Antonino Gallo

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Antonino Gallo
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Palermo, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Lecce
Number 25
Youth career
0000–2019 Palermo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019- Lecce 91 (1)
2020 → Virtus Francavilla (loan) 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2023

Antonino Gallo (born 5 January 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Lecce.

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Club career

Gallo was raised in the youth system of Palermo and started playing for their Under-19 squad in the 2016–17 season. [1] He was called up to the senior squad on several occasions in the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons but did not see time on the field. In the summer of 2019, Palermo went bankrupt, making Gallo a free agent.

On 25 July 2019, he signed with Serie A club Lecce. [2] In the first part of the 2019–20 season, he was included in the matchday squad regularly, but did not make any appearances.

On 21 January 2020, he joined Serie C club Virtus Francavilla on loan. [3] He made his professional Serie C debut for Virtus Francavilla on 26 January 2020 in a game against Paganese. He substituted Matteo Calcagno in the 61st minute. [4] On 9 February 2020, he made his first start against Avellino.

On 24 January 2021, he made his Serie B debut with Lecce in a game against Empoli. One year later, on 23 January 2022, he scored his first professional goal in a home game against Cremonese.

Personal life

In August 2022, Gallo had his first son with his partner Stephanie, daughter of former Lecce and Palermo player Guillermo Giacomazzi. [5]

Career statistics

As of matches played till 30 April 2022 [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOthersTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Palermo 2018–19 Serie B 00–––00
Lecce 2020–21 Serie A 00–––00
2020–21 Serie B190––2 [7] 0210
2021–22 Serie B25110––261
Total441100020471
Virtus Francavilla (loan) 2020 Serie C 80–––80
Career total521100020551

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    References

    1. ↑ Antonino Gallo at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
    2. ↑ "GALLO E LO FASO IN GIALLOROSSO" (Press release) (in Italian). Lecce. 25 July 2019.
    3. ↑ "Antonino Gallo è un nuovo calciatore della Virtus Francavilla" (Press release) (in Italian). Virtus Francavilla. 21 January 2020.
    4. ↑ "VIrtus Francavilla v Paganese game report". Soccerway. 26 January 2020.
    5. ↑ "Fiocco azzurro in casa Lecce, gli ex rosa Gallo e Giacomazzi diventano papà e nonno" (in Italian). PalermoToday. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
    6. ↑ Antonino Gallo at Soccerway
    7. ↑ Serie B play-offs.


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