Federico Viviani (footballer, born 1981)

Federico Viviani
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-10-19) 19 October 1981
Place of birth Pisa, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position centre-back
Youth career
Pisa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Pisa 1 (0)
2001–2003 Cascina 57 (4)
2003–2006 Sansovino 87 (5)
2006–2007 Arezzo 0 (0)
2006–2007Juve Stabia (loan) 14 (0)
2007 → Sansovino (loan) 13 (1)
2007–2008 Lanciano 17 (0)
2008–2009 Pisa 45 (4)
2009–2010 Taranto 18 (0)
2010–2011 Crotone 36 (1)
2011–2014 Alessandria 49 (6)
2014 Colligiana 13 (0)
2014–2015 Castiglionese

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Federico Viviani (born 19 October 1981) is an Italian footballer . Viviani made 280 league appearances in Italian Serie B, Serie C1 and Serie C2, as well as 70 appearances in Serie D, the top division of non fully professional football. However, Viviani never made his debut in Serie A, the Italian top division.

Biography

Youth career

Born in Pisa, Tuscany, Viviani started his career at Pisa. He made his Serie C2 debut on 10 January 1999, replacing Paolo Andreotti at half-time.[1]

In 2001–02 he left for Serie D club Cascina.

Lega Pro clubs

In 2003–04 he returned to fully professional for Sansovino. In January 2006 he was spotted by Serie B team Arezzo, which signed him in co-ownership deal and bought the remain 50% registration rights in June. However he left for Serie C1 club Juve Stabia. In January 2007 he returned to Sansovino and winning the relegation "play-out" against Boca San Lazzaro, secured a place in 2007–08 Serie C2.

As Arezzo relegated to Serie C1 in 2007, he was sold to fellow third division club Lanciano in August.

Pisa & Crotone

In January 2008 he was re-signed by Serie B team Pisa. He only made 5 starts in 2007–08 Serie B and played 37 games in the next season. Pisa relegated in 2009 and bankrupted.

He then signed by Lega Pro Prima Divisione (ex–Serie C1) club Taranto. In January 2010 he returned to Serie B for the third time, for F.C. Crotone.[2]

Return to Lega Pro

On 20 August 2011 he was signed by Alessandria.[3][4] On 31 January 2014 Viviani was released.[5]

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Italy League Cup Total
1998–99PisaSerie C210????
1999–2000Serie C100????
2001–02CascinaSerie D271????
2002–03303????
2003–04SansovinoSerie C2241????
2004–05301????
2005–06333????1
2006–07Juve StabiaSerie C1140????
2006–07SansovinoSerie C2131 Nil21513
2007–08LancianoSerie C117000170
2007–08[6]PisaSerie B80Nil280
2008–09[7]37410384
2009–10TarantoLP Prima Divisione1801+00+0190
2009–10CrotoneSerie B131Nil2131
2010–11[8]23010240
2011–12[9]AlessandriaLP Seconda Divisione1410+10151
2012–13[10]2121022 2
2013–14[11]14310153
2014–15ColligianaSerie D130????
2014–15 Castiglionese Eccellenza ??????
Career total 35021604356215
Note
1 4 games in 2005–06 Serie C2 promotion play-off
2 The player arrived the club after the club was eliminated from the competitions
3 2 games in 2006–07 Serie C2 relegation "play-out"
4 No statistics for Coppa Italia Serie D and Coppa Italia Lega Pro (prior 2007)
5 Note 1 to 4

Honours

References

  1. "Una stella spinge il Pisa" (require login). La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 11 January 1999. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. "Viviani a Crotone, arriva lo svedese Magnusson. Berretti in prestito, Strambelli a Noicattaro". AS Taranto Calcio (in Italian). 27 January 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  3. "UFFICIALE: Alessandria arriva Federico Viviani". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 20 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  4. "Ufficiale l'ingaggio di Federico Viviani". US Alessandria Calcio 1912 (in Italian). 20 August 2011. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011. L'U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912 comunica di aver messo sotto contratto l'esperto difensore classe 1981 Federico Viviani. Nella......
  5. "Rescissione consensuale del contratto con Federico Viviani" (in Italian). U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  6. La Gazzetta dello Sport 2007–08 Profile (Italian)
  7. La Gazzetta dello Sport 2009–10 Profile (Italian)
  8. La Gazzetta dello Sport 2010–11 Profile (Italian)
  9. "Alessandria-Cremonese: 2-1 dts" (in Italian). U.S. Cremonese. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  10. "Savona, avanti così". Savona Il Secolo XIX (in Italian). 26 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  11. "Coppa Italia: il tabellino di Bra-Alessandria 1-1" (in Italian). U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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