Federico Bonini
{{short description|Italian football player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Federico Bonini
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|8|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Massa, Italy
| image =
| height = 1.85 m
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Catanzaro
| clubnumber = 6
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017 | youthclubs1 = Fiorentina
| youthyears2 = 2017–2018 | youthclubs2 = Virtus Entella
| years1 = 2019– | clubs1 = Virtus Entella | caps1 = 49 | goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2020 | clubs2 = → Bologna (loan) | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2021–2023 | clubs3 = → Gubbio (loan) | caps3 = 55 | goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2024– | clubs4 = → Catanzaro (loan) | caps4 = 25 | goals4 = 7
| nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = Italy U19 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2021 | nationalteam2 = Italy U20 | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| pcupdate = 20 February 2025
| ntupdate = 15 November 2021
}}
Federico Bonini (born 6 August 2001) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for {{Italian football updater|Catanzaro}} club Catanzaro on loan from 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.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/10/05/italy/serie-b/fc-crotone/acd-virtus-entella/3122606/|title=Crotone v Virtus Entella game report|date=5 October 2019}}
On 20 January 2020 he was loaned to Bologna{{cite web|url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-b/virtus-entella-il-difensore-bonini-si-trasferisce-al-bologna-1338036 |title=Virtus Entella, il difensore Bonini si trasferisce al Bologna |publisher=TUTTOmercatoWEB.com |date= |accessdate=2022-07-11}} where he made his Serie A debut on 29 July 2020, in a 0–4 loss against Fiorentina.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=30 July 2020|title=Esordio in rossoblù per Bonini|url=https://www.bolognafc.it/esordio-in-rossoblu-per-bonini/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=31 July 2020|publisher=Bologna F.C. 1909|language=it}} He substituted Danilo Larangeira in the 84th minute.{{Cite news|last=Guizzardi|first=Giacomo|date=29 July 2020|title=Fiorentina-Bologna 4-0, rossoblù schiantati da Chiesa|url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/fc/fiorentina-bologna-1.5363201|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=31 July 2020|newspaper=Il Resto del Carlino|language=it}}
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.{{cite web|publisher=Gubbio|url=https://www.asgubbio1910.net/2021/08/31/federico-bonini-nuovo-calciatore-rossoblu/|title=Federico Bonini nuovo calciatore rossoblù|date=31 August 2021|accessdate=22 November 2021|language=it}} On 23 July 2022, the loan to Gubbio was renewed for the 2022–23 season.{{cite web|publisher=Gubbio|url=https://www.asgubbio1910.net/2022/07/23/cresce-la-rosa-dei-lupi-tesserati-anche-bonini-e-mbakogu/|title=Cresce la rosa dei lupi: tesserati anche Bonini e Mbakogu|date=23 July 2022|access-date=22 September 2022|language=it}}
On 15 July 2024, Bonini signed a four-year contract with Catanzaro, the transfer was structured as a loan for 2024–25 season, followed by an obligation to buy.{{cite web|publisher=Catanzaro|url=https://www.uscatanzaro1929.com/2024/07/15/federico-bonini-e-un-nuovo-difensore-dellus/|title=FEDERICO BONINI È UN NUOVO DIFENSORE DELL’US|trans-title=FEDERICO BONINI IS A NEW DEFENDER OF US|date=15 July 2024|access-date=13 August 2024|language=it}}
International
He was first called up to represent his country in September 2019 for Under-19 squad friendlies.{{cite web|publisher=Italian Football Federation|url=https://figc.it/it/nazionali/nazionali-in-cifre/dettaglio-convocato/?calciatoreId=51947&squadraId=24|title=Bonini Italy U19 profile by FIGC|accessdate=7 October 2019|language=Italian}}
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.{{cite web|publisher=Italian Football Federation|url=https://figc.it/it/nazionali/news/torneo-8-nazioni-tutto-facile-per-l-italia-7-0-alla-romania-doppiette-di-bove-oristanio-e-vergani/|title=Torneo 8 Nazioni. Tutto facile per l'Italia: 7-0 alla Romania. Doppiette di Bove, Oristanio e Vergani|date=15 November 2021|accessdate=22 November 2021|language=it}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|federico-bonini/587499}}
{{US Catanzaro 1929 squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonini, Federico}}
Category:Sportspeople from Massa
Category:Footballers from the Province of Massa-Carrara
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Virtus Entella players
Category:Bologna FC 1909 players
Category:AS Gubbio 1910 players
Category:US Catanzaro 1929 players
Category:Italy men's youth international footballers
Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
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