Giovanni Federico (born 4 October 1980) is a German former professional

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who played as an

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Playing career

Federico was born in

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, North Rhine-Westphalia. He agreed to join Borussia Dortmund from

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...

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

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on loan in the 2008–09 winter transfer window on loan. After Karlsruhe were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season, Federico originally returned to

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, but was signed by

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

on 10 July. After one year with Arminia Bielefeld, he announced his return to

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seas ...

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.

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.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Federico, Giovanni 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Hagen Association football midfielders VfL Bochum players VfL Bochum II players 1. FC Köln players 1. FC Köln II players Karlsruher SC players Borussia Dortmund players Borussia Dortmund II players Arminia Bielefeld players FC Viktoria Köln players German footballers Italian footballers German sportspeople of Italian descent Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia