Gaetano Giallanza

Giallanza played youth football with Old Boys and joined OB's first team for their 1991–92 in their Nationalliga B season. The following season he played with Basel U-18 team and had one appearance for their first team in Basel's 1992–93 season, also in the second tier of Swiss football. Giallanza moved on and signed for Servette in the 1993–94 Nationalliga A season. Servette won the championship and Giallanza scored one goal in ten appearances. He again moved on and signed for Young Boys for the 1994–95 Nationalliga A season. YB finished the qualification round bottom of the table and slipped into the relegation round. In the relegation round Giallanza scored nine goals and helped save the team from relegation. With the seven goals from the qualifying round, he was the team's top goal scorer. Giallanza played the following season with Sion, but could not maintain a place in the starting eleven and so moved on again. Giallanza joined Basel for their 1996–97 season under head coach Karl Engel. After playing in two test games, Giallanza played his team debut for the club in the 1996 Intertoto Cup. This was the away game in the Isparta Atatürk Stadium on 29 June 1996 as Basel won 5–2 against Antalyaspor. He scored his first goal for the club during the same game. He played his domestic league debut with the team in the away game two weeks later on 10 July 1996 as Basel won 1–0 against Aarau. He scored his first league goal for the team on 17 August 1996 in the home game in the…

Giallanza worked two years alongside former professional footballer David Hodgson for BHP sports management and representation. Giallanza has opened his own agency, Giallanza Sport, and now represents a number of players including Fabian Frei, Timm Klose and David von Ballmoos.