Federico Moretti

Federico Moretti

Personal information
Full name	Federico Nicolas Moretti
Date of birth	(1988-10-28) 28 October 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Genoa, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Busalla Calcio
Youth career
1995–2005	Sampdoria
2005–2006	Parma
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Parma	1	(0)
2008–2009	Varese	8	(0)
2009–2010	Catania	2	(0)
2010–2011	Ascoli	37	(4)
2011–2015	Catania	0	(0)
2012	→ Grosseto (loan)	13	(0)
2012–2013	→ Modena (loan)	33	(1)
2013–2014	→ Spezia (loan)	11	(0)
2014	→ Padova (loan)	16	(1)
2014–2015	→ Vicenza (loan)	36	(7)
2015–2017	Latina	19	(0)
2016	→ Vicenza (loan)	21	(0)
2017–2018	Avellino	33	(2)
2019	Albissola	11	(1)
2019	Honvéd	1	(0)
2019–	Busalla Calcio	1	(0)
International career
2004–2005	Italy U-16	6	(1)
2005–2006	Italy U-17	12	(2)
2006–2007	Italy U-18	11	(1)
2007–2009	Italy U-20	7	(0)
2009	Italy U-21	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2019

Federico Nicolas Moretti (born 28 October 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays for Busalla Calcio.

Club career

Early career

Born in Genoa, Italy, Moretti began his youth career within the youth academy of local side, U.C. Sampdoria. He remained at the blucerchiati until 2005, when he transferred to Parma F.C.

Parma F.C.

Moretti began his Primavera (under-20) youth career with Parma F.C. in 2005. He remained in the youth team until 2008, but had begun to earn first team call-ups in 2006. Moretti made his first appearance for Parma on 29 November 2006, against RC Lens, in a UEFA Cup match as a starter. ^[1] His Serie A debut came on 18 May 2008, in a 0–2 home loss to Inter Milan on the final matchday of the 2007–08 Serie A campaign.

A.S. Varese

In the summer of 2008, Moretti was transferred to A.S. Varese 1910 in co-ownership deal with Parma. During his first full professional season, Moretti made 8 appearances in the Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Following the 2008–09 season with Varese, Moretti was sold outright to Calcio Catania, in a return to the Serie A.

Calcio Catania

On 11 July 2009, it was confirmed that Moretti had signed for Catania. ^[2] He made his debut for the club on 23 January 2010, and spent the entire season training with the first team, though he only made 4 appearances in all competitions, and also spent time playing within the club's youth squad, in order to obtain regular playing time. On 25 June 2010 the 22-year-old midfielder left Catania and joined Italian Serie B side Ascoli Calcio in co-ownership deal. ^[3] After an impressive season with Ascoli, in which the midfielder held down a starting position, making 37 league appearances and also scoring 4 league goals, Moretti was signed back permanently by Catania in June 2011, but was again sent on loan to U.S. Grosseto F.C. shortly after on a season long loan deal for the 2011–12 Serie B campaign. Moretti began his season brightly, making 12 appearances during the andata (first half of the season), eight as a starter. His season was cut drastically short, however, after a serious injury on 17 December 2011 in a 2–2 draw with Empoli. He made a return to action on the final matchday of the Serie B campaign that year as a 75th-minute substitute before returning to Catania the following month.

On 31 August 2012, Moretti was sent out on another season-long loan deal to Serie B side, Modena F.C. He made 33 league appearances for the club and was a mainstay in the outfit's starting lineup for much of the 2012–13 Serie B. Following the expiration of the loan, he returned to Catania once again on 30 June 2013, before being loaned to Spezia Calcio ahead of the 2013–14 Serie B campaign.

On 15 September 2014 he was signed by Vicenza Calcio in another temporary deal. ^[4]

Albissola

On 2 February 2019, he signed with Serie C club Albissola. ^[5]

Budapest Honvéd

On 24 July 2019, he was signed to Hungary with the Europa League qualifier Budapest Honvéd. ^[6] On 31 August 2019, he was released from the club. ^[7]

Busalla

On 4 September 2019, Moretti joined Busalla Calcio. ^[8]

Career statistics

As of match played on 27 February 2018 ^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Parma	2006–07	Serie A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2007–08		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Catania	2009–10	Serie A	2	0	3	1	0	0	5	1
Ascoli	2010–11	Serie B	37	4	1	0	0	0	38	4
Catania	2011–12	Serie A	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Grosseto (loan)	2011–12	Serie B	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
Modena (loan)	2012–13	Serie B	33	1	0	0	0	0	33	1
Spezia (loan)	2013–14	Serie B	11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
Padova (loan)	2013–14	Serie B	16	1	0	0	0	0	16	1
Vicenza (loan)	2014–15	Serie B	36	7	0	0	0	0	36	7
Latina	2015–16	Serie B	15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	2016–17		4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
	Total		19	0	2	0	0	0	21	0
Vicenza (loan)	2015–16	Serie B	21	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
Avellino	2016–17	Serie B	17	1	0	0	0	0	17	1
	2017–18		12	1	2	0	0	0	14	1
	Total		29	2	2	0	0	0	31	2
Career totals			218	15	10	1	0	0	228	16

International career

Moretti has also been called up on several occasions to the Italy U-16, Italy U-17, Italy U-18, Italy U-20, and Italy U-21 national teams.

References

1. uefa.com – UEFA Cup
2. Moretti a catania Archived 22 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
3. "25/6/2010 ore 18.40 Moretti: "Dell'Ascoli so tutto, merito di Bellusci"". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
4. "Federico Moretti in biancorosso" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
5. "Colpo a centrocampo: tesserato Federico Moretti" (in Italian). Albissola. 2 February 2019.
6. "Honvéd: Rutinos olasz középpályást igazoltak – hivatalos – NSO".
7. "Két távozó". honvedfc.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 31 August 2019.
8. Federico Moretti è un nuovo giocatore del Busalla, genova24.it, 4 September 2019
9. Federico Moretti at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

External links

• Federico Moretti at AscoliCalcio.net at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 December 2010)(in Italian)
• Federico Moretti at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
• Federico Moretti at Soccerway