Marco Crimi

Crimi was born in Messina, and started his career with hometown club 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 Coppa Italia 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-offs 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.

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

Italy U21 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up