23 Facts About Adam Federici

Adam Jay Federici was born on 31 January 1985 and is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Adam Federici spent ten seasons with the Royals before joining AFC Bournemouth in May 2015.

Adam Federici was used as second and third choice stopper at Dean Court and joined Stoke City in July 2018.

Adam Federici returned to Australia in July 2020, joining Macarthur, where he played for one season before retiring.

Adam Federici started his career at Huskisson Football Club, south-east of Nowra, and was part of the Australian Institute for Sport before moving to England at the age of 17.

Adam Federici had trials at Sheffield Wednesday and Bolton Wanderers before a trial at Wolverhampton Wanderers led to him signing on a non-contract basis in February 2003 for the remainder of the season.

Adam Federici signed for Reading in January 2005 on non-contract terms, and was quickly loaned out to Maidenhead.

Adam Federici signed his first professional contract for Reading in the summer of 2006, and in a subsequent pre-season friendly match on 15 July, scored the only goal of the game against Bromley, having been played as a makeshift striker.

Adam Federici joined Bristol City on a loan deal on 29 August 2006, but was recalled on 27 October without making a first team appearance.

In December, shortly after returning from his loan spell, Adam Federici signed a contract extension, keeping him with the club until the summer of 2011.

Adam Federici was a key part of the Reading side that reached the FA Cup semi-finals in 2015, the first time Reading had reached the last four since 1927.

On 27 May 2015, Adam Federici signed for AFC Bournemouth on a free transfer after his contract expired at Reading.

Adam Federici's loan was rescinded on 11 September 2017, following an injury sustained on international duty that required surgery.

On 3 July 2018 Adam Federici joined EFL Championship side Stoke City for an undisclosed fee.

Butland was briefly restored as first-choice by Nathan Jones but some more errors lead to Adam Federici playing in all the matches in October 2019.

Jones was replaced by Michael O'Neill in November 2019 who reinstated Butland and Adam Federici was moved to third choice.

Adam Federici was released by Stoke in July 2020 following the end of his contract.

In July 2020, Adam Federici was announced as Macarthur's third signing ahead of their debut season in the A-League.

Adam Federici played for the Australia U20 team in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Adam Federici was invited to a training session with the senior Australia squad on 29 January 2007 prior to their friendly against Denmark in London, and then received his first full call up to the senior team for their match against Uruguay on 2 June 2007.

Adam Federici was selected to play for Australia at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Adam Federici had the option of playing for Marcello Lippi's Italy side due to his Italian ancestry.

On 11 October 2011, Adam Federici started in a World Cup Qualifier match against Oman where he made a great save from a free kick from Ahmed Mubarak.