Federico Cossato (born 7 August 1972) is an Italian former

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who played as a

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. He is the brother of fellow former footballer Michele Cossato. Cossato started his career at

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clubs, he then played for

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and

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. in mid-1997 he joined

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, which he played until 2008. During mid-2005, he made a transfer request, partially due to the rise of

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and Simone Tiribocchi. He played 4 Serie A matches that season as the team have Amauri, Tiribocchi and

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. In 2006–07 season, he club had

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Cossato often played as substitute. In 2007–08 season, he stayed with the club at Serie B to win Serie A return in 1 seasons. In mid-2008 he left for Domegliara at Serie D.

Italian football scandal

On 18 June 2012 Federico was banned from all football activities for 3 years and 6 months due to 2011–12 Italian football scandal.

Honours

;Chievo *

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: 2007–08

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* * 1972 births Living people Footballers from Verona Italian men's footballers AC ChievoVerona players SSD Domegliara players FC Valdagno players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Men's association football forwards {{Italy-footy-forward-1970s-stub