Alberto Gilardino ( Italian: Alberto Gilardino ; July 5, 1982, Biella , Piedmont ) - former Italian footballer, striker. 2006 World Champion in Italy . Now a coach.
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| Nickname | Jila | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 5, 1982 (aged 37) Biella , Piedmont , Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 184 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Rezato | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Main coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Gilardino began his career at Piacenza in the 1999/00 season. During this season, he spent 17 matches in the league and scored 3 goals. The next season he spent in Verona , which bought it for 5 million euros, scoring only 5 goals in two seasons at the club, having won 39 matches in the league.
Parma
His career in the international arena began in 2002, after he was sold to Parma for 12 million euros, satisfying the request of the former Verona coach Cesare Prandelli . Gilardino scored 5 goals for the first season in Parma and 23 for the second. This made him second in the 2003/04 season on Serie A. The next season, he repeated this achievement, again scoring 23 goals. In all, he scored 50 goals for Parma in 96 matches in Serie A.
Milan
On July 17, 2005, Gilardino was sold to Milan for 24 million euros. He scored 17 goals for Milan in the championship, but could not prove himself in the Champions League , not having scored a single goal in 12 matches. The next season in the Champions League, he also performed poorly, scoring only 2 goals. However, one of the goals helped “Milan” to win in the second leg of the semifinal victory over “ Manchester United ” 3: 0. May 2, 2007, which allowed Milan to reach the final for a rematch with Liverpool . In this match, he played only two minutes, replacing Filippo Inzaghi , after he set the final score of the match - 2: 1 in favor of “Milan”. In the 2006/07 season, Gilardino became Milan's top scorer, scoring 12 goals. On October 7, 2007, Gilardino scored a double in the Lazio match, which ended with the score 5: 1 (before that, the double was in the match with Ascoli on April 18, 2007, the match ended 5-2 in favor of Milan). On October 24, Gilardino scored two goals against Shakhtar in the Champions League and helped AC Milan win 4-1.
Fiorentina
On May 25, 2008, Fiorentina sports director Pantaleo Corvino confirmed that an agreement was reached with Milan to acquire Gilardino, and on May 28 Gilardino transferred to Fiorentina for 15 million euros, signing a five-year contract. Fiorentina's head coach Cesare Prandelli used to work with Gilardino at Parma . Gilardino scored the first goal for violets in the first match of the third qualifying round of the Champions League 2008/09 against Slavia . That match ended with a score 2: 0, on the account of Gilardino the second goal. On August 31, Gilardino made his debut in Serie A with violets in the Juventus match, where he scored a goal in the 89th minute, snatching a 1-1 draw. In the first match of the Champions League group stage in the match with Lyon , Gilardino scored two goals in the first half, but Lyon was able to recoup thanks to the goals of Frederic Picionne and Karim Benzema . Gilardino finished the 2008/09 season with 19 goals in Serie A and won the love of violet fans. Other highlights of the season include the double in the match against Roma (the match ended 4-1) in the second round and the goal against Genoa in the first round from an acute angle, being covered by three defenders (2: 0) . On January 26, 2015 he returned to Fiorentina on loan from the Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrand [1] .
Further career
On December 30, 2011, Gilardino successfully passed a medical examination at Genoa [2] and on January 4, 2012 signed a contract with the Genoese for a period of 4.5 years [3] [4] . For the six months spent in the shirt of the Genoese club, Alberto played 14 matches in the Italian championship and managed to score four goals.
On August 31, 2012, the player moved to Bologna on a one-year lease basis [5] [6] [7] . September 1, 2012 he made his debut for Bologna in the home match of the 2nd round of the Italian championship 2012/13 against Milan (in the 61st minute he entered the game instead of Robert Aquafresca ) [8] [9] .
On August 27, 2015, Gilardino signed a contract with Palermo [10] . On July 7, 2016, the attacker signed a contract with Empoli for a period until June 30, 2018 [11] .
On January 9, 2017, Gilardino signed a contract with Pescara [12] until June 30, 2017 with the possibility of extension until 2018.
International Career
Gilardino played for the Italian national team at the 2004 Athens Olympics, winning a bronze medal. He also won with the national team at the European Youth Championship in 2004.
Gilardino was a member of the Italian national team at the 2006 World Cup . He played the first two matches, scoring the US team , and replaced in the semifinal match with Germany , in extra time hitting the goal frame and giving an assist to Alessandro Del Piero , who set the final score 2-0.
