Alberto Giuliatto is an Italian - Canadian

Canada men's national soccer team

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 footballer

Football (soccer)

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 who plays as a left defender

Defender (association football)

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 and is currently a free agent

Free agent

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.

He started his career at Treviso, his home team, but he made his debut with Belluno in the Italian Serie D

Serie D

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. He played there for four seasons, including a one-year spell in the Serie C2

Serie C2

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. In 2005 he returned to Treviso and became the first player from Treviso to play for his local side in the Serie A

Serie A

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, where he made his debut on 18 September 2005 against Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico

Stadio Olimpico

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 and played in 18 matches. The next season

Serie B 2006-07

The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season....

 saw him in the Serie B

Serie B

Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

 on the books of Treviso (until January 2007) and U.S. Lecce

U.S. Lecce

Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....

, who signed him in the winter transfer window to replace Erminio Rullo

Erminio Rullo

Erminio Rullo is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B club, Modena.-Lecce:Born in Naples, Campania, Rullo started his career with Apulia side Lecce. He archived a record by winning three consecutive Campionato Nazionale Primavera between 2002 and 2004, two with Lecce and one with F.C....

. In 2007-08 he appeared in 23 matches as Lecce celebrated his return to Serie A.

External links

• Giuliatto's profile (from U.S. Lecce official website)