Riccardo Gabbiadini is a Welsh-born English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 former footballer. He is the brother of former player Marco Gabbiadini

Marco Gabbiadini

Marco Gabbiadini is an English former footballer whose career lasted 18 years from 1985 to 2003. He totalled nearly £3 million in transfer fees and played for 12 different clubs, scoring a total of 226 league goals.-York City:...

, and played his solitary game for Sunderland alongside his brother in the 1988-89

1988-89 in English football

The 1988–89 season was the 109th season of competitive football in England.-Hillsborough disaster:On 15 April, a crowd crush at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough killed 94 people and injured more than 300. A 95th Liverpool supporter died in hospital...

 Second Division season.

In January 1994 Gabbiadini signed for Sligo Rovers in the League of Ireland. Under manager Willie McStay

Willie McStay (footballer born 1961)

William John "Willie" McStay is a Scottish professional football player and manager.-Playing career:McStay played for Celtic from 1979 to 1987. McStay made his debut on 2 April 1983 when he came on as a sub in Celtic's 3-1 home win over Motherwell and went on to make 65 league appearances,...

, he was a key member of the team that won the Division 1 title and Division 1 Shield, before beating four Premier Division sides en route to winning the FAI Cup. His best moment of the campaign was an audacious chipped goal in a crucial away game against Athlone Town near the end of the season. The win enabled Sligo to leapfrog Town, and they held on to take the title. Scored 2 goals in 8 league appearances for Sligo.
In the Northern section of Masters Football

Masters Football

Masters football is a 6 a-side indoor football competition in the United Kingdom, where players over the age of 35 are chosen by the Masters Football Selection Committee to represent a senior club which they played for. Regional heats are held, and the winners of each go forward to a national...

 2011 he represented Sunderland along with brother Marco however he failed to score and Sunderland failed to qualify from the group stages. The Sunderland 'Masters 2011' team also included Sean Musgrave, Martin Gray

Martin Gray (footballer)

Martin Gray is an English former footballer, on two occasions caretaker manager at Darlington and once at Oldham Athletic. He currently runs his own football academy.-Career:...

, Lee Howey

Lee Howey

Lee Howey is a former English football player, and the older brother of former Newcastle United and England defender Steve Howey....

, Martin Smith

Martin Smith (footballer)

Martin Geoffrey Smith is a former professional footballer. In his professional career he played for Darlington, Northampton Town, Huddersfield Town, Sheffield United, Sunderland and Blyth Spartans....

, Marco Gabbiadini

Marco Gabbiadini

Marco Gabbiadini is an English former footballer whose career lasted 18 years from 1985 to 2003. He totalled nearly £3 million in transfer fees and played for 12 different clubs, scoring a total of 226 league goals.-York City:...

, Chris Makin

Chris Makin

Christopher Gregory Makin is an English professional footballer currently playing for Radcliffe Borough. He spent the final part of his career at Southampton, but is perhaps most famous for his spell at Sunderland...

 and Brian Atkinson

Brian Atkinson

Brian Atkinson is an English former footballer who played as a left winger or central midfielder....

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