Biography
A promising teenage footballer, he was forced to give up the game at the age of 23, before playing a single game for his home town club Napoli.
Paladini came to England in a boat in the late sixties and settled in Solihull, marrying English wife Olga – the couple have two children, Stephen and Kate. He built up a business which involved property and nightclubs.
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