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2019 (REDSHIRT SENIOR): Appeared and started in all 18 games in the box for FIU and posted a 10-3-5 record... Finished the season ranked first in C-USA in saves (67), third in save percentage (.788), and fourth in goals allowed and goals-against-average (0.93)... Posted five clean sheet shutouts in 2019, which ranked fourth among C-USA goalkeepers... Did not sub out of any game, logging a total of 1,690 minutes while contributing greatly to FIU’s undefeated start through the first 14 games... Earned C-USA Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 30 after posting shutouts against Stetson (9/24) and UAB (9/28)... Earned a spot on the All-CUSA Third Team following the season... Became the 10th player in school history to be selected in the Major League Soccer (MLS) SuperDraft, when Vancouver Whitecaps FC selected him in the second round with the No. 32 overall pick.

2018 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Appeared in six games, starting five… Boasted a 4-1 record in games he started in the box… Had a season-high eight saves in a victory against UAB (9/14) and recorded a .889 save percentage… Also had seven saves in a road win against New Mexico (9/29), posting a .750 save percentage… Warded off three shot-on-goal attempts by UNM to prevent them from equalizing the score down the stretch… He was pivotal in the Panthers defeat of the unbeaten No. 4 ranked Kentucky Wildcats (10/7), making six saves on eight shots against… His efforts against Kentucky earned him C-USA Defensive Player of the Week honors… Gagliardi had an impressive 24 saves in a four-game stretch during the season, recording a 1.90 goals-against-average and a .750 save percentage within that span… Finished the season with 30 saves in only six games… Recorded a .714 save percentage and a 2.18 goals-allowed-average, both of which led the team.

2017 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Appeared in three games, with one start… He totaled nine saves on the year, allowed two goals and posted a 0.98 goals-allowed-average… He accounted for 1.5 of the Panthers five shutout matches on the year, including the 2-0 shutout of Omaha during the first round of the NCAA Tournament… He totaled over 180 minutes on the year.

2016 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Started in six games and totaled 495 minutes … Had 26 saves, allowing only five goals during his time in the box … He accounts for three of the Panthers’ six shutouts: a 1-0 win over Florida Atlantic (10/21); a 2-0 win over UCF (10/25); and a 2-0 victory over Old Dominion at the Conference USA semifinals (11/11)… He boasts a 4-1-0 record.

2015 (FRESHMAN): Redshirt season. 

PREP/CLUB CAREER: Was a four-year letterwinner at St. Thomas Aquinas, where he played for Head Coach John Walsh…Named his team’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2014 and was an Honorable Mention 2014 All-Broward County selection…Also played for Kendall Soccer Club of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy…His squad finished second place in 2014-15 in the Southeast Division where he made 14 appearances, with 12 of those being starts.
 
PERSONAL: Born in Plantation, Fla…Son of Valmir and Denise Gagliardi…Has an older sister, Melissa.