Gianluca Gaudino

Gianluca Gaudino

Gaudino with Bayern Munich in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 20)
Place of birth	Hanau, Germany
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	St. Gallen (on loan from Bayern Munich)
Number	80
Youth career
2001–2004	SV 98 Schwetzingen
2004–2014	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–	Bayern Munich	8	(0)
2015–	Bayern Munich II	19	(0)
2016–	→ St. Gallen (loan)	24	(0)
National team‡
2014–2015	Germany U19	5	(0)
2016–	Germany U20	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:10, 7 November 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:59, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Gianluca Gaudino (German pronun­cia­tion: [dʒanˈluːkaː ɡaʊˈdiːnoː], Italian: [dʒanˈluːka gauˈdiːno]; born 11 November 1996) is a German football midfielder currently playing for FC St. Gallen on loan from Bayern Munich.

Gaudino, a midfielder, is a youth product of the Bayern Munich Academy. He was promoted to the first team for the 2014–15 season after impressing Pep Guardiola. On 13 August 2014, he made his first-team debut in the German Supercup, playing the full 90 minutes as Bayern lost 0–2 against Borussia Dortmund. He made his league debut in the first match of the 2014–15 Bundesliga season as a starter against VfL Wolfsburg. Bayern won the match 2–1, and Gaudino became the fourth youngest debutant in the club's history. Gaudino made his Champions League debut on 10 December 2014 in a 3–0 home win against CSKA Moscow. For the 2015–16 season, he played for the reserve team where he made 19 appearances.

Gaudino was loaned out to FC St. Gallen on 9 January 2016 until the end of the 2016–17 season.

Gaudino was born in Hanau, Hesse, on 11 November 1996 and is the son of former German international midfielder Maurizio Gaudino. He is eligible to play for either Germany or Italy due to his Italian paternal grandparents.