Cristian Molinaro was born in Moio della Civitella, near Salerno, on the 30th of July 1983. His dad is called Emilio and is a high school P.E. teacher. His mum Franca is also a teacher, but at an elementary school. Cristian has two brothers, both of them older than him: Bartolomeo, a chartered accountant, and Angelo, a humanities teacher: truly a family of teachers! Cristian has a surveyor diploma and naturally his favourite subjects at school were humanities.

Cristian is a real videogame enthusiast. He favours simulation and motor racing games; these have become a true passion of his.   When he finds time to relax, he loves listening to music and, even though Italian singer Ligabue is his favourite artist, he certainly doesn't disdain foreign music.

He’s also a great movie lover. His number one film of all time? Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday". His favourite actor is Denzel Washington, who was excellent in “John Q”, whereas his favourite actress is definitely Meg Ryan.
He doesn't watch a lot of television, but he does have a penchant for comedy shows such as Zelig, with two of his favourite comedians, Claudio Bisio and Raul Cremona.

He's been playing classical guitar for over ten years now, and he's very much into computers. Another hobby of his is collecting Spiderman comics.

Cristian is really rather keen on food. He loves sweets in any shape or form. His favourite? Crostata pie, without the shadow of a doubt. He's also a fairly good connoisseur of wines. It would be impossible to make a list of his favourites because he claims that each wine has its own characteristics, but if he really had to narrow the choice down to two, he'd pick Tocula, a white wine from the Campania region, and Brunello di Montalcino among reds.
 
He's not obsessed with how he looks. He prefers to dress casual for comfort, but admits he doesn't spend much money on clothes.

Cristian loves all kinds of sports. He's a huge tennis enthusiast; he plays it a lot during the summer. His favourite sports personality outside of football is Roger Federer. He also follows the world motorbike racing championship religiously.

Molinaro began playing football at age 5 in the Gelbison team. He always played as a left wing in those days. When he joined Salernitana's youth academy he was moved to left-back. His arrival at Juventus represents the happiest moment of his career until now and he hopes to stay at the club for a very long time.

He has two recurring dreams: on a professional level he hopes one day to play for the national team and to play in - and maybe win - the Champions League. As for his private life, he dreams of building a big happy family just like the one he grew up in.