Federico Fazio

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.

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 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.; ESPNsoccernet, 7 May 2008 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.

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...
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