Riccardo Gagliolo

Riccardo Gagliolo
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-04-28) 28 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Imperia, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left back, centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Ascoli
Number 28
Youth career
1994–2007 Sanremese
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Andora
2009–2011 Sanremese 23 (1)
2011–2012 Pro Imperia 16 (0)
2012–2018 Carpi 136 (10)
2017–2018 → Parma (loan) 37 (5)
2018–2021 Parma 95 (5)
2021–2022 Salernitana 17 (0)
2022–2023 Reggina 30 (2)
2023–2024 AEK Larnaca 6 (0)
2024– Ascoli 14 (0)
International career‡
2019 Sweden 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:53, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Riccardo Gagliolo (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaʎˈʎɔːlo]; born 28 April 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for Ascoli. Born in Italy to an Italian father and a Swedish mother, he won one cap for the Sweden national team in 2019.

Club career

Gagliolo made his senior debuts with Andora Calcio in the Eccellenza Liguria. In summer 2010, he joined Sanremese. In November 2011, he moved to Pro Imperia in Serie D.

In the summer of 2012, Gagliolo joined Carpi after a trial.[1] On 3 July 2013, he signed a new deal with the club extending until 2017.[2]

On 24 August 2013, Gagliolo made his Serie B debut, starting in a 1–0 loss at Ternana;[3] he scored his first goal on 29 December, the only goal of the game in a home win over Juve Stabia.[4]

On 24 July 2022, Gagliolo moved to Reggina on a multi-year contract.[5]

International career

Gagliolo's mother was Swedish. He has a Swedish passport and has expressed a wish to play for the Sweden national team, specifically with Zlatan Ibrahimović.[6] On 2 October 2019, Gagliolo was called up to Sweden's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying games against Malta and Spain.[7] Gagliolo made his international debut starting and playing the full game for Sweden in a 3–0 win against the Faroe Islands in the last game of the Euro 2020 qualifying stage.[8]

Personal life

Riccardo Gagliolo was born in Imperia, Italy to an Italian father and a Swedish mother from Sundsvall.[9][10] Gagliolo understands the Swedish language well but has said that he struggles to speak it himself.[11] His mother Eva eventually moved back to Sweden where she died after a long illness in spring 2020 as Gagliolo was stuck in Italy due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] His maternal grandfather played football for Essviks AIF, near Sundsvall.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 August 2023.[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sanremese 2010–11 Lega Pro 2 23 1 0 0 – 2[b] 0 25 1
Carpi 2012–13 Lega Pro 1 7 0 2 0 – 4[b] 0 13 0
2013–14 Serie B 35 3 1 0 – – 36 3
2014–15 34 5 1 0 – – 35 5
2015–16 Serie A 31 1 4 0 – – 35 1
2016–17 Serie B 29 1 2 0 – 3[c] 0 34 1
Total 136 10 10 0 0 0 7 0 153 10
Parma 2017–18 Serie B 37 6 0 0 – – 37 6
2018–19 Serie A 34 0 1 0 – – 35 0
2019–20 32 3 3 0 – – 35 3
2020–21 28 2 2 0 – – 30 2
2021–22 Serie B 1 0 1 0 – – 1 0
Total 132 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 139 11
Salernitana (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 17 0 1 0 – – 18 0
Reggina 2022–23 Serie B 30 2 1 0 – 1[c] 0 32 2
AEK Larnaca 2023–24 Cypriot First Division 6 0 1 0 – – 7 0
Career total 344 24 20 0 0 0 10 0 374 24
  1. ^ Includes Coppa Italia, Coppa Italia Serie C, Cypriot Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Lega Pro/Serie C play-off
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Serie B play-off

International

As of 17 December 2019[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden
2019 1 0
Total 1 0

References

  1. ^ Riccardo Gagliolo, ex Sanremese e Pro Imperia, in prova al Carpi del Ds Cristiano Giuntoli (Riccardo Gagliolo, former Sanremese and Pro Imperia player, on trial at Sports Director Cristiano Giuntoli's Carpi); Punto Sanremo, 25 July 2012 (in Italian)
  2. ^ Ufficiale: Carpi, blindato Gagliolo fino al 2017 (Official: Carpi, Gagliolo secured until 2017); Tutto Mercato Web, 3 July 2013 (in Italian)
  3. ^ Ternana 1–0 Carpi Archived 24 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Lega Serie B, 24 August 2013 (in Italian)
  4. ^ Carpi 1–0 Juve Stabia Archived 1 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Lega Serie B, 29 December 2013 (in Italian)
  5. ^ "RICCARDO GAGLIOLO È UN CALCIATORE AMARANTO" (in Italian). Reggina. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Nobbades av GIF – nu är han i Serie A". 23 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Följ Janne Anderssons pk här". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Gagliolo glad efter Sverige-debuten: "Vill tacka alla som hjälpt mig hit"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  9. ^ "News > UN ITALO-SVEDESE AL CARPI". 25 September 2015. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  10. ^ "THE FG-FILES: Riccardo Gagliolo, Carpi - Fantagazzetta.com". 25 September 2015. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Riccardo Gagliolo: "Valde Sverige för kärleken jag känner för mamma" (in Swedish). Expressen. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Gagliolo sörjer sin mamma: "Har henne att tacka för allt"" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Riccardo Gagliolo". Soccerway.com.
  14. ^ "Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.