Giovanni Federico (born 4 October 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
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. 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.
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.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsVfL Bochum II1999–00Regionalliga West/Südwest317—3171. FC Köln II2000–01Oberliga Nordrhein3422—34222001–022919—29192002–03Regionalliga Nord2412—24122003–04106—1062004–053420213621Total1317921133801. FC Köln2002–032. Bundesliga6020802003–04Bundesliga120211412004–052. Bundesliga000000Total18041221Karlsruher SC2005–062. Bundesliga30142032142006–073419203619Total6433406833Borussia Dortmund2007–08Bundesliga304323362008–09201030Total32442366Borussia Dortmund II2007–08Regionalliga West10—102008–0910—10Total200020Karlsruher SC (loan)2008–09Bundesliga15200152Arminia Bielefeld2009–102. Bundesliga3312213513VfL Bochum2010–112. Bundesliga297103072011–1228432316Total5711426113Viktoria Köln2012–13Regionalliga West15200152Career total398150207418157
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