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.
Giovinco playing for Toronto FC in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Sebastian Giovinco | ||
Date of birth | 26 January 1987 | ||
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
Giovinco in the Juventus youth sector in 2005
Giovinco with Juventus first team in the 2008–09 season
Giovinco playing for Toronto FC during the 2015 MLS season
Giovinco (left) playing for Al Hilal during the 2019 AFC Champions League against Esteghlal
Giovinco (furthest right) lining up at the 2008 Toulon Tournament
Giovinco lining up for Italy in 2012
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
- "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)