Born in Genoa, Liguria, Bianco started his career at hometown club Sampdoria.
[9] Bianco was capped for the Italy U17 team on 1 June 2007, against Juniores Best XI, in an unofficial friendly.
[10][11] He was also called up to the Italy U19 team, for 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification,[12] but did not play.
He also played once for Italy under-21 Serie B representative team, in an internal training match.
[13] In February 2010, he received his first U21 call-up, for the 2011 U21 Euro qualifying match against Hungary U21 on 3 March.