Dez Giraldi

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Dez Giraldi
Personal information
Full name Dezmon Wallace Giraldi
Date of birth (1986-03-24) 24 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Wollongong, Australia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Corrimal SC
Illawarra
1994 Wollongong Wolves
AIS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006 Empoli 23 (0)
2005 → Cuoiopelli Cappiano (loan) 26 (14)
2005–2006 → Central Coast Mariners (loan) 0 (0)
2006 → Adelaide United (loan) 1 (0)
2007–2008 Adelaide United 11 (1)
2008 Wollongong FC 5 (2)
2008 → Sydney FC (loan) 3 (0)
2009–2010 Dandaloo FC
2012 Tarrawanna
International career‡
2003 Australia U17 7 (2)
2006 Australia U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2007
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 December 2007

Dezmon "Dez" Wallace Giraldi (born 24 March 1986) is an Australian former soccer player. [1]

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Club career

Giraldi signed with A-League club Adelaide United for the 2006–07 season, after a four-week stint with the Central Coast Mariners during the 2005-06 A-League season. He has represented Australia at Under-17 and Under-23 level, while also being part of Empoli's squad in the Italian Serie A. Giraldi gave up his squad number when Romario arrived in Adelaide so the Brazilian could wear the #11 he had worn all his career. Dez got the #23 he wanted when he first came to the club.

He was released by Adelaide United at the end of the 2007–2008 season. He moved to NSW Premier League club Wollongong Wolves before signing a contract with A-League club Sydney FC to replace the injured Brendon Santalab. [2] In an interview, Giraldi spoke about anxiety, which he had experienced. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Giraldi's goal to survive
  2. ↑ Sydney FC calls on striker to bolster thinning ranks Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Giraldi: I Thought I Was Going to die - Australia News - Australian FourFourTwo - the Ultimate Football Website". Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.


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