Federico Agliardi (born 11 February 1983) is an Italian former

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who played as a

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Career

Brescia

Agliardi grew up in his native city's team,

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, and made his professional debut with

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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 Nicola Santoni (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

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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,

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(twice), Christian Manfredini,

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(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

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in the 73rd minute. The result elevated Palermo to second place in Serie A, behind Lazio's city rivals and stadium-mates

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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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, 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

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, 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 José Ángel Crespo 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 (; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; and - with Forlì - is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. Served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine M ...

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

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References

External links

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