Federico Crovari

Federico Crovari was born in Milan on April 20, 1975.

Source Lazio Wiki

His first club as a kid was US Aldini Unes di Milano and he then joined Monza's youth setup.

He made his professional debut for Monza in the 1994-95 season. The Brianzoli were in Serie C1 and finished 4th. Crovari played 11 league games.

He then spent a year with Solbiatese (Varese) on loan in C2. He played 21 league games and the Nerazzurri finished 9th.

In 1996 he returned to Monza and stayed two seasons. In the first the Biancorossi were promoted to Serie B via the playoffs and then finished 16th. The promotion coach was Gigi Radice who had taken over from Giorgio Rumignani after 26 games. The second year he had Radice, Bruno Bolchi and then Pierluigi Frosio. In his two seasons Crovari played 85 games with 9 goals. His teammates included future Lazio Massimo Oddo (2002-07) plus keeper Christian Abbiati (future Milan and PSG) and Roberto D'Aversa (future Serie A coach).

In 1998 Crovari joined Lazio. The manager was Sven-Goran Eriksson and the Biancocelesti had numerous good midfielders (Stankovic, Venturin, Almeyda, Baronio, de la Peña, Nedved, Okon, Lombardo, Conceição, Mancini). Crovari only played one game, a Cup Winners Cup quarter final against Panionios. Lazio came 2nd in Serie A but won the Cup Winners Cup and the Italian Supercoppa.

In 1999 he joined Treviso in Serie B. The Biancocelesti finished 8th under Gianfranco Bellotto and Crovari played 35 games with 3 goals.

In 2000 he moved nearby and signed for Vicenza in Serie A. He stayed seven seasons with the "Lane". In the first they were relegated and then six in Serie B. Their best position was 8th place in 2003. Crovari played a total of 91 games with 3 goals. His teammates included Lazio connections Fabio Firmani (Lazio 2005-09, 2009-11), Ousmane Dabo (2003-06, 2008-10), Ivano Della Morte (1994, 1995), Paul Okon (1996-99), Massimo Bonanni (2006) and his managers included Edy Reja (2010-12, 2014), Eugenio Fascetti (1986-88), Giancarlo Camolese (Lazio player 1986-88) and Angelo Gregucci (Lazio player 1986-93).

Crovari's last club was still in Veneto, Padova from 2007- January 2009. The Patavini were in C1 and finished 6th and 4th but promoted via the playoffs. Crovari played 36 games for the Euganei. The promotion manager was Carlo Sabatini while one of his teammates was former Lazio player Roberto Muzzi (2003-05).

Crovari then retired at 34. During his second season at Padova he decided to stop playing due to back problems and work for the club as a scout.

Since then, in 2014 he worked for Ascoli as a scout, in 2015 started to work for Juventus' scouting team and in 2020 was put in charge of the Bianconeri's U20 Italy scouting setup.

Crovari was a midfielder. At 1.85 he was a physical player. He had a good Serie B career and played 269 professional games.

At Lazio he only stayed one season and the Biancocelesti had too many stars for him to get much playing time. He however won a European Cup Winners Cup, the last ever held.

Lazio career

Season	Total Cup Winners Cup Appearances
1998-99	1

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