Federico Hernán Poggi (born 10 January 1981) is an

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who plays for

Villa Dálmine Club Villa Dálmine is an Argentine football club from Campana, Buenos Aires Province. The team currently plays in Primera B, the third level of the Argentine football league system. Due to a financial crisis, the club was named "Club Atlético ...

Career

Poggi began his playing career in 2001 for

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of the regionalised 3rd division of Argentine football. In 2004, he moved up a division to join

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of the

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. In 2005 Poggi joined

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and in 2007 the club attained promotion to the Primera División. Between 2007 and 2008 Poggi played 39 games for Huracán in the Primera División. After a brief spell in

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with

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in 2008, Poggi returned to Argentina to join

Arsenal de Sarandí Arsenal Fútbol Club (), usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí , or simply Arsenal, is an Argentine sports club from the Sarandí district of Avellaneda Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The football team currently plays in Primera Nacional, t ...

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* * * 1981 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Club Atlético Huracán footballers Arsenal de Sarandí footballers AC Ajaccio players San Martín de San Juan footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France 21st-century Argentine sportsmen Argentine expatriate men's footballers {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub