Federico Zenuni

Federico Zenuni (born 19 January 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Italian club Virtus Francavilla and the Albania national under-21 football team.

Federico Zenuni
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-01-19) 19 January 1997
Place of birth Turin, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Virtus Francavilla
Number 4
Youth career
2003–2016 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Torino 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Tuttocuoio (loan) 24 (1)
2017–2018 → Viterbese Castrense (loan) 19 (0)
2018–2019 Teramo 7 (0)
2019– Virtus Francavilla 4 (0)
National team‡
2011 Italy U15 1 (0)
2013–2014 Albania U17 5 (0)
2015 Albania U19 3 (2)
2016 Albania U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 February 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:38, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Zenuni started his youth career at age of 6 with Torino F.C..[1] In 2014 he advanced at the Primavera team and won the 2014–15 Campionato Nazionale Primavera beating Lazio Primavera in the final.[2] He was part of the team also in the next season and participated in the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path.[3]

Loan to Tuttocuoio

On 25 July 2016 Torino decided to loan Zenuni at Lega Pro side A.C. Tuttocuoio 1957 San Miniato for the 2016–17 season.[4]

He made it his first professional debut at Tuttocuoio on 11 September 2016 against Lupa Roma coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute in place of Marco Berardi.[5]

Loan to Viterbese Castrense

Zenuni was loaned one more time at Serie C moving on 27 July 2017 to A.S. Viterbese Castrense.[6]

Teramo

On 11 July 2018, he moved on a permanent basis to the Serie C club Teramo.[7]

Virtus Francavila

On 14 January 2019, he signed with Virtus Francavilla.[8]

International career

Italy U15

Zenuni was gathered with Italy national under-15 football team in 2011.[9]

Albania U19

He was called up at Albania national under-19 football team by coach Arjan Bellaj to participate in the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification from 12–17 November 2015.[10] He played 2 full 90-minutes match in the opening one against Austria U19 finished in the 2–1 loss and against Georgia U19 two days later finished in the 1–0. In the closing game against Wales U19, Zenuni scored twice in the 10th and 36th minutes to sent Albania U19 in advantage in both cases and following a goal later by Ardian Krasniqi in the 42nd minute, Albania U19 ended by taking the 3–2 victory.[11]

Albania U21

Zenuni received his first call up at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Skënder Gega to participate in the Antalya Cup developed in Antalya, Turkey against Saudi Arabia U21 on 22 January 2016, Bahrain U21 on 24 January, Azerbaijan U21 on 26 January, Kosovo U21 on 28 January and Ukraine U21 on 30 January.[12]

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Zenuni was called up by coach Alban Bushi for the Friendly match against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017.[13] He was not part of the 18-man squad which featured in the opening match of the qualifiers against Estonia U21.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of 19 January 2018 [15]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe[lower-alpha 1] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tuttocuoio2016–17Lega Pro 24130——271
Viterbese Castrense2017–18Serie C 10030——130
Career total 34160——401
  1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

International goals
As of 17 November 2015. Albania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zenuni's goal.[15]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 November 2015Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia3 Wales1–03–22016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round
2 2–1

References
  1. Rrëfehet Federico Zenuni Archived 2017-09-12 at the Wayback Machine aSport.al
  2. Balla, Adriatik (22 June 2015). "Të rinjtë shqiptarë shkëlqejnë në Itali, fitojnë kampionatet e moshave". AlbanianSport.net. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. Federico Zenuni – UEFA competition record
  4. Tuttocuoio parakalon Piacenzën, merr Zenunin aSport.al
  5. Lupa Roma vs. Tuttocuoio - 11 September 2016 Soccerway
  6. Tjetër eksperiencë në Serinë C italiane për mesfushorin e përfaqësues U-21 Panorama Sport
  7. "Un centrocampista scuola Toro alla corte del Diavolo" (in Italian). S.S. Teramo Calcio. 11 July 2018.
  8. "Federico Zenuni è un nuovo calciatore della Virtus Francavilla Calcio. Claudio Sparacello ceduto al Teramo Calcio" (in Italian). Virtus Francavilla. 14 January 2019.
  9. ESCLUSIVA MP - I nuovi talenti: Federico Zenuni MondoPallone.it
  10. U-19, nis grumbullimi për eliminatoret Archived 2015-11-27 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
  11. Federico Zenuni matches Soccerway
  12. Shpresat, pjesëmarrëse në “Antalia Cup” Archived 2016-10-11 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
  13. Alban Bushi shpall listën e U21 për Francën dhe Estoninë Archived 2017-07-05 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
  14. Under-21 - Albania-Estonia UEFA.com
  15. Federico Zenuni at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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