{{short description|Italian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Fabio Galante | image = Fabio Galante.jpg | upright = 1.2 | caption = Galante with Livorno in 2008 | height = 1.85 m | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|11|20}} | birth_place = Montecatini Terme, Italy | position = Defender | currentclub = | years1 = 1991–1993 | clubs1 = Empoli | caps1 = 48 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 1994–1996 | clubs2 = Genoa | caps2 = 85 | goals2 = 7 | years3 = 1996–1999 | clubs3 = Internazionale | caps3 = 55 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 1999–2004 | clubs4 = Torino | caps4 = 124 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2004–2010 | clubs5 = Livorno | caps5 = 149 | goals5 = 5 | totalcaps = 461 | totalgoals = 23 | nationalyears1 = 1991 | nationalteam1 = Italy U18 | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalyears2 = 1994–1996 | nationalteam2 = Italy U21 | nationalcaps2 = 18 | nationalgoals2 = 4 | nationalyears3 = 1996 | nationalteam3 = Italy Olympic | nationalcaps3 = 2 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}} {{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-21 Championship}} {{Medal|W|1994 France|}} {{Medal|W|1994 France|}} }}
'''Fabio Galante''' (born 20 November 1973) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented Italy at the 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 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=it&N=84|title=GALANTE CEDUTO AL TORO DI SIMONI|publisher=inter.it|language=Italian|date=20 June 2000|accessdate=3 January 2010|archive-date=18 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018063654/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=84&L=it|url-status=dead}}</ref> Torino paid 5.1 billion lire to sign Galante permanently in June 2000,<ref>F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2000, PDF purchased from CCIAA (in Italian)</ref> but at the same time selling half of the registration rights of Riccardo Fissore and Franco Semioli to Inter for 6 billion lire<ref name=Inter2001bilancio/> (Fissore was later bought back by Torino the following summer for 2 billion lire, meaning the club had acquired Fissore by paying Inter 1.1 billion lire in cash and half of Semioli).<ref name=Inter2001bilancio>F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2001, PDF purchased from CCIAA (in Italian)</ref> 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 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/sport/calcio/2017/12/15/toni-e-amelia-hanno-patentino-allenatore_a25996cd-d711-4952-bae6-47a657b17105.html|title=Toni e Amelia hanno patentino allenatore|publisher=ansa.it|language=Italian|date=15 December 2017}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Genoa''' * Anglo-Italian Cup: 1995–96
'''Inter''' * UEFA Cup: 1997–98
'''Torino''' * Serie B: 2000–01
'''Italy U21''' * UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1994, 1996
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{TuttoCalciatori|Galante_Fabio}}
{{Italy men's football squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Galante, Fabio}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from the Province of Pistoia Category:Italian men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Italy men's youth international footballers Category:Italy men's under-21 international footballers Category:UEFA Europa League–winning players Category:Serie A players Category:Serie B players Category:Genoa CFC players Category:Inter Milan players Category:Torino FC players Category:US Livorno 1915 players Category:Empoli FC players Category:Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic footballers for Italy Category:People from Montecatini Terme Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen
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