[citation needed] Ciraldo made his NRL debut for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks on 5 August 2005 in their round 22 game against the Melbourne Storm at Endeavour Field.

[10] He played for the Windsor Wolves, Penrith's feeder team, in their 8–36 loss to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the 2013 NSW Cup Grand Final on 6 October 2013.

[13] Ciraldo was named in the Italian squad for the 2009 European Cup, also held in October,[14] but was unable to attend due to scheduling conflicts.

That year, his team won 20 of their 24 regular season games to claim the minor premiership, before going on to win the Grand Final.

On 14 August 2022, the Canterbury-Bankstown side announced that Ciraldo would join the club as head coach on a five-year arrangement from 2023 onwards.

[31] Ciraldo would join Penrith Panthers premiership winners Matt Burton and Viliame Kikau at Belmore.

Ciraldo enjoyed an extensive relationship with Canterbury general manager Phil Gould who promoted him into his first coaching roles.

[citation needed] Canterbury's first season under Ciraldo would prove a disastrous one as the club finished 15th on the table with the worst points differential in the competition.

[32] In the 2024 NRL season, Ciraldo would guide Canterbury to a sixth placed finish on the table which saw the club qualify for the finals.

[33] Ciraldo married Model Kimberly Rendall in October 2007 at St Andrew's Anglican Church in Cronulla.