Federico Fazio

Federico Fazio

Fazio in action for Sevilla in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Federico Julián Fazio
Date of birth	(1987-03-17) 17 March 1987
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
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	123	(10)
National team‡
2006–2007	Argentina U20	13	(1)
2008	Argentina U23	2	(0)
2011–	Argentina	2	(0)
Honours Competitor for  Argentina Men's Football Gold 2008 Beijing Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:46, 3 September 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2011

Federico Julián Fazio (born 17 March 1987 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Sevilla FC in La Liga, usually as a central defender.

Club career

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 level.

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.^[2]

On 7 May 2008, Fazio scored his first goal for Sevilla in a 3–0 win at Racing de Santander.^[3] 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.^[4]

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 contests (on 13 March 2010, he headed home in a 1–1 home draw against Deportivo de La Coruña^[5]); 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.

International career

Fazio was an integral part of the Argentina under-20 side that won the World Cup of the category in 2007.^[6] 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.^[7]

On 1 June 2011 Fazio made his debut for the full team, appearing in a 1–4 friendly defeat in Nigeria.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 September 2013

International

As of 5 September 2013

Honours

Club

Sevilla B

• Spanish Third Division: 2006–07

Sevilla

• Spanish Supercup: 2007; Runner-up 2010
• Spanish Cup: 2009–10

Country

Argentina U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2007

Argentina U-23

• Summer Olympics: 2008

References

External links

• Sevilla official profile
• BDFutbol profile
• Federico Fazio at National-Football-Teams.com
• Transfermarkt profile
• Guardian Stats Centre

Argentina Squads v t e Argentina men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists 1 Ustari 2 Garay 3 Monzón 4 Zabaleta 5 Gago 6 Fazio 7 Sosa 8 Banega 9 Lavezzi 10 Riquelme (c) 11 di María 12 Pareja 13 Acosta 14 Mascherano 15 Messi 16 Agüero 17 Buonanotte 18 Romero 22 Navarro Coach: Batista