Federico Ravaglia, born on 11 November 1999 (age 26), is an Italian goalkeeper with Watford. A commanding 6ft 5in (1.96m), he wears the number 1 shirt and is valued at around £1.5m by Transfermarkt.
Ravaglia’s early career was shaped by the usual goalkeeper’s route: development time, patience, and senior football gathered in stages rather than handed over in one neat instalment. Those early loan spells gave him the work a young keeper needs – games, mistakes, and a bit of responsibility – before he began to edge into Bologna’s first-team picture.
His clearest league involvement at Bologna came in 2020-21, when he made four appearances. For a young goalkeeper at a Serie A club, that was not a coronation, but it was useful evidence that he could handle senior football beyond the training-ground promise that often flatters to deceive.
He is now at Watford, where the early part of 2026-27 has brought three appearances across all competitions: two in the Championship and one in the League Cup. It is a modest body of work so far, but enough to show he is in the senior mix rather than merely filling out the squad page.
Ravaglia’s career to date has been a gradual one: early development through temporary moves, a foothold at Bologna, and now a place in the English Championship with Watford.
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