Federico Viviani

Federico Viviani (born 24 March 1992) is an Italian professional footballer who plays a defensive midfielder for Serie B club SPAL. He basically plays as a deep-lying playmaker in the defensive midfield role, and is also known as a free-kick specialist. He also represented Italy national team at various youth international levels.

Viviani is a former Italy U21 international. He is also the son of Mauro Viviani, a former football player of Lazio in the 1980s.

Club Career

Roma

Viviani started his career at A.S. Roma. He was given his first team debut by Roma coach Luis Enrique in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round against Slovan Bratislava in August 2011. On 12 December 2011, at age 19, he made his debut in Serie A in the 1–1 draw against Juventus, in which he started. He played 9 games in all competitions his first season, mostly coming on as a substitute.

On 22 March 2012, Viviani captained the Roma Primavera side which won the Tim Cup (Coppa Italia) after a 2–1 aggregate win against Juventus in a two legged final. After coming through the youth system, Viviani signed a 5-year contract in May 2012.

Serie B loan

He was loaned to Padova for the 2012–13 season where he scored two goals in 22 matches. He made his debut with the 18 August game against Atalanta. On 25 September, Viviani scored his first goals of his career, scoring both goals in a 2–0 win against Empoli.

On 1 July 2013, Viviani joined Pescara on loan, again in Serie B. He made his debut 14 September in the next away game against Varese, scoring on his debut, scoring with a freekick in a 3–2 loss. On 24 September, Viviani scored his second goal for by scoring a freekick against Avellino in a 1–1 draw.

In January 2014, Viviani was recalled by A.

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