Paolo Ghiglione (born 2 February 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for club Salernitana.
Club career Early career Born in 1997, Ghiglione started his football career with Derthona, playing for their youth teams until 2007. In August 2007, he moved to the youth academy of AC Milan and he was loaned to Pavia for six months from January to June 2012. In August 2012, he finally transferred to the youth academy of Genoa.
Genoa In 2015, Ghiglione was called up to the Genoa first team. He was named on the bench several times from 2015 to 2016, but he did not play any games.
SPAL (loan) On 1 July 2016, SPAL announced that Ghiglione was loaned to them until the end of 2016/17 Season. On 5 November 2016, he made his professional league debut against Novara at Stadio Silvio Piola in the Serie B, starting the game and playing until he was substituted after 71 minutes.
Cremonese On 17 July 2022, Ghiglione signed with Cremonese.
Salernitana On 6 August 2024, Ghighlione joined Salernitana on a three-year contract.
On 14 July 2025, Ghighlione was loaned by Padova.
International career On 10 October 2015, Ghiglione was called up by and played for Italy U19s against Macedonia U17s. With the Under-19 side, he took part at the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, playing five games in the tournament, as Italy finished the competition as runners-up.
Honours Italy U19 UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2016
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSPAL (loan)2016–17Serie B7010––80Pro Vercelli (loan)2017–18Serie B30100––301Frosinone (loan)2018–19Serie A9110––101Genoa2019–20Serie A25021––2712020–21Serie A23030––2602021–22Serie A13020––150Total610710000681Cremonese2022–23Serie A15140––1912023–24Serie B24220–20282Total39360–20473Career total146515100201636
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