Federico Barba

Federico Barba (born 1 September 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays for Benevento as a central defender.

Federico Barba
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Benevento
Number 93
Youth career
1999–2007 Axa Soccer School
2007–2008 Cisco Roma
2008–2012 Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Grosseto 19 (0)
2013–2017 Empoli 53 (2)
2016 → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2 (1)
2017–2018 Sporting Gijón 21 (0)
2018–2020 Chievo 30 (0)
2019–2020 → Valladolid (loan) 5 (0)
2020 → Benevento (loan) 14 (1)
2020– Benevento 0 (0)
National team
2011–2012 Italy U19 6 (0)
2012–2014 Italy U20 9 (1)
2015 Italy U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:09, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Biography

Youth career

Born in Rome, Italy, Barba was a six-year-old boy when began to play at the Axa Soccer School.[2] Playing as a left or central defender, in 2007 he was sold to Cisco Roma (former Lodigiani), the third most popular soccer team in Rome, and at the age of 15 he was transferred to A.S. Roma where he played in the youth teams, coached, at first, by Andrea Stramaccioni and then by Alberto De Rossi. Barba won U17 national championship with Roma in 2010.;[3] U20 "Primavera" reserve league in 2011 and Coppa Italia Primavera in 2012. In 2012, Federico Barba got the Italian award as the best young defender.[4]

Grosseto

In July 2012 he was loaned to Serie B club Grosseto, partially due to the age restriction of Primavera had changed to U19 and partially by Barba had ready for professional league. Barba made his debut as starting defender in 2012–13 Coppa Italia. In 2012–13 Serie B, Barba made successive appearances since from 20 October 2012, becoming the regular central defender of Grosseto team. In June 2013, Grosseto acquired half of the registration rights of Barba for €200,000.[5] However, Roma re-acquired Barba for €350,000 and re-sold him to Empoli.[6]

Empoli

In August 2013, Barba was acquired by Empoli for €250,000 in another co-ownership deal.[6] In June 2015 Empoli acquired the remain 50% registration rights from Roma for an undisclosed fee. He also has scored 2 goals for the club.[7]

VfB Stuttgart

On 1 February 2016, Barba was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart until the end of the season with an option of purchase.[8]

Sporting Gijón

In July 2017, Barba was acquired by Spanish club Sporting de Gijón for a reported €1 million fee.[9]

ChievoVerona

On 14 August 2018, Barba signed with Serie A side ChievoVerona.[10]

Valladolid (loan)

On 6 July 2019, he returned to Spain after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with La Liga side Real Valladolid.[11]

Benevento

On 24 January 2020, Barba joined Serie B team Benevento on loan until 30 June 2020. Benevento held an obligation to purchase his rights at the end of the loan term. Barba signed a 3.5-year contract with Benevento with an additional one-year extension option.[12]

International career

Barba made his debut in the third match of 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification. In the elite qualification, he played twice as the holder of number 2 shirt. He played the first game after Rodrigo Ely was sent off, which Barba substituted forward Mattia Valoti. Due to Ely suspension, Barba played the second match but not the third match.[13]

Barba received U20 call-up from Luigi Di Biagio in summer 2012. In November, he received call-up from Devis Mangia for Italy national under-21 football team against Spain national under-21 football team. However, he did not play that match.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2012-11-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.tottisoccerschool.it/societa.php
  3. "CAMPIONATI NAZIONALI ALLIEVI E GIOVANISSIMI: ROMA E MILAN VINCONO LOto SCUDETTO 2009-2010" (in Italian). FIGC. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-04-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Esercizio dei diritti di opzione e controopzione e Rapporti di Partecipazione ex art. 102 bis NOIF" (PDF) (in Italian). AS Roma. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  6. "Relazione Finanziaria Annuale per l'esercizio chiuso al 30 giugno 2014" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 6 October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2015.
  7. "Risoluzione delle compartecipazioni: Barba è un giocatore dell´Empoli, Rovini va all´Udinese" (in Italian). Empoli F.C. 25 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  8. "VfB sign Federico Barba". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  9. "Sporting de Gijon sign Federico Barba". elcomercio.es. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  10. "Chievo, UFFICIALE: preso Barba". Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  11. "Fede Barba completa el flanco izquierdo" [Fede Barba completes the left flank] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  12. "FEDERICO BARBA È UN GIOCATORE DEL BENEVENTO" (Press release) (in Italian). Benevento. 24 January 2020.
  13. http://www.uefa.com/under19/season=2012/teams/player=250041340/index.html
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