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 (1980-10-04) 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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfL Bochum II 1999–00 Regionalliga West/Südwest 317—317
1. FC Köln II 2000–01 Oberliga Nordrhein 3422—3422
2001–02 2919—2919
2002–03 Regionalliga Nord 2412—2412
2003–04 106—106
2004–05 3420213621
Total 131792113380
1. FC Köln 2002–03 2. Bundesliga 602080
2003–04 Bundesliga 12021141
2004–05 2. Bundesliga 000000
Total 18041221
Karlsruher SC 2005–06 2. Bundesliga 3014203214
2006–07 3419203619
Total 6433406833
Borussia Dortmund 2007–08 Bundesliga 30432336
2008–09 201030
Total 32442366
Borussia Dortmund II 2007–08 Regionalliga West 10—10
2008–09 10—10
Total 200020
Karlsruher SC (loan) 2008–09 Bundesliga 15200152
Arminia Bielefeld 2009–10 2. Bundesliga 3312213513
VfL Bochum 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 29710307
2011–12 28432316
Total 5711426113
Viktoria Köln 2012–13 Regionalliga West 15200152
Career total 398150207418157

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.
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