Giovanni Federico

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Giovanni Federico
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Federico in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-10-04) 4 October 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Hagen, West Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1985–1994 SSV Hagen
1994–1999 VfL Bochum
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2000 VfL Bochum II 31 (7)
2000–2005 1. FC Köln II 131 (79)
2002–2005 1. FC Köln 18 (0)
2005–2007 Karlsruher SC 64 (33)
2007–2009 Borussia Dortmund 32 (4)
2008 → Borussia Dortmund II 2 (0)
2009 → Karlsruher SC (loan) 15 (2)
2009–2010 Arminia Bielefeld 33 (12)
2010–2012 VfL Bochum 57 (11)
2012–2013 Viktoria Köln 15 (2)
2014–2016 TuS Ennepetal 59 (8)
2016–2018 SSV Hagen 24 (10)
Managerial career
2016–2018 SSV Hagen (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giovanni Federico (born 4 October 1980) is a German former professional footballer [1] [2] who played as an attacking midfielder. [3]

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Playing career

Federico was born in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia. He agreed to join Borussia Dortmund from Karlsruher SC for 2007–08 on a Bosman transfer on 7 March 2007, after a highly successful season, individually (top goalscorer with 19 goals) and collectively (his team achieved promotion with the first place in 2. Bundesliga). He returned to Karlsruhe on loan in the 2008–09 winter transfer window on loan. [4] After Karlsruhe were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season, Federico originally returned to Borussia Dortmund, but was signed by Arminia Bielefeld on 10 July. After one year with Arminia Bielefeld, he announced his return to VfL Bochum and signed on 10 June 2010. When Federico ended his professional career in Bochum in 2012, he had amassed 62 goals at the top two levels of the German football pyramid. [5]

Managerial career

In October 2016, Federico returned to his former childhood club, SSV Hagen, where he was appointed player-manager. He left the club at his own request in February 2018 because would like to devote himself to other tasks in the future. [6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [1] [2]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfL Bochum II 1999–00 Regionalliga West/Südwest 317—317
1. FC Köln II 2000–01 Oberliga Nordrhein 3422—3422
2001–022919—2919
2002–03 Regionalliga Nord 2412—2412
2003–04 106—106
2004–05 3420213621
Total131792113380
1. FC Köln 2002–03 2. Bundesliga 602080
2003–04 Bundesliga 12021141
2004–05 2. Bundesliga000000
Total18041221
Karlsruher SC 2005–06 2. Bundesliga3014203214
2006–07 3419203619
Total6433406833
Borussia Dortmund 2007–08 Bundesliga30432336
2008–09 201030
Total32442366
Borussia Dortmund II 2007–08 Regionalliga West 10—10
2008–09 10—10
Total200020
Karlsruher SC (loan) 2008–09 Bundesliga15200152
Arminia Bielefeld 2009–10 2. Bundesliga3312213513
VfL Bochum 2010–11 2. Bundesliga29710307
2011–12 28432316
Total5711426113
Viktoria Köln 2012–13 Regionalliga West15200152
Career total398150207418157

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References

  1. 1 2 "Giovanni Federico" (in German). fussballdaten.de . Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Federico, Giovanni" (in German). kicker. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "TuS Ennepetal - Squad 2016/2017". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Federico und Engelhardt kehren zurück" [Federico and Engelhardt return] (in German). Karlsruher SC. 19 December 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  5. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (2 February 2017). "Giovanni Federico - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF . Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Rücktritt! Federico verlässt SSV Hagen". fussball.de (in German). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
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