Pantaleo Creti

Pantaleo Creti
Personal information
Date of birth (2008-07-22) 22 July 2008
Place of birth Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
GC
Number 22
Youth career
–2025 Monza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025– Grasshopper 3 (1)
International career
2024 Italy U16 1 (0)
2024 Italy U17 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2024

Pantaleo Creti (born 22 July 2008) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Swiss club Grasshopper. Born in Italy, he has represented Italy and has been called up to represent Uganda internationally at youth level.

Early life

Creti was born on 22 July 2008 in Italy. Born to an Ugandan mother and an Italian father, he moved with his family to Lecce, Italy at the age of four.[1]

Club career

As a youth player, Creti joined the youth academy of Italian side Monza. Following his stint there, he signed for Swiss side GC ahead of the 2025–26 season.[2]

International career

Creti is an Italy youth international and has been called up to represent Uganda internationally at youth level. During the autumn of 2025, he was called up to the provisional squad of the Uganda national under-17 football team for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Style of play

Creti plays as a defender. Italian magazine Sprint e Sport wrote in 2025 that he is "not just a bulwark in defense, but a true engine in attack. Creti has shown himself to have a trained foot, capable of churning out assists".[3]

References

  1. ^ "Il Monza a "Offside Racism"" [Il Monza a "Offside Racism"] (in Italian). RAI. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  2. ^ Pantaleo Creti at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Lascia il Monza per andare all'estero ed è già protagonista: il nuovo Cafù è un classe 2008" [He left Monza to go abroad and is already making a name for himself: the new Cafu is a player born in 2008] (in Italian). Sprint e Sport. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2026.