Giovanni Federico
Personal information
Full name	Giovanni Federico
Date of birth	4 October 1980 (1980-10-04) (age 29)
Place of birth	Hagen, Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Arminia Bielefeld
Number	8
Youth career
1985–1994 1994–2000	SSV Hagen VfL Bochum
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2005 2000–2005 2005–2007 2007–2009 2009 2009–	1. FC Köln II 1. FC Köln Karlsruher SC Borussia Dortmund → Karlsruher SC (loan) Arminia Bielefeld	068 (38) 018 0(0) 064 (33) 032 0(4) 015 0(2) 010 0(9)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 October 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Giovanni Federico (born 4 October 1980 in Hagen, Germany) is a German-Italian football player who currently plays for Arminia Bielefeld.

[edit] Career

Federico 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.^[1] 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. He signed a 2-year contract.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Weltfussball.de provides profile and stats for Giovanni Federico (German)

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