Stefano Celozzi

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Stefano Celozzi
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Personal information
Full name Stefano Celozzi
Date of birth (1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Günzburg, West Germany
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
SC Bubesheim
TSV Wasserburg
SSV Ulm 1846
2005 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2008 Bayern Munich II 81 (3)
2008–2009 Karlsruher SC 27 (0)
2009 → Karlsruher SC II 1 (0)
2009–2012 VfB Stuttgart 30 (0)
2011 → VfB Stuttgart II 1 (0)
2012–2014 Eintracht Frankfurt 38 (0)
2014–2020 VfL Bochum 128 (1)
Total306(4)
International career
2003–2004 Germany U16 7 (0)
2004–2005 Germany U17 6 (0)
2009 Germany U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stefano Celozzi (born 2 November 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Having represented Germany at youth level, he is of Italian descent. [1]

Contents

Club career

Youth

After playing youth football with a succession of local clubs, including SSV Ulm 1846, Celozzi joined the youth setup of Bayern Munich in 2005. He quickly progressed to the reserve team, making his debut in the Regionalliga in August 2005, aged just 16. Over the next three seasons, Celozzi played 81 games at this level, scoring three times. He was named as part of the first-team squad for the 2007–08 season, but did not make an appearance, continuing to be a regular for the reserves.

Karlsruher SC

In July 2008, Celozzi joined Karlsruher SC, and made his first appearance on 10 August 2008 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, against SpVgg Ansbach. He made his Bundesliga debut on 16 August 2008 in the opening fixture against VfL Bochum. Karlsruhe were relegated at the end of the season.

VfB Stuttgart

Following Karlsruhe's relegation, Celozzi moved to VfB Stuttgart in June 2009. [2]

On 3 May 2012, VfB Stuttgart announced that the expiring contract of Celozzi would not be extended. [3]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 7 May 2012, Eintracht Frankfurt announced that they had signed Celozzi on a two-year contract, starting from the 2012–13 Bundesliga season. [4]

VfL Bochum

On 14 July 2014, Bochum announced that they had signed Celozzi on a two-year contract, starting from the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season. [5]

Celozzi retired from football in June 2020. [6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [7]
ClubSeasonLeague DFB-Pokal Europe 1 TotalRef.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II 2005–06 Regionalliga Süd 320—320 [8]
2006–07 181181 [9]
2007–08 312312 [10]
Totals813—813—
Karlsruhe II 2008–09 Regionalliga Süd10——10 [7]
Karlsruhe 2008–09 Bundesliga 27020290 [7]
Stuttgart 2009–10 2100070280 [11]
2010–11 701030110 [7]
2011–12 2010—30 [12]
Totals30020100420—
Stuttgart II 2010–11 3. Liga 10——10 [7]
Eintracht Frankfurt 2012–13 Bundesliga27010280 [13]
2013–14 1100050160 [14]
Totals3801050440—
VfL Bochum 2014–15 2. Bundesliga 32020—340 [15]
2015–16 34040380 [16]
2016–17 611071 [17]
2017–18 26010270 [18]
2018–19 22010230 [19]
2019–20 801090 [20]
Totals1281100—1381—
Career totals30641301503344—

International career

Celozzi has played for Germany at U-16 and U-18 levels, and since the beginning of the 2009–10 season has been part of the U-21 squad, winning three caps to date.

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  6. ↑ Hamers, Dominik (24 June 2020). "VfL Bochum: Celozzi über den VfL, den Tiefpunkt und Hermann Gerland". RevierSport (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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