On October 17, 2007, Gilardino took the captain's armband with Daniele De Rossi when he was replaced in a friendly match with South Africa , which ended in a 2-0 victory for Italy. I missed Euro 2008 , due to the weak season in Milan . He returned to the national team on August 20, 2008 in a friendly match with Austria , which ended in a draw 2: 2. Both goals of the Italians on account of Gilardino. In June 2009, Marcello Lippi challenged Gilardino to the 2009 Confederations Cup in South Africa. Gilardino played a friendly match with New Zealand , scoring two goals and showing a brilliant form.
On October 14, 2009, Gilardino made a hat-trick in the 2010 World Cup qualifying match against Cyprus , in 12 minutes (78–90) with a score of 0: 2 in favor of the Cypriots, deciding the outcome of the match in favor of the Italians (3: 2).
I missed Euro 2012 due to poor performance in Serie A. Alberto returned to the national team again after a good season for Bologna . Compiled a shock blowing with Mario Balotelli at the 2013 Confederations Cup tournament in Brazil. In the fall of 2013, he played his last matches for the national team and missed the 2014 World Cup .
Coaching career
In October 2018, he was appointed assistant to the head coach of the amateur club of group B of the Rezato D series Luke Prina [13] . On February 27, 2019, he was appointed head coach of Rezato [14] .
Personal life
On July 5, 2009, Gilardino married Alice Bregoli in Santa Margherita Ligure , in the province of Genoa . The couple has three daughters: Ginevra (born 02.03.2008), Gemma (born 19.03.2011) and Julia (born 04.09.2012) [15] .
Achievements
Team
- "Milan"
- Champions League Winner: 2006/07
- UEFA Super Cup Winner: 2007
- Club World Cup Winner: 2007
- Guangzhou Evergrand
- Champion of China : 2014
- Italy Youth Team
- European Youth Champion : 2004
- Italy national team
- World Champion : 2006
Personal
- Top scorer of the European Championship among youth teams : 2004 (4 goals, together with Johan Elmander )
- Italian footballer of the year : 2005
Notes
- ↑ Gilardino torna in viola. Mercoledì alle 13:00 la presentazione (Italian) . Sito ufficiale dell'ACF Fiorentina (01/26/2015). Date of treatment January 27, 2015.
- ↑ Gilardino wechselt nach Genua (German) . transfermarkt.de (12/31/2011). Date of treatment January 3, 2012. Archived on February 20, 2012.
- ↑ Grazie Gila (Italian) . Sito ufficiale dell'ACF Fiorentina (3.01.2012). Date of treatment January 4, 2012. Archived on February 20, 2012.
- ↑ E 'fatta: contratto depositato (Italian) . Sito ufficiale del Genoa CFC (4.01.2012). Date of treatment January 4, 2012. Archived on February 20, 2012.
- ↑ Cessioni in quattro lasciano Genova (Italian) . Sito ufficiale del Genoa CFC (08/31/2012). Date of treatment September 7, 2012. Archived October 18, 2012.
- ↑ Gilardino al Bologna (Italian) . Sito ufficiale del Bologna FC (08/31/2012). Date of treatment September 7, 2012. Archived October 18, 2012.
- ↑ Alberto Gilardino: la carriera (Italian) . Sito ufficiale del Bologna FC (08/31/2012). Date of treatment September 7, 2012. Archived October 18, 2012.
- ↑ Bologna - Milan (Italian) . Sito ufficiale del Bologna FC (09.09.2012). Date of treatment September 7, 2012. Archived October 18, 2012.
- ↑ E 'la notte di Pazzini. Il Milan sbanca Bologna (Italian) . la Repubblica (1.09.2012). Date of treatment September 7, 2012. Archived October 18, 2012.
- ↑ #BenvenutoAlberto! Gilardino è rosanero (Italian) . Sito ufficiale dell'US Citta di Palermo (08.28.2015). Date of treatment September 1, 2015.
- ↑ Preso Alberto Gilardino (Italian) . Sito ufficiale dell'Empoli FC (07/07/2016). Date accessed August 21, 2016.
- ↑ Primo giorno Gilardino al Pescara . Date of treatment January 9, 2017.
- ↑ Gilardino vice allenatore in serie D (Italian) . Corriere dello Sport (10/07/2018). Date of treatment March 23, 2019.
- ↑ Gilardino: dal violino al debutto in panchina in Serie D (Italian) . La Gazzetta dello Sport (02.27.2019). Date of treatment March 23, 2019.
- ↑ 'Tripletta' di Gilardino: ecco Giulia, "Felicissimi che sia nata a Bologna" (Italian) .
Links
- Official Website (Italian )
- Alberto Gilardino 's YouTube Video Channel
- Profile on aic.football.it (ital.)