Stefano Russo (born 29 June 2000) is a German professional

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who plays as a defensive midfielder for club

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 ...

Career

Russo made his professional debut for Waldhof Mannheim in the

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on 21 April 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute for

Dominik Martinović Dominik Martinović (born 25 March 1997) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (associ ...

against

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. The away match finished as a 5–0 loss for Mannheim. He signed with

in May 2024 for the upcoming 2024–25 season.

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* * * } 2000 births Living people Footballers from Ludwigshafen German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Italian men's footballers German sportspeople of Italian descent Men's association football midfielders FC Augsburg II players SV Waldhof Mannheim players FC Viktoria Köln players Arminia Bielefeld players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players {{Germany-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub