Photo: Original: Steve Hogg / Solent Creatives from Southampton, United Kingdom / Derivative work: Danyele / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Manolo Gabbiadini always struck me as a striker who promised more than the headlines ever gave him. Coming up through Atalanta, making his Serie A debut at nineteen, he had that classic Italian forward's instinct in the box. I'll always remember his Wembley moment for Southampton in the 2017 League Cup final, two goals against Manchester United and a third wrongly ruled out for offside. That near-miss kind of sums up his career to me: flashes of real quality that never quite cohered into stardom. Still, a long run across Serie A and the Premier League is nothing to dismiss. I rate him as a genuinely useful, underrated forward.
Overview
Manolo Gabbiadini (Italian pronunciation: [maˈnɔːlo ɡabbjaˈdiːni]; born 26 November 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Gabbiadini began his professional career with Atalanta, where he made his Serie A debut in 2010. After a one-year stint at Cittadella between 2010 and 2011, he returned to Atalanta, before moving to Bologna in 2012.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Manolo Gabbiadini
- Name (Japanese)
- マノロ・ガッビアディーニ
- Reading
- まのろ・がっびあでぃーに
- Born
- November 26, 1991 (age 34)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
- Origin
- Calcinate, Province of Bergamo, Italy
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 181 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.