Giovanni Federico

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

Giovanni Federico

Federico in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Giovanni Federico
Date of birth	4 October 1980
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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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)
Teams managed
2016–2018	SSV Hagen (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
VfL Bochum II	1999–00	Regionalliga West/Südwest	31	7	—		31	7
1. FC Köln II	2000–01	Oberliga Nordrhein	34	22	—		34	22
	2001–02		29	19	—		29	19
	2002–03	Regionalliga Nord	24	12	—		24	12
	2003–04		10	6	—		10	6
	2004–05		34	20	2	1	36	21
	Total		131	79	2	1	133	80
1. FC Köln	2002–03	2. Bundesliga	6	0	2	0	8	0
	2003–04	Bundesliga	12	0	2	1	14	1
	2004–05	2. Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		18	0	4	1	22	1
Karlsruher SC	2005–06	2. Bundesliga	30	14	2	0	32	14
	2006–07		34	19	2	0	36	19
	Total		64	33	4	0	68	33
Borussia Dortmund	2007–08	Bundesliga	30	4	3	2	33	6
	2008–09		2	0	1	0	3	0
	Total		32	4	4	2	36	6
Borussia Dortmund II	2007–08	Regionalliga West	1	0	—		1	0
	2008–09		1	0	—		1	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	2	0
Karlsruher SC (loan)	2008–09	Bundesliga	15	2	0	0	15	2
Arminia Bielefeld	2009–10	2. Bundesliga	33	12	2	1	35	13
VfL Bochum	2010–11	2. Bundesliga	29	7	1	0	30	7
	2011–12		28	4	3	2	31	6
	Total		57	11	4	2	61	13
Viktoria Köln	2012–13	Regionalliga West	15	2	0	0	15	2
Career total			398	150	20	7	418	157

References

1. "Giovanni Federico" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
2. "Federico, Giovanni" (in German). kicker. 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.

External links

• Giovanni Federico at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Giovanni Federico at WorldFootball.net