Fabio Galante


Fabio Galante is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented Italy at the [Football at the 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996 Summer Olympics].

Career

Galante was born in Montecatini Terme, Province of Pistoia. He started his professional career for Serie C1 side Empoli FC, then coached by Luciano Spalletti. He successively moved to Genoa CFC in 1994, where he won the 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup. He then switched to [FC FC Internazionale Milano|Internazionale Milano|Internazionale] in 1996. With Internazionale, Galante played three seasons, mostly as a backup player, winning an UEFA Cup title in 1998.
In 1999, he signed for Torino Calcio, initially on loan. Torino paid 5.1 billion lire to sign Galante permanently in June 2000, but at the same time selling half of the registration rights of Riccardo Fissore and Franco Semioli to Inter for 6 billion lire. Galante spent four seasons with Torino in total, two of them in Serie A. He helped the club to gain Serie A promotion, winning the 2000–01 Serie B title; the following season he helped the club to win a spot in the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
In 2004, after having been relegated to the role of a backup defender in the Torino squad, he moved to [AS AS Livorno Calcio|Livorno Calcio|Livorno], where he quickly became a key player and helped the team to maintain a Serie A place until 2008. He was subsequently released for free by the amaranto, but in November 2008 he agreed on a one-year contract with his former team, returning to Livorno for their 2008–09 Serie B campaign.

After football

Galante received his coaching licence on 15 December 2017.

Honours

Genoa
Inter
Torino
Italy U21