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| Full name | Federico Julián Fazio | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1987 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back / Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||
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| Current club | Sevilla | |||||||||||
| Number | 2 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| Ferro Carril Oeste | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 48 | (3) | |||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Sevilla B | 20 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2007– | Sevilla | 72 | (5) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Argentina U20 | 13 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Argentina U23 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2011– | Argentina | 2 | (0) | |||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Federico Julián Fazio (born 17 March 1987 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Sevilla FC in the Spanish first division, usually as a central defender.
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Fazio started his career in the Argentine second division with Ferro Carril Oeste in 2005. He was bought by Spanish side Sevilla FC in late January 2007[1] and spent the vast majority of the remaining season with the second team, Sevilla Atlético, which he helped achieve promotion to the second division.
In 2007–08, Fazio started the season registered with both Sevilla teams. However, due to the absences of Javi Navarro (knee, entire season missed) and Julien Escudé (pubis, less than half of possible games), he ended up playing an important part on a side that reached a final UEFA Cup position. His first game with the first team was on 25 August 2007, in the season opener, a 4–1 home La Liga win against Getafe CF.
On 7 May 2008, Fazio scored his first goal for Sevilla in a 3–0 win at Racing de Santander.[2] He added another in that match, and a third a week later, in a 2–0 home success against Real Betis. In both games, he played as a defensive midfielder.[3]
In his second season, as Sevilla finished third, Fazio featured slightly less, and saw time at both positions. He was mostly injured during the following campaign, playing only ten league games (on 13 March 2010, he headed home in a 1–1 home draw against Deportivo de La Coruña[4]); the Andalusians eventually finished fourth in the league, also winning the Spanish cup, but he was not picked for the final of the latter competition itself.
Still bothered with some physical problems in 2010–11, Fazio played the most he had in years, appearing in 19 games (17 starts) as Sevilla finished fifth and qualified to the Europa League.
Fazio was an integral part of the Argentina under-20 side that won the World Cup of the category in 2007.[5] The following year, he helped the Olympic team win gold at the Summer Olympics, in Beijing. He played twice in the tournament, as backup for Nicolás Pareja and Ezequiel Garay.[6]
On 1 June 2011, Fazio made his debut for the full team, appearing in a 1–4 friendly defeat in Nigeria.[7]
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