Gianluca Galasso (born 18 January 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as a

right back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

Career

Roma

Born in

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region, Galasso started his professional career at capital club

A.S. Roma ' (''Rome Sport Association''), commonly referred to as Roma (), is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its existence, except for ...

. He played his first Serie A match at the last match-day of the 2003–04 season, which the result is unaffected to ranking. In July 2004, he was loaned to

Salernitana Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recentl ...

to gain experience at Serie B. Although finished as mid-table with team, the team relegated due to financial problems. In August 2005, he was loaned to

Ternana Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A (in the 1972–73 and 1974–75 seas ...

at Serie B, with option to buy for €100,000 with counter-option. This time Galasso first tasted relegation due to finished at the bottoms. However Ternana decided to buy Galasso outright but Roma paid €100,000 in net back to Ternana to cancel the buy option. On 31 August 2006, the last day of transfer windows, he was signed by

Frosinone Frosinone (, local dialect: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is located about south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of the Va ...

of Serie B, for €125,000.

Bari

In July 2007,

A.S. Bari Società Sportiva Calcio Bari, commonly referred to as Bari, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Bari, Apulia. Bari currently plays in the . The team finished the 2021–22 season in first place in Serie C and earned promot ...

of Serie B signed him in co-ownership deal, for €180,000. Galasso played his 100th Serie B match at Bari, and won Serie B champion in 2009. In June 2009 Roma gave up the remain registration rights to Bari. But he was excluded in Bari's Serie A plan. In mid-2009, he was loaned to

along with team-mate Giuseppe Statella and

Francesco Caputo Francesco "Ciccio" Caputo (born 6 August 1987) is an Italian professional association football, footballer who plays as a striker (association football), striker for Empoli F.C., Empoli, on loan from U.C. Sampdoria, Sampdoria. He represents the ...

. But he played as fullback. In June 2011 he was released by

Honours

Bari *

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

Champion: 2008–09

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Galasso, Gianluca Italian men's footballers AS Roma players US Salernitana 1919 players Ternana Calcio players Frosinone Calcio players SSC Bari players US Triestina Calcio 1918 players Serie A players Serie B players Italy men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Latina, Lazio 1984 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Latina