Nicolas Giani (born 15 March 1986) is an Italian

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who plays as a defender for Desenzano Calvina.

Career

Giani started his career at

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...

. In August 2005, he was loaned to Serie B

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, but later returned to Internazionale and played in the 2006

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. He then played two Serie C1 seasons for Pro Patria. In July 2008, he joined

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in a joint-ownership deal and Jean Mbida joined opposite direction. Giani valued €1,000 thus half of the rights worth €500; Mbida valued €120,000 and the half worth €60,000. Giani's co-ownership deal was renewed in June 2009, 2010 and 2011. In June 2012 Inter gave up the remaining 50% registration rights. On 23 January 2013 Giani was signed by

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in temporary deal. On 9 January 2014 Giani was signed by

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly referred to by the acronym SPAL (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. During the 2024–25 season the team played in Serie C, the third tier of the Italian foot ...

, with Erik Panizzi moving in the opposite direction. On 30 January 2019 he signed a 2.5-year contract with

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club FeralpiSalò. On 9 August 2021, he joined to

Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

club Desenzano Calvina.

Honours

Club

SPAL *

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie 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 season. It had b ...

: 2016–17 *

Lega Pro The Lega Italiano Calcio Professionistico (Italian for Professional Football Italian League), commonly known as Lega Pro (Pro League), is the governing body that runs the third tier of professional football competitions in Italy, the Serie C. I ...

: 2015–16

References

External links

Profile at gazzetta.it

Profile at vicenza.com

FIGC
* * 1986 births Living people Footballers from Como Italian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Serie B players Serie C players Inter Milan players US Cremonese players Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players LR Vicenza players AC Perugia Calcio players SPAL players Spezia Calcio players Feralpisalò players Italy men's youth international footballers 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-defender-1980s-stub