André Felipe de Sousa Galiassi (22 August 1980) is a Brazilian retired professional

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who played as a

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Career

André Galiassi was born on 22 August 1980 in

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

, starting to play football at the junior squads of

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where he was teammate with future Brazilian international Kléber. He started his senior career playing for Brazilian teams in the regional championships like Roma Apucarana. Afterwards he went to play abroad, firstly in the first two leagues from Paraguay at River Plate, General Caballero and

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, then in Bolivia at Bolívar with whom he won the domestic league, also making appearances in continental competitions, including six in the group phase of the

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. Galiassi and teammate Miguel Cuéllar were transferred from Bolívar to Romanian side

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who firstly paid €100,000 for Galiassi's loan, shortly afterwards paying another €400,000 for his permanent transfer. He made his

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debut on 24 February 2007 when coach

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introduced him at halftime to replace Romeo Surdu, managing to score a goal in the 63rd minute as CFR obtained a 1–1 against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. In the following season, Galiassi helped CFR win for the first time in the club's history the championship and the cup, being used in 28 league matches by coach

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who also used him the full 90 minutes in the 2–1 victory against

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from the Cupa României final. He then played five games for '' The Railway Men'' in the 2008–09 Champions League group stage, including a historical 2–1 victory on

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against

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and a 0–0 against Chelsea when he had an appreciated evolution in front of his direct opponent

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, also by the end of the season he won another

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with the club, but this time only being an unused substitute in the

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. After he impressed with how he played in the Champions League, clubs from Russia and Greece were interested to transfer him, also Swiss side Young Boys offered €100,000 for his loan, but eventually in July 2009 he was transferred by CFR for a fee of €500,000 to newly promoted

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side Kasımpaşa. After only half of year spent in Turkey, Kasımpaşa loaned him back in Romania at Unirea Alba Iulia for a fee of €30,000, being wanted there by coach

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. André Galiassi ended his career at

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where he made his last Liga I appearance on 22 October 2011 in a 1–0 away loss in front of Voința Sibiu, having a total of 85 games with four goals scored in the competition.

Honours

Bolívar *

Bolivian Primera División The División de Fútbol Profesional is the top-flight professional football league in Bolivia. In 2017 it replaced the "Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano" (; ). Since 1950, a total of 16 clubs have been crowned champions of the Bolivian foot ...

: 2005–06 Clausura CFR Cluj *

: 2007–08 *

: 2007–08, 2008–09

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Galiassi, Andre 1980 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Paraguayan Primera División players Bolivian Primera División players Liga I players Süper Lig players Club Bolívar players CFR Cluj players Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers CSM Unirea Alba Iulia players CS Concordia Chiajna players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen