Federico Agliardi (born 11 February 1983) is an Italian
footballer
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who currently plays as
goalkeeper
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for
Eccellenza Lombardy side
Lumezzane
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.
Career
Brescia
Agliardi grew up in his native city's team,
Brescia Calcio, and made his professional debut with
Cosenza of
Serie B
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on 2002–03. He debuted in Serie A on 8 November 2003 with Brescia in a league match against
Bologna
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.
Palermo
Agliardi signed for Palermo in January 2006, in a swap deal with
Nicola Santoni
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Career
Santoni started his professional career at native club Cesena of Emilia-Romagna region. He was on loan to Chieti (Serie C1) ...
(50% registration rights), and quickly became a first team regular. In the deal Agliardi was valued €4 million
[US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2007 ] and half of Santoni's rights was valued €1 million
[US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2006 ] He also played for the Italy U-21 national team.
On 17 September 2006, Agliardi and teammate
David Di Michele combined to lift the ''Rosanero'' to a 2–1 victory over
Lazio
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in Rome. In the latter stages of the first half, Agliardi denied efforts from
Cristian Ledesma,
Stefano Mauri (twice),
Christian Manfredini
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Personal life
Christian Manfredini ...
,
Goran Pandev (a rebound attempt from Manfredini's shot, Agliardi deflected the ball past his left-hand post with his foot), and
Massimo Oddo
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. Earlier, Di Michele's 10th- and 38th-minute goals had put Palermo ahead. Lazio did get a consolation goal through
Tommaso Rocchi in the 73rd minute. The result elevated Palermo to second place in Serie A, behind Lazio's city rivals and stadium-mates
Roma on goal difference, with a 100% record. This performance was followed by a number of less notable ones, including a criticised appearance in a 5–3 Palermo win in a
Sicilian derby
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to
Catania, and Agliardi ultimately became a back-up player at Palermo, behind veteran goalkeeper
Alberto Fontana, who served as main goalkeeper also in the following 2007–08 season.
Following the acquisition of
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Marco Amelia
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from
Livorno, Agliardi's hopes of playing as a regular became even slimmer. Consequently, in July 2008 Palermo finalized a loan move to Serie B side
Rimini
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for the Brescia-born goalkeeper.
Padova
On 17 July 2009 he was sold to Serie B side
Padova
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on free transfer. Palermo choose to release the player from his contract one year earlier.
[US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2009 ]
Bologna
On 14 July 2011, Agliardi joined
Serie A
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side
Bologna
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along with
José Ángel Crespo
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He made 74 La Liga appearances for Sevilla, Ra ...
and
Daniele Vantaggiato. The club had lost
Emiliano Viviano as first choice before the start of season. However Agliardi failed to challenge
Jean-François Gillet
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for the starting place, which the Belgian internationals played most of the game. After Gillet left the team for
Torino
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in July 2012, he became Bologna's first-choice goalkeeper, making 22 appearances during the 2012–13 season. However, he returned to his backup role behind on loan goalkeeper
Gianluca Curci since the beginning of the second half. Having made no appearances until the first part of the following season, Agliardi signed a loan deal with
Serie B
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side
Cesena
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on 31 January 2014.
Cesena
On 30 June 2014 Agliardi joined Cesena in definitive deal after a successful loan, with
Luca Ceccarelli moved to opposite direction. Agliardi signed a 3-year contract.
Lower divisions
On 4 September 2020 he signed with fifth-tier club
Lumezzane
Lumezzane (Brescian: ; locally ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. With a population of 22,255 () it is one of the largest towns in the province of Brescia. It is situated in the Gobbia Valley, which is a side val ...
.
References
External links
Agliardi's profile (from US Palermo official website)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Agliardi, Federico
1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Brescia
Italian footballers
Association football goalkeepers
Brescia Calcio players
Cosenza Calcio 1914 players
Palermo F.C. players
Rimini F.C. 1912 players
Calcio Padova players
Bologna F.C. 1909 players
A.C. Cesena players
F.C. Lumezzane S.S.D. players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Serie D players
Italy under-21 international footballers
Italy youth international footballers