Adrian Galliani (born April 28, 2001) is an American professional

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player who plays as a defender or a

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Career

As a youth player, Galliani joined the academy of English second tier side

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. After that, he joined the youth academy of

AC Milan Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons ...

in the Italian

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. In 2018, he joined American club

IMG Academy IMG Academy is a preparatory boarding school and sports training destination in Bradenton, Florida, United States. IMG Academy is set across over 600 acres and features programs consisting of sport camps for youth athletes, adult camps, a board ...

. Before the second half of 2019–20, Galliani joined the youth academy of

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

in the English second tier. In 2021, he signed for Greek team

Olympiacos B Olympiacos Football Club B, or simply Olympiacos B ( gr, Ολυμπιακός Β), is the reserve team of Greek club Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos and plays in Super League Greece 2. Stadium The stadium that hosts in Olympiacos is the Rentis T ...

. On 12 January 2021, he debuted for

in a 2–1 loss to Thesprotos.

Personal life

Galliani is the grandson of former

chairman and current

Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...

CEO

Adriano Galliani Adriano Galliani (born 30 July 1944) is an Italian entrepreneur and football executive who is the CEO of club Monza. He is known for being former vice-chairman and CEO of AC Milan from 1986 to 2017, a period in the club's history known as t ...

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Adrian Galliani
at playmakerstats.com 2001 births Living people Soccer players from New York City American people of Italian descent American soccer players Association football defenders Association football midfielders Reading F.C. players A.C. Milan players IMG Academy Bradenton players Watford F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Olympiacos F.C. players Panionios F.C. players Super League Greece 2 players American expatriate soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in England American expatriate sportspeople in Italy American expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Greece {{US-footy-bio-stub