Giovanni Fabbian (born 14 January 2003) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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. He is frequently deployed as a box-to-box midfielder.

Club career

Reggina

A product of

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, on 30 July 2022, Fabbian joined Reggina in

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on loan. He made his Serie B debut for Reggina on 14 August 2022 in a game against

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly referred to by the acronym SPAL (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. During the 2024–25 season the team played in Serie C, the third tier of the Italian foot ...

. He scored his first goal in his third game on 28 August 2022 against

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Bologna

On 20 August 2023, Fabbian joined

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club

on a permanent transfer with a buy-back option in favour of Inter.

International career

Fabbian was first called up to represent his country in November 2018 for the Under-16 squad friendlies. He represented Italy at the

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2022) was the 19th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (69th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth associa ...

, where Italy reached the semi-final. On 27 March 2023, he made his debut for the Italy U21 squad in a friendly match won 3–1 against

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Bologna *

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: 2024–25 Individual * Serie B Footballer of the Year: 2022–23

References

External links

Profile
at the Bologna FC 1909 website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fabbian, Giovanni 2003 births Footballers from Camposampiero Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Inter Milan players AS Reggina 1914 players Bologna FC 1909 players Serie A players Serie B players 21st-century Italian sportsmen