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Alberto Gilardino was born on July 5, 1982, in Biella, Italy. His early football career included youth stints with Cossatese, Biellese, and Piacenza. He made his Serie A debut at 17 with Piacenza in 2000, scoring 3 goals in 17 matches. After a move to Hellas Verona, where he scored 5 goals in 39 league appearances across two seasons, Gilardino joined Parma. There, he truly came into prominence, scoring 23 goals in the 2003–04 Serie A season and again in the 2004–05 season, earning him the Serie A Young Footballer of the Year in 2004 and Serie A Footballer of the Year in 2005. His consistent performance led to a €25 million transfer to AC Milan in 2005.
At AC Milan, Gilardino achieved significant milestones, winning the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, the 2007 UEFA Super Cup, and the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. He scored 17 goals in the 2005–06 Serie A season and led Milan’s Serie A scoring with 12 goals in 2006–07. Domestically, Gilardino also played for Fiorentina, where he scored 100 Serie A goals by October 2008 and finished the 2008–09 season with 19 Serie A goals. He later moved to Genoa, then to Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande in 2014, where he won the Chinese Super League title. He subsequently played for Palermo, Empoli, and Pescara before retiring in 2018 at Spezia, having scored 432 career goals.
Gilardino’s coaching career began in 2018 as an assistant at Serie D club Rezzato, being promoted to head coach in 2019. He later managed Pro Vercelli and Siena across two stints, before returning to Genoa in 2022 to coach the Primavera (Under-19) team. His leadership quickly saw him promoted to head coach of the senior Genoa team, guiding them to direct promotion to Serie A. In 2025, Gilardino was appointed head coach of Pisa, a newly-promoted Serie A club, continuing his progression in football management.
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