Federico Bonini
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-08-06) 6 August 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Massa, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Virtus Entella
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2017 Fiorentina
2017–2018 Virtus Entella
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Virtus Entella 11 (0)
2020Bologna (loan) 1 (0)
2021–2023Gubbio (loan) 55 (2)
International career
2019 Italy U19 3 (0)
2021 Italy U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2021

Federico Bonini (born 6 August 2001) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie C Group B club Virtus Entella.

Club career

He has been regularly included on the match day squad of Virtus Entella in the 2018–19 season, but did not appear on the field.

He made his Serie B debut for Virtus Entella on 5 October 2019 in a game against Crotone. He substituted Fabrizio Poli in the 71st minute.[1]

On 20 January 2020 he was loaned to Bologna[2] where he made his Serie A debut on 29 July 2020, in a 0–4 loss against Fiorentina.[3] He substituted Danilo Larangeira in the 84th minute.[4]

He returned to Virtus Entella for the 2020–21 Serie B season and made 7 appearances that season, 5 of them as a starter, as Entella was relegated to Serie C.

On 31 August 2021, he was loaned to Gubbio in Serie C.[5] On 23 July 2022, the loan to Gubbio was renewed for the 2022–23 season.[6]

International

He was first called up to represent his country in September 2019 for Under-19 squad friendlies.[7]

On 15 November 2021, he made his debut for the Under-20 squad in the 2021–22 Under 20 Elite League game against Romania and assisted on one of the goals in 7–0 victory.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Crotone v Virtus Entella game report". Soccerway. 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Virtus Entella, il difensore Bonini si trasferisce al Bologna". TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Esordio in rossoblù per Bonini" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. ^ Guizzardi, Giacomo (29 July 2020). "Fiorentina-Bologna 4-0, rossoblù schiantati da Chiesa". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Federico Bonini nuovo calciatore rossoblù" (in Italian). Gubbio. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Cresce la rosa dei lupi: tesserati anche Bonini e Mbakogu" (in Italian). Gubbio. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Bonini Italy U19 profile by FIGC" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Torneo 8 Nazioni. Tutto facile per l'Italia: 7-0 alla Romania. Doppiette di Bove, Oristanio e Vergani" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.