Stefano_Celozzi
Stefano Celozzi
German footballer of Italian descent
Stefano Celozzi (born 2 November 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Having represented Germany at youth level, he is of Italian descent.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stefano Celozzi | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Günzburg, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SC Bubesheim | |||
| TSV Wasserburg | |||
| SSV Ulm 1846 | |||
| 2005 | Bayern Munich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | Bayern Munich II | 81 | (3) |
| 2008–2009 | Karlsruher SC | 27 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Karlsruher SC II | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | VfB Stuttgart | 30 | (0) |
| 2011 | → VfB Stuttgart II | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 38 | (0) |
| 2014–2020 | VfL Bochum | 128 | (1) |
| Total | 306 | (4) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Germany U16 | 7 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Germany U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2009 | Germany U21 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Youth
After playing youth football with a succession of local clubs, including SSV Ulm 1846, Celozzi joined the youth setup of Bayern Munich in 2005. He quickly progressed to the reserve team, making his debut in the Regionalliga in August 2005, aged just 16. Over the next three seasons, Celozzi played 81 games at this level, scoring three times. He was named as part of the first-team squad for the 2007–08 season, but did not make an appearance, continuing to be a regular for the reserves.
Karlsruher SC
In July 2008, Celozzi joined Karlsruher SC, and made his first appearance on 10 August 2008 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, against SpVgg Ansbach. He made his Bundesliga debut on 16 August 2008 in the opening fixture against VfL Bochum. Karlsruhe were relegated at the end of the season.
VfB Stuttgart
Following Karlsruhe's relegation, Celozzi moved to VfB Stuttgart in June 2009.[2]
On 3 May 2012, VfB Stuttgart announced that the expiring contract of Celozzi would not be extended.[3]
Eintracht Frankfurt
On 7 May 2012, Eintracht Frankfurt announced that they had signed Celozzi on a two-year contract, starting from the 2012–13 Bundesliga season.[4]
VfL Bochum
On 14 July 2014, Bochum announced that they had signed Celozzi on a two-year contract, starting from the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season.[5]
Celozzi retired from football in June 2020.[6]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe1 | Total | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Bayern Munich II | 2005–06 | Regionalliga Süd | 32 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | [8] | |||
| 2006–07 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | [9] | ||||||
| 2007–08 | 31 | 2 | 31 | 2 | [10] | ||||||
| Totals | 81 | 3 | — | 81 | 3 | — | |||||
| Karlsruhe II | 2008–09 | Regionalliga Süd | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | [7] | ||
| Karlsruhe | 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | [7] | ||
| Stuttgart | 2009–10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | [11] | |
| 2010–11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | [7] | ||
| 2011–12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | [12] | |||
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | — | ||
| Stuttgart II | 2010–11 | 3. Liga | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | [7] | ||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2012–13 | Bundesliga | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | [13] | ||
| 2013–14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | [14] | ||
| Totals | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 0 | — | ||
| VfL Bochum | 2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | [15] | |
| 2015–16 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | [16] | ||||
| 2016–17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | [17] | ||||
| 2017–18 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | [18] | ||||
| 2018–19 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | [19] | ||||
| 2019–20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | [20] | ||||
| Totals | 128 | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | 138 | 1 | — | |||
| Career totals | 306 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 334 | 4 | — | ||
- 1.^ Includes Champions League and Europa League.
Celozzi has played for Germany at U-16 and U-18 levels, and since the beginning of the 2009–10 season has been part of the U-21 squad, winning three caps to date.
- "Den könnte ich zu Magath schicken" (in German). kicker. 24 October 2005. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
- "VfB sign Celozzi and Schwarz". vfb.de. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
- "Fond farewells". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 3 May 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- "Eintracht Sign Trapp And Celozzi". eintracht.de. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- "Celozzi wird Bochumer" [Celozzi joins Bochum] (in German). VfL Bochum. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- Hamers, Dominik (24 June 2020). "VfL Bochum: Celozzi über den VfL, den Tiefpunkt und Hermann Gerland". RevierSport (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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- Stefano Celozzi at fussballdaten.de (in German)