Victor Cristaldo

Victor Cristaldo
Personal information
Full name Victor Cristaldo
Date of birth (1967-05-10) 10 May 1967
Place of birth Argentina
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1984 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1984 Keilor
1984 Leicester City 0 (0)
1985–1987 Melbourne Croatia 24 (0)
1988–1992 Thomastown 139 (17)
1993–1996 Presidente Hayes
1996 Western Suburbs (2)
1996–1997 Sport Colombia
1998 Western Suburbs (1)
2002–2005 Melbourne City
International career
Australia U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2011

Victor Cristaldo (born 10 May 1967) is an Argentine-born Australian former professional footballer of Paraguayan descent who played as a midfielder and currently works as a coach.

In 1985 and 1986, Cristaldo played for Melbourne Knights in the National Soccer League.

Cristaldo then passed 5 seasons in the Primera División Paraguaya from 1993 to 1997. In this task, he featured for Club Presidente Hayes and Club Sport Colombia, becoming the first Australian to play in Paraguay and the second player to play in South America after John Crawley (1990 in Chile).

Following his retirement, Cristaldo became a coach.

He is the father of Australian footballer Christopher Cristaldo.