Giandomenico Mesto’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Giandomenico Mesto (born 25 May 1982) is an Italian footballer currently playing for the Greek football club Panathinaikos. Known for his pace, work-rate, and versatility, Mesto usually plays as a full-back or as a wide midfielder on the right flank.

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. At the end of the season, his contract was not renewed. On 31 December 2015 he signed with Greek side Panathinaikos for one and a half years. On 1 June 2016, Mesto extended his contract with the club for another year till the summer of 2018.

International career

At international level, Mesto appeared in the Italian under-21 national team which won the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, and was a member of the under-23’s Olympic squad which won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. 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.

Honours

International

Italy under-21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2004
• Olympic Bronze Medal: 2004

Club

Napoli

• Coppa Italia: 2013–14
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2014

Orders

• 5th Class / Knight: Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 2004

• “Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana Sig. Mesto, Giandomenico” (in Italian). Retrieved 7 August 2015.