Federico Barba

Barba interests me less for trophies than for trajectory. A Rome-born centre-back, all 188 cm of him, who spent 2025–26 anchoring the defence for Persib Bandung in Indonesia before returning to Italy with Palermo. There is something I genuinely respect in a European footballer choosing to build a career in Asia rather than chasing only the familiar leagues. It speaks to adaptability and a willingness to find his own place in the game. I picture a tall, commanding defender learning to dominate the box in an unfamiliar country, and I find myself rooting for him. A Roman making his stand far from home.

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Name (English)

Federico Barba

Name (Japanese)

フェデリコ・バルバ

Reading

ふぇでりこ・ばるば

Born

September 1, 1993 (age 33)

Origin

Rome, Province of Rome, Italy

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/fedebarba19/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico%20Barba
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%87%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5440960

Tags

• Province of Rome
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.