Federico Agliardi (born 11 February 1983) is an Italian

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who currently plays as

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for Eccellenza Lombardy side

Lumezzane Lumezzane (Brescian: ; locally ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. With a population of 22,255 () it is one of the largest towns in the province of Brescia. It is situated in the Gobbia Valley, which is a side val ...

Career

Brescia

Agliardi grew up in his native city's team, Brescia Calcio, and made his professional debut with Cosenza of

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on 2002–03. He debuted in Serie A on 8 November 2003 with Brescia in a league match against

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Palermo

Agliardi signed for Palermo in January 2006, in a swap deal with

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(50% registration rights), and quickly became a first team regular. In the deal Agliardi was valued €4 millionUS Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2007 and half of Santoni's rights was valued €1 millionUS Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2006 He also played for the Italy U-21 national team. On 17 September 2006, Agliardi and teammate David Di Michele combined to lift the ''Rosanero'' to a 2–1 victory over

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in Rome. In the latter stages of the first half, Agliardi denied efforts from Cristian Ledesma, Stefano Mauri (twice),

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, Goran Pandev (a rebound attempt from Manfredini's shot, Agliardi deflected the ball past his left-hand post with his foot), and

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. Earlier, Di Michele's 10th- and 38th-minute goals had put Palermo ahead. Lazio did get a consolation goal through Tommaso Rocchi in the 73rd minute. The result elevated Palermo to second place in Serie A, behind Lazio's city rivals and stadium-mates Roma on goal difference, with a 100% record. This performance was followed by a number of less notable ones, including a criticised appearance in a 5–3 Palermo win in a

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to Catania, and Agliardi ultimately became a back-up player at Palermo, behind veteran goalkeeper Alberto Fontana, who served as main goalkeeper also in the following 2007–08 season. Following the acquisition of

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from Livorno, Agliardi's hopes of playing as a regular became even slimmer. Consequently, in July 2008 Palermo finalized a loan move to Serie B side

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for the Brescia-born goalkeeper.

Padova

On 17 July 2009 he was sold to Serie B side

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on free transfer. Palermo choose to release the player from his contract one year earlier.US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2009

Bologna

On 14 July 2011, Agliardi joined

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side

along with

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and Daniele Vantaggiato. The club had lost Emiliano Viviano as first choice before the start of season. However Agliardi failed to challenge

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for the starting place, which the Belgian internationals played most of the game. After Gillet left the team for

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in July 2012, he became Bologna's first-choice goalkeeper, making 22 appearances during the 2012–13 season. However, he returned to his backup role behind on loan goalkeeper Gianluca Curci since the beginning of the second half. Having made no appearances until the first part of the following season, Agliardi signed a loan deal with

side

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. ...

on 31 January 2014.

Cesena

On 30 June 2014 Agliardi joined Cesena in definitive deal after a successful loan, with Luca Ceccarelli moved to opposite direction. Agliardi signed a 3-year contract.

Lower divisions

On 4 September 2020 he signed with fifth-tier club

References

External links

Agliardi's profile (from US Palermo official website)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Agliardi, Federico 1983 births Living people Footballers from Brescia Italian footballers Association football goalkeepers Brescia Calcio players Cosenza Calcio 1914 players Palermo F.C. players Rimini F.C. 1912 players Calcio Padova players Bologna F.C. 1909 players A.C. Cesena players F.C. Lumezzane S.S.D. players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Italy under-21 international footballers Italy youth international footballers