Federico Del Grosso (born 24 March 1983) is an Italian
football
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coach and a former player who played as a
defender.
Career
The twin brother of
Cristiano, the Del Grosso twins started their career at their hometown club
Giulianova
Giulianova ( Giuliese: ' ) is a coastal town and ''comune'' in the province of Teramo, Abruzzo region, Italy. The ''comune'' also has city ( it, città) status, thus also known as Città di Giulianova.
Geography
The town lies in the north of the A ...
in
Serie C1
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. They played over 100 league matches before left the club in 2006. In 2006, Cristiano was signed by Serie A club
Cagliari Calcio, while Federico was signed by
Ternana
Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria.
The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A (in the 1972–73 and 1974–75 seas ...
which had only just been relegated from Serie B.
On 1 February 2010, Cristiano was sold to
Internazionale in
co-ownership deal, for €180,000. On the same day he was loaned back to
Lega Pro Prima Divisione for
Pro Patria.
In June 2010 Ternana bought back
Luis Antonio Jiménez
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and gave up Del Grosso, made a net cash of €2.977 million was transferred to Internazionale in total in 2009–10 season. Del Grosso was trained alone in summer 2010, however he injured his
patellar ligament.
In July 2011 he terminated his remaining 3-year contract with Inter, made Inter write-down his accounting value of €264,000.
In August 2016 Del Grosso returned to Giulianova, for amateur club Real Giulianova, a spiritual successor of
Giulianova Calcio.
Coaching career
On 19 January 2021, he was fired as the head coach of Giulianova.
References
External links
Profile at AIC.Football.it
Italian men's footballers
Giulianova Calcio players
Ternana Calcio players
Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players
Men's association football defenders
Italian twins
Footballers from the Province of Teramo
1983 births
Living people
Italian football managers
People from Giulianova
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