Alessandro Bianco
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 October 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Turin, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PAOK (on loan from Fiorentina) | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Orbassano Gabetto | ||
| 2010–2016 | Torino | ||
| 2016–2019 | Chisola Calcio | ||
| 2018–2019 | → Fiorentina (loan) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Fiorentina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Fiorentina | 8 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Reggiana (loan) | 34 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | → Monza (loan) | 34 | (1) |
| 2025- | → PAOK (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Italy U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Italy U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Italy U21 | 7 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 June 2025 | |||
Alessandro Bianco (born 1 October 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Super League Greece club PAOK, on loan from Fiorentina.
Alessandro Bianco was born in Turin, spending most of its youth in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in a family from Piedmont.[1][2][3]
A promising cyclist during his early years, Bianco started to play football as a 7-year-old in Orbassano, but soon joining Torino's academy, Juve's old rival.[1][2][4] After progressing through the youth ranks of the club from his hometown, Bianco was not retained by Il Toro as an under-15, and went on to play with amateur side Chisola Calcio, in Vinovo.[1][2][5][6]
Enjoying a few regional and national success with the youth team from Chisola, Bianco quickly attracted the attention of another great Serie A club, signing on loan to ACF Fiorentina in 2018, before making his move a permanent one a year later.[1][2][5]
Club career
After a first season with Fiorentina's Primavera, where his team won the Coppa after beating the likes of Milan and Juventus,[6][7] he made his first appearances on the bench in Serie A during the 2020–21 season, under Cesare Prandelli.[1][5]
For his second season in Alberto Aquilani's primavera team, Bianco definitely became one of the most prominent member of the under-19, leading his team to another Coppa Primavera win, once more with victories against Milan and Juventus—during which he respectively delivered an assist and scored a goal from a free-kick—before defeating Genoa and eventually Lazio in the final.[1][8]
After impressing new manager Vincenzo Italiano during the early 2021–22 season,[3][9][10] Bianco made his professional debut for ACF Fiorentina on the 13 August 2021, replacing Erick Pulgar during a 4–0 home Coppa Italia win against Cosenza.[10][11][12]
Announced on a potential loan move to the Serie B team against which he made his debut,[12][13] he eventually stayed in Florence, making more bench appearances in Serie A[5] and another on the field in Coppa, again replacing Pulgar,[14] while still playing with the Primavera squad, notably during their victorious Supercoppa Primavera campaign against Empoli.[15][16]
On 13 July 2023, Bianco moved to Serie B club Reggiana on a loan deal until 30 June 2024.[17]
Upon his return from loan, Bianco made a substitute appearance for Fiorentina in their 2024–25 Serie A season opener and he started their Conference League qualifier against Puskás Akadémia, which ended in a 3–3 draw.[18]
On 30 August 2024, Bianco was loaned by Serie A side Monza.[19]