Fabian Messina

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Fabian Messina
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-09-16) 16 September 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Stuttgart, Germany
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
FSV Frankfurt
Number 19
Youth career
MTV Stuttgart
SV Hegnach
FSV Waiblingen
2015–2021 Hoffenheim
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Sonnenhof Großaspach 30 (0)
2022– FSV Frankfurt 32 (0)
International career
2021– Dominican Republic U23 3 (0)
2022– Dominican Republic 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2022

Fabian Messina (born 16 September 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FSV Frankfurt. Born in Germany, he plays for the Dominican Republic national team.

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Club career

Messina is a youth product of Hoffenheim. [1] He transferred to Sonnenhof Großaspach in the Regionalliga on 13 July 2021, where he began his senior career. [2]

International career

Born in Germany, Messina is of Italian and Dominican descent. [3] He is a youth international for the Dominican Republic U23s, having represented them 3 times for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. [4] He debuted with the senior Dominican Republic national team in a 2–0 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B win over Belize on 2 June 2022. [5]

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References

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  2. "Großaspach holt Messina aus Hoffenheimer Jugend". kicker.
  3. "Corte europeo". oncediario.com.
  4. "U-23 USMNT continues Olympic Qualifying on Sunday night".
  5. "Con goles de López y Romero, República Dominicana derrotó a Belice". Concacaf. 6 March 2022.