Federico Varano (born 31 January 1995) is an Italian professional

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Club career

Atalanta

Born in Vigevano, Lombardy, Varano started his career at Lombard club

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. He was part of the squad for the play-off round of 2013–14

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. On 16 July 2014 Varano graduated from their youth system and joined

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, along with

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Cesena

In July 2015,

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signed Federico Varano and Moussa Koné from Atalanta for a total transfer fee of €6 million, as part of a cashless swap which Luca Valzania moved to Atalanta from Cesena also for €6M fee on 30 June. Cesena also signed

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and Salvatore Molina on temporary basis from Atalanta as part of the deal. Varano signed a four-year contract. He was assigned number 20 shirt. Varano failed to enter the first team lineup in the first half of

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season. On 29 January 2016 he moved to

club

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. On 20 July 2016, Varano left for another Serie C club

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. On 12 July 2017 Varano returned to Cesena for their 2017 pre-season camp.

Mantova

On 29 November 2018, he joined

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club

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Federico Varano
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