Fabio Galante (born 20 November 1973) is an Italian former professional

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who played as a defender. He represented

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at the

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Playing career

Galante was born in

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. He started his professional career for

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side

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, then coached by Luciano Spalletti. He successively moved to

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in 1994, where he won the 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup. He then switched to

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in 1996. With Internazionale, Galante played three seasons, mostly as a backup player, winning an

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title in 1998. In 1999, he signed for

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, initially on loan. Torino paid 5.1 billion lire to sign Galante permanently in June 2000, but at the same time selling half of the registration rights of

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and

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to Inter for 6 billion lire (Fissore was later bought back by Torino the following summer for 2 billion lire, meaning the club had acquired Fissore by paying Inter 1.1 billion lire in cash and half of Semioli).F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2001, PDF purchased from

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(in Italian) Galante spent four seasons with Torino in total, two of them in

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. He helped the club to gain Serie A promotion, winning the

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title; the following season he helped the club to win a spot in the

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. In 2004, after having been relegated to the role of a backup defender in the Torino squad, he moved to

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, where he quickly became a key player and helped the team to maintain a Serie A place until 2008. He was subsequently released for free by the ''amaranto'', but in November 2008 he agreed on a one-year contract with his former team, returning to Livorno for their

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campaign.

After football

Galante received his coaching licence on 15 December 2017.

Honours

Genoa * Anglo-Italian Cup: 1995–96 Inter *

: 1997–98 Torino *

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: 2000–01 Italy under-21 *

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