Federico Bessone (footballer, born 1984)

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Federico Bessone
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Personal information
Full name Federico Bessone Luna
Date of birth (1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Córdoba, Argentina
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 FC Santa Coloma (sporting director)
Youth career
2001–2002 Barcelona
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2005 Barcelona C
2005–2008 Espanyol B 34 (1)
2007–2008 → Gimnàstic (loan) 10 (0)
2008–2010 Swansea City 36 (1)
2010–2011 Leeds United 6 (0)
2011 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 13 (0)
2011–2012 Swansea City 1 (0)
2012 Swindon Town 5 (0)
2013 Oldham Athletic 0 (0)
2013 Sporting Kansas City 0 (0)
2014 Millwall 2 (0)
2016–2018 Prat 74 (1)
2019–2020 Andorra 16 (1)
2020–2021 IC d'Escaldes 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:33, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Federico Bessone Luna (born 23 January 1984), also known as Fede Bessone, is an Argentine football coach and former professional player who is the sporting director of Andorran club FC Santa Coloma.

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Playing career

Early career

Born in Córdoba, Bessone spent four years as a youth player at Spanish club Barcelona, alongside Lionel Messi, who he had grown up with. [1] He later played for Espanyol B and Gimnàstic. [2]

Swansea City

Bessone moved from Espanyol B to Welsh team Swansea City in June 2008, on a free transfer. [3] On 20 November 2009, Bessone scored his first goal for Swansea in a 1–0 win over League rivals Derby County, helping Swansea climb to third in the Championship, the highest position they had reached in over 26 years. [4]

Move to England

After the 2009–10 season finished Bessone was offered a new deal at Swansea but turned it down in favour of joining Leeds United; he signed a three-year contract and became their fourth signing of the summer. [5] [6]

On 21 January 2011, Bessone moved to Charlton Athletic on a loan deal until the end of the season, with the option of a permanent transfer. [7] In February 2011, Bessone gave an interview to the Yorkshire Evening Post where he admitted his performances for Leeds has been "opened to close scrutiny." [8] In May 2011, Bessone was transfer listed by Leeds United, [9] and he was linked with a move to Charlton. [10] After failing to find a new club, Bessone returned to training with Leeds United in June 2011, [11] and he was later named in their squad for a friendly tour of Scotland. [12]

Return to Swansea

On 31 August 2011, Bessone had his contract with Leeds cancelled by mutual consent, and he re-joined Swansea that same day, [13] to provide defensive cover for the injured Alan Tate. [14] The transfer was initially delayed while awaiting international clearance from FIFA. [15] Bessone only made one Premier League appearance in his second spell at Swansea, appearing as a late substitute against West Bromwich Albion. [16]

Return to England

Bessone signed with Swindon Town on 31 August 2012, [17]

Bessone signed with Oldham Athletic on 28 March 2013 for defensive cover as left back Jonathan Grounds was one yellow card away from a two match ban towards the end of the season. [18] Bessone was released at the end of the season without playing a single game for the club. [19]

United States

On 9 September 2013, Bessone signed with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer. [20] Out of contract, Bessone was released in January 2014 without playing a single game for the club. [21]

Millwall

On 18 February 2014, he signed a short-term contract with Millwall. [22]

AE Prat

For the 2016–17 season he returned to Spain with AE Prat. [23]

FC Andorra

In December 2018 he signed for FC Andorra. [24] He then signed for IC d'Escaldes. [25]

Coaching career

For the 2021–22 season Bessone was manager of Inter Club d'Escaldes.[ citation needed ] For the 2022–23 season Bessone was manager of Atlètic Club d'Escaldes.[ citation needed ] For the 2023–24 season Bessone joined FC Santa Coloma to assist first team manager Dmitri Cheryshev, combining roles of coaching and first team analysis.[ citation needed ]

Career statistics

As of 25 October 2016 [2] [23] [26]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Espanyol B 2006–07 341––––––341
2007–08 00––––––00
Total341––––––341
Gimnàstic (loan) 2007–08 100––––––100
Total100––––––100
Swansea City 2008–09 150102000180
2009–10 211001000221
2011–12 1010000020
Total371203000421
Leeds United 2010–11 6000200080
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2010–11 130000000130
Swindon Town 2012–13 5000001060
Oldham Athletic 2012–13 0000000000
Kansas City 2013 0000000000
Millwall 2013–14 1000000010
AE Prat 2016–179000000090
Career total11622050101242

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  2. 1 2 "Profile". BDFutbol.
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  7. ↑ "Charlton Athletic sign Leeds United's Federico Bessone". BBC Sport. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
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