Giuliano Maiorana

Giuliano Maiorana (born 18 April 1969 in Cambridge, England) was an English footballer of Italian descent who played for Manchester United during the late 1980s and early 1990s, although he was never a regular first team player.

Alex Ferguson signed him for United during the 1988-89 season from non-league Histon for a fee of £30,000.

He made his debut on 14 January 1989 as a substitute against Millwall in the First Division and came to prominence with an exciting display on his first start in a live televised 1-1 draw with Arsenal that April. Maiorana only started one more game and had four further substitute appearances during the 1989-90 season. He then suffered a serious knee injury and never played for the club again, finally been given a free transfer on 30 June 1994 - four years after his last game - as he way down the pecking order behind fine wingers such as Ryan Giggs, Lee Sharpe and Andrei Kanchelskis, as well as promising youngsters such as Keith Gillespie and David Beckham.

After leaving United, Maiorana had a brief spell with Ljungskile SK in Sweden where he made 5 appearances, 4 of which were as a substitute. He also appeared for Newmarket Town F.C. in the Eastern Counties League Premier Division.

A few years later, the official United magazine tracked him down and found him working in his family's clothes shop in Histon. He revealed his view by saying that United did not help him to find a new club after they released him.

On 26 July 2008 he played in the Screwfix Football Masters at the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester for Manchester United.