Riccardo Gabbiadini (born 11 March 1970) is a Welsh former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. He is the brother of former player

Marco Gabbiadini Marco Gabbiadini (born 20 January 1968) is an English former professional association football, footballer whose career lasted 18 years from 1985 to 2003. He played for 12 different clubs, scoring a total of 226 league goals. Playing career ...

, and played his solitary game for Sunderland alongside his brother in the 1988-89 Second Division season. In January 1994 Gabbiadini signed for

Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers Football Club is an Irish professional association football, football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club is based in Sligo in the west of Ireland. The club was founded in 1928 and have been in ...

in the

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. Under manager Willie McStay, he was a key member of the team that won the

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title and

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, before beating four Premier Division sides en route to winning the

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. His best moment of the campaign was an audacious chipped goal in a crucial away game against

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near the end of the season. The win enabled Sligo to leapfrog Athlone Town, and they held on to take the title. Scored two goals in eight league appearances for Sligo. In the Northern section of

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2011 he represented Sunderland along with brother Marco however he failed to score and Sunderland failed to qualify from the group stages. The Sunderland 'Masters 2011' team also included Sean Musgrave, Martin Gray,

Lee Howey Lee Matthew Howey (born 1 April 1969) is an English former footballer who played primarily as a defender. Howey began his career at Bishop Auckland, before moving to Sunderland where he spent the majority of his career. He later player for Bu ...

, Martin Smith,

Chris Makin Christopher Gregory Makin (born 8 May 1973) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in the Premier League for Oldham Athletic, Sunderland, and Ipswich Town. Makin's first retirement came 23 April 2008 ...

and

Brian Atkinson Brian Atkinson (born 19 January 1971) is an English former association football, footballer who played as a midfielder, either midfielder#Winger, on the wing or as a central midfielder. Atkinson began his career with Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderl ...

Honours

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** 1993–94 *

** 1993-94 *

References

1970 births Living people Footballers from Newport, Wales English men's footballers English people of Italian descent Italian British sportspeople Sportspeople of Italian descent Men's association football forwards York City F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Sligo Rovers F.C. players League of Ireland players Footballers from North Yorkshire English Football League players {{Wales-footy-forward-stub