Federico Marigosu

Career
Federico worked his way through the Cagliari youth system in Italy. He gained his professional contract in the 17/18 season got his debut game in the 19/20 season. This was his one and only game this year and the next season saw him get 1 more game before being loaned out Scottish side Motherwell for the 21/22 season. He performed well, scoring 3 goals and providing 3 assists in 26 games. This impressed the backroom staff at his home town and he became a regular for two season, playing 64 games, scoring 10 and assisting 10 in two seasons. This attracted attention from English side Aston Villa, a £9.25 million bid came in at the start of the 24/25 season. He only appeared in one game that year and was placed into the reserves for the next season. Villa weren't looking to renew his contract after realising he wasn't ready for the big time. Gateshead noticed him on the free agent list and brought him in on a bosman deal. His first season in the north east went very well, helping the club to a promotion to the Championship with the title and winning the Leasing.com trophy to top it off. He scored 9 goals and assisted 6 in the League within this season and gained Gateshead's signing of the season award. The next season, Gateshead were looking to not be relegated and that they did, finishing very securely mid table, Marigosu managed 3 goals and 4 assists in 38 games. Marigosu again had a solid 28/29 season, scoring 4 and providing 5 assists in 37 games. This in turn helped Gateshead reach the play-off positions but unfortunately they couldn't reach the final. 29/30 saw Federico have his best year yet, 6 goals and 9 assists over 39 games resulted in the North East side winning the Championship title and gaining promotion to the Premiership. The next year saw him play only 26 games, but he still scored 5 goals and assisted one over the first year in Division 1. Continuing his scoring tally, he scored and assisted 2 in what resulted in being his last season at Gateshead, as a bid came in from FC Nurnberg of £3 million for the experienced midfielder. He was on the bench foe the Euopean Cup final where they beat Liverpool in extra time, Federico came on in the 65th minute to earn his medal. He joined the German side for the 32/33 season, but didn't gain the match time he was expecting. He managed to make the 200 appearance club at Gateshead, along with 29 goals and 27 assists over just 6 seasons in the North East.