Stefano Baraldo (born 25 January 1992) is an Italian

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 ...

who played in the third tier of

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Biography

Born in

Codogno Codogno (; Lodigiano: ) is a town and ''comune'' of 15,868 inhabitants in the province of Lodi, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is the main center of the plain known as Basso Lodigiano, which has about 90,000 inhabitants. It received the honorary tit ...

, Lombardy, Baraldo started his career with Emilian club

Piacenza Piacenza (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Piacenza, eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with more ...

, about 14 km away from his hometown. Baraldo was the member of Italy under-17 team at 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. He left the reserve of Piacenza on 15 August 2010, for

2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione The 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season was the thirty-third football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the third since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It will be divided into two ...

club

Barletta Barletta (; Salentino: ''Varrétte'' or ''Barlétte'') is a city and ''comune'' in Apulia, in southeastern Italy. Barletta is the '' capoluogo'', together with Andria and Trani, of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It has a population of a ...

. Baraldo played 4 time for the Apulia-based club: twice in the league as the substitutes of D'Allocco and Anselmi respectively; Baraldo was the starting fullback for the club in 2010–11 Coppa Italia Lega Pro (2 out of possible 6 matches). Baraldo also received recall from national youth team for 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification, despite he was cut from the 23-men preliminary squad to the final 18-men squad. On 17 November 2010 Barletta announced that Baraldo would return to Piacenza once the January transfer window opens. On 31 January 2011 Baraldo was signed by

Empoli Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno River, Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Ancient Ro ...

. However he only played once for their reserve. Baraldo returned to Piacenza on 1 July 2011 which the club had relegated to

2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione The 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season will be the thirty-fourth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fourth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It will be divided in ...

; Baraldo played for the club at 2011–12 Coppa Italia Lega Pro.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baraldo, Stefano Italian men's footballers Piacenza Calcio 1919 players ASD Barletta 1922 players Empoli FC players Italy men's youth international footballers Men's association football fullbacks Footballers from the Province of Lodi 1992 births Living people 21st-century Italian sportsmen