Adrian Galliani

{{Short description|American soccer player (born 2001)}}

{{distinguish|Adriano Galliani}}

{{Use American English|date=August 2022}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Adrian Galliani

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|4|28}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}

| position = Defender, midfielder

| currentclub = Baynounah

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| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Reading

| youthyears2 = 2015–2019

| youthclubs2 = AC Milan

| youthyears3 = 2018–2019

| youthclubs3 = IMG Academy

| youthyears4 = 2019–2020

| youthclubs4 = Watford

| youthyears5 = 2020–2021

| youthclubs5 = Nottingham Forest

| years1 = 2021–2022

| clubs1 = Olympiacos B

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2022

| clubs2 = → Panionios (loan)

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| goals2 =

| years3 = 2023

| clubs3 = Villarrubia

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2024–

| clubs4 = Baynounah

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| club-update = January 12, 2021

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Adrian Galliani (born April 28, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender or a midfielder.

Career

As a youth player, Galliani joined the academy of English second-tier side Reading.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a/esclusiva-tmw-adrian-galliani-al-nottingham-qui-sono-solo-i-adrian-i-1348587|title=Adrian Galliani al Nottingham: "Qui sono solo Adrian"|publisher=tuttomercatoweb.com}} After that, he joined the youth academy of AC Milan in the Italian Serie A. In 2018, he joined American club IMG Academy.{{Soccerway|584066}} Before the second half of 2019–20, Galliani joined the youth academy of Nottingham Forest in the English second tier.{{Cite web|url=https://sport.sky.it/calciomercato/2020/02/11/nipote-galliani-nottingham-forest-calciomercato-news|title=Nottingham Forest, ingaggiato Adrian Galliani: è il nipote dell'ex dirigente del Milan|date=February 11, 2020 |publisher=sport.sky.it}}

In 2021, he signed for Greek team Olympiacos B.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomercato/08-09-2021/galliani-nipote-adrian-olympiacos-4201092152703.shtml|title=Galliani all'Olympiacos! Adrian, nipote dell'a.d. del Monza, firma coi greci|date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=gazzetta.it}} On 12 January 2021, he debuted for Olympiacos B in a 2–1 loss to Thesprotos.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Personal life

Galliani is the grandson of former AC Milan chairman and current Monza CEO Adriano Galliani.{{Cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/2646449/2021/06/12/andrian-galliani-relished-being-anonymous-at-forest-but-it-caught-up-with-him-in-the-end/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220112190513/https://theathletic.com/2646449/2021/06/12/andrian-galliani-relished-being-anonymous-at-forest-but-it-caught-up-with-him-in-the-end/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2022-01-12|title=Adrian Galliani relished being anonymous at Forest, but it caught up with him in the end|publisher=theathletic.co.uk (Archived)}}

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