Gianluigi Bianco (born 11 May 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender.

Club career

Born in

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

, Liguria, Bianco started his career at hometown club

Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, ...

. On 13 August 2008, he left for

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 ...

side

Empoli Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The comm ...

in co-ownership deal for €900,000 in a four-year deal.Empoli FC SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2009
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/ref> In June 2009, he was bought back by Sampdoria for €500,000 in a four-year deal. In July 2009, he was loaned to Serie B side

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; egl, label=Modenese dialect, Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town ...

along with

Jonathan Rossini Jonathan "Johnny" Rossini (born 5 April 1989) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He is also a former Switzerland international. Club career Youth career Rossini began his playing career at AC Bellinzona, near ...

. After playing five games for Sampdoria in the 2010 pre-season, he rejoined Sassuolo on loan. In January 2011 he left for Serie B bottom club

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 ...

. On 31 August 2012 Bianco left for

Avellino Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ...

for free. On 10 July 2014 he was signed by

Casertana Casertana Football Club is an Italian association football club based in Caserta, Campania. The club currently plays in Serie D. History The club was founded in 1908 as Robur Caserta and became known as Unione Sportiva Casertana from 1928 unt ...

International career

Bianco was capped for the Italy U17 team on 1 June 2007, against Juniores Best XI, in an unofficial friendly. He was also called up to the Italy U19 team, for

2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification UEFA U-19 Championship 2008 (Elite Round) is the second round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-19 Championship 2008. The winners of each group join hosts Czech Republic at the Final Tournament. Group 1 ---- ---- Gro ...

, but did not play. Bianco was capped once for Italy U20 team at 2008–09 Four Nations Tournament. He also played once for

Italy under-21 Serie B representative team Italy national under-21 football B team is the Italy national football team that represents Serie B at competitions and is controlled by the Lega B. Due to sponsorship reasons, the team was credited as Under-21 Serie B TIM until 2010. They are ...

, in an internal training match. In February 2010, he received his first U21 call-up, for the 2011 U21 Euro qualifying match against Hungary U21 on 3 March. Bianco appeared as unused bench on that match.

References

External links

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FIGC National Team data

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bianco, Gianluigi Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Serie B players UC Sampdoria players Empoli FC players US Sassuolo Calcio players Frosinone Calcio players LR Vicenza players US Avellino 1912 players US Grosseto 1912 players Benevento Calcio players US Cremonese players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Genoa 1989 births Living people