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Monday, 11 April 2011

Fabio Borini

Fabio Borini Biography - Early career
Fabio Borini (born 29 March 1991) is an Italian footballer. Borini first started playing football at the age of nine, he and his father were avid Bologna supporters. He joined Bologna side in 2001, as a youth player.

Fabio Borini Biography - Chelsea
Borini joined Chelsea in the summer of 2007 from Bologna. During the 2008–09 season, Borini was made first choice striker for reserves. He was the top scorer for the reserves with 10 goals from 11 appearances. Borini scored against Manchester United in the FA Youth Cup. On 1 September 2009, he was added to Carlo Ancelotti Champions League squad and he made the bench against Porto. He made the substitutes bench again a few days later on 20 September, replacing Nicolas Anelka as a substitute in the 89th minute to make his first team debut for Chelsea against Tottenham Hotspur. His full debut came against Queens Park Rangers in the League Cup third round. He scored twice in a reserve game for Chelsea against West Ham United. He made his second appearance against Wolverhampton Wanderers, coming on as substitute for Salomon Kalou on the 77th minute. On 8 December 2009, Borini made his Champions League debut in the 2–2 draw against APOEL. He played his first FA Cup game against Cardiff City in the fifth round, coming on in the 88th minute as the Blues won 4–1. Borini underwent a hernia operation which put him out of action for quite some time.

Captain Fabio Borini netted an amazing five times to bring Chelsea Reserves back from 3-0 down on a cold afternoon in Birmingham, against West Bromwich Albion Reserves on 20 Oct 2010. Chelsea Reserves won the match 5-4.

Fabio Borini Biography - Swansea City
On 17 March 2011, Borini joined Championship side Swansea City on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season. He links up with his former Chelsea youth team boss Brendan Rodgers. Borini began his loan spell with the Swans by scoring a brace against Nottingham Forest. On the 9th of April, 2011, he opened the scoring against Norwich City, with a free kick in a match which the Swans went on to win 3-0.
Fabio Borini Biography - International career
On 13 November 2009, he made his debut with the Italy U-21 squad in a 2–0 loss against Hungary. Borini was named captain of the Italian team for the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, although they exited the tournament in the group stage without scoring a single goal. On 29 March 2011 he scored his first goal for the U21 team in a friendly game against Germany.

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