimpico on 15 November 2009; the team managed to keep a clean sheet until 71 minutes, at which point Brolli's own goal led to a 4–0 loss. [4]
Brolli made his senior debut from the bench on 14 August 2012, in a 3–2 home defeat to Malta. [1] He made his first start on 11 September 2012, in a 6–0 home loss to Montenegro in qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [5]
In San Marino's home Euro qualifier against England on 5 September 2015, Brolli scored a headed own goal in the first-half as the Three Lions went on to win 6–0. [6]
He scored another own goal for his country against Belgium on 10 October 2019 in a UEFA European Championships qualification match which Belgium went on to win 9–0 to seal their qualification for Euro 2020. [7]
Brolli then again for the third time scored an own goal, this time in a friendly game against Latvia on 11 November, 2020. The Sammarinese side were defeated by 3–0. [8]
On 9 October 2021, he scored his fourth own goal in a 0–5 defeat against Poland at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw. [9]
Brolli works in a furniture company while also playing football. [10]