Sebastian Giovinco
Sebastian Giovinco (born 26 January 1987) is an Italian professional footballer. He plays as a forward for Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal and the Italy national team.
| File:Sebastian Giovinco 2015-05-23 Toronto FC.jpg Giovinco playing for Toronto FC in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sebastian Giovinco | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1987 (aged 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Turin, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Forward, attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Hilal | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2006 | Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2015 | Juventus | 93 | (14) |
| 2007–2008 | → Empoli (loan) | 35 | (6) |
| 2010–2012 | → Parma (loan) | 66 | (22) |
| 2015–2019 | Toronto FC | 114 | (68) |
| 2019– | Al-Hilal | 36 | (11) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Italy U16 | 7 | (4) |
| 2003–2004 | Italy U17 | 7 | (1) |
| 2005 | Italy U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2006 | Italy U19 | 1 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Italy U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Italy U21 | 20 | (1) |
| 2008 | Italy U23 (Olympics) | 10 | (3) |
| 2011– | Italy | 23 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 September 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2015 | |||
Career statistics
Club
Juventus Primavera
- Torneo di Viareggio: 2005
- Campionato Nazionale Primavera: 2005–06[2]
- Supercoppa Primavera: 2006
- Coppa Italia Primavera: 2007
Toronto FC
- MLS Cup: 2017
- Eastern Conference Championship playoffs: 2016,[5] 2017[6]
- Supporters' Shield: 2017[7]
- Canadian Championship: 2016, 2017, 2018[8]
- Trillium Cup: 2016,[9] 2017[10]
Al-Hilal
International
Italy
- UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2012
- FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2013
Italy U21
Honours
Individual
- Campionato Nazionale Primavera Best Player: 2005–06[3]
- Toulon Tournament Player of the Tournament: 2008[14]
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2009[15]
- MLS All-Star (4): 2015,[16] 2016, 2017,[17] 2018[18]
- MLS Best XI (3): 2015,[19] 2016,[20] 2017
- MLS MVP Award: 2015
- MLS Golden Boot: 2015
- MLS Newcomer of the Year Award: 2015
- MLS Player of the Month: July 2015,[21] August 2015[22]
- Best MLS Player ESPY Award: 2016
- George Gross Memorial Trophy: 2017
- Canadian Championship Top scorer: 2017
- Audi Player Index Award (2): 2016,[23] 2017[24][25]
- Red Patch Boys Player of the Year (2): 2015, 2016[26]
- CONCACAF Champions League Golden Ball: 2018
- CONCACAF Champions League Best XI: 2018[27]
- CONCACAF Men's Best XI: 2018[28]
- CONCACAF Men's Player of the Year: 2018 (Third Place)[29]
Sebastian Giovinco Media
- Trofeo Karol Wojtyla.3.jpg
Giovinco in the Juventus youth sector in 2005
- Juventus v Chievo, 5 April 2009 - Sebastian Giovinco.jpg
Giovinco with Juventus first team in the 2008–09 season
- Juventus FC 2012-2013 players.jpg
Giovinco (bottom right) playing for Juventus in the 2012–13 season
- Giovinco 130515.jpg
Giovinco playing for Toronto FC during the 2015 MLS season
- Giovinco in action vs Orlando City.png
Sebastian Giovinco in match against Orlando City
Sebastian Giovinco holds off Tommy Redding
- Dariush Shojaeian and Sebastian Giovinco-2019.jpg
Giovinco (left) playing for Al Hilal during the 2019 AFC Champions League against Esteghlal
- Flickr - tpower1978 - 'Espoirs' of Toulon (3).jpg
Giovinco (furthest right) lining up at the 2008 Toulon Tournament
- Sebastian Giovinco BGR-ITA 2012.jpg
Giovinco lining up for Italy in 2012
- Sebastian Giovinco (Formica Atomica) Juventus.jpg
Giovinco playing for Juventus in 2012
References
- ↑ "Sebastian Giovinco". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ↑ "Finale campionato primavera 2005–06". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stefano Bedeschi (26 January 2011). "Gli eroi in bianconero: Sebastian GIOVINCO" (in italiano). Tutto Juve. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "Sebastian Giovinco". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ Laura Armstrong (30 November 2016). "Toronto FC bound for MLS Cup final". The Star. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ↑ "Toronto FC 1, Columbus Crew SC 0". mlssocer.com. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 30 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ↑ "Kings of the League: Toronto FC win first Supporters' Shield". mlssoccer.com. 30 September 2017. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "Toronto FC 5, Vancouver Whitecaps 2 2018 Canadian Championship Recap". torontofc.ca. 15 August 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ↑ Benjamin Baer (1 August 2016). "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 21): Toronto take Trillium Cup thanks to Giovinco". MLSSoccer.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ↑ Arun Srinivasan (26 May 2017). "Toronto FC routs Columbus to capture Trillium Cup". The Score. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ↑ Al Hilal SFC seal 16th Saudi Pro League title. AFC. 30 August 2020. https://www.the-afc.com/news/afcsection/al-hilal-sfc-seal-16th-saudi-pro-league-title. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ↑ Final - 2nd Leg: Al Dawsari, Gomis strikes seal Al Hilal title. AFC. 24 November 2019. https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/latest/news/final-2nd-leg-al-dawsari-gomis-strikes-seal-al-hilal-title. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ↑ "Italy Under-21s Champions of Toulon". Goal.com. 30 May 2008. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ "TFC Player Profile: Sebastian Giovinco". Toronto FC.ca. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Technical Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "Sebastian Giovinco, Kei Kamara among 22 players named to 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game roster". Major League Soccer. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ↑ Bradley, Giovinco to represent TFC at MLS All-Star game. sportsnet.ca. http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/bradley-giovinco-represent-tfc-mls-star-game/. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ Sebastian Giovinco Named to 2018 MLS All-Star Game. torontofc.ca. 28 June 2018. https://www.torontofc.ca/post/2018/06/28/sebastian-giovinco-named-2018-mls-all-star-game.
- ↑ "2015 MLS Best XI revealed: 10 first-time selections get the nod". Major League Soccer. 29 November 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ↑ "Toronto FC's Sebastian Giovinco among MLS Best XI despite MVP snub". ESPN FC. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ↑ "Toronto FC attacker Sebastian Giovinco wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month award for July". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ "Toronto FC attacker Sebastian Giovinco wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month award for August". Major League Soccer. 3 September 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ↑ "Sebastian Giovinco is the 2016 Audi Player Index leader". mlssoccer.com. 25 October 2016. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ↑ "Sebastian Giovinco and TFC - Audi Player Index Spotlight". mlssoccer.com. 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ↑ "Audi Player Index Award". mlssoccer.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ↑ "RFB Toronto FC "Man of the Year" Award". redpatchboys.ca. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ↑ "2018 SCCL - Best XI". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ↑ "Mexico leads way in Concacaf Men's Best XI". www.concacaf.com. 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ↑ "Lozano caps brilliant 2018 with Concacaf Male Player of the Year Award". www.concacaf.com. 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Other websites
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sebastian Giovinco. |
- "Giovinco's profile at Juventus Official Website (juventus.com)". Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- Giovinco's Toronto FC Profile
- Giovinco's LegaSerieA Profile Archived 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- National team statistics on Italian FA website (in Italian)
- Profile at Italia1910.com (in Italian)