Giovanni Sio

Giovanni Sio

Sio with Rennes in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio
Date of birth	(1989-03-31) 31 March 1989 (age 29)
Place of birth	Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Al-Ittihad (on loan from Montpellier)
Number	20
Youth career
1998–2007	Nantes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2009	Real Sociedad B	37	(0)
2008–2009	Real Sociedad	2	(0)
2009–2010	Sion II	22	(21)
2010–2012	Sion	48	(17)
2012–2013	VfL Wolfsburg	10	(0)
2012–2013	→ Augsburg (loan)	6	(0)
2013	→ Sochaux (loan)	13	(4)
2013–2015	Basel	30	(10)
2015	→ Bastia (loan)	13	(5)
2015–2017	Rennes	68	(16)
2017–	Montpellier	34	(10)
2018–	→ Al-Ittihad (loan)	10	(3)
National team‡
2002–2003	France U16	14	(0)
2004–2005	France U17	9	(0)
2006–2007	France U18	15	(1)
2013–	Ivory Coast	20	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:36, 16 February 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 January 2017

Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio (born 31 March 1989) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Al-Ittihad Kalba SC on loan from French club Montpellier and the Ivory Coast national team.

Contents

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  1 Career
  


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  2 Career statistics
  


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  3 International career
  
  
  
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    3.1 International goals
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 References
  


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  5 External links
  

Career

Born in Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, Sio began his career with Nantes^[1] and joined Real Sociedad B in the summer of 2007, after Nantes released him.^[2] In the summer of 2008, he was promoted to the Segunda División team.^[3] Sio signed a two-year deal with an option for a third year.^[4]

On 2 September 2009, Sion signed the French forward from Real Sociedad.^[5]

In January 2012, he joined VfL Wolfsburg for a fee reported as €5 million signing a four-year deal keeping him until 2016.^[6] He was sent to Augsburg on 10 July 2012 on loan until the end of the 2012–13 campaign.^[7] The loan was ended prematurely on 31 January 2013.

On 16 August 2013, it was announced that Sio had joined Basel on a four-year contract.^[8] At the end of the 2013–14 Super League season, he won the league championship with Basel.^[9] They also reached the final of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup, but were beaten 2–0 by Zürich after extra time. During the 2013–14 Champions League season, Basel reached the group stage and finished the group in third position. Thus, they qualified for Europa League knockout phase and here they advanced as far as the quarter-finals.

The 2014–15 season was also a successful one for Basel, but for Sio it was a difficult one under the new trainer Paulo Sousa. Despite the fact that Basel won the championship later that season for the sixth time in a row ^[10] and that Basel had entered the Champions League in the group stage reaching the knockout phase on 9 December 2014, as they managed a 1–1 draw at Anfield against Liverpool,^[11] Sio totaled just 16 appearances during the first half of the season, 7 (of 18) League, 2 (of 3) in the Cup and just 1 (of 6) in the Champions League, as well 6 further appearances in test games.^[12] Because Sousa did not rely upon Sio, during February 2015, Sio was loaned out to Ligue 1 team SC Bastia until the end of the season.^[13]

On 29 September 2018, Sio has been loaned to Al-Ittihad Kalba SC with an €1.6m option to buy.^[14]

Career statistics

As of match played on 4 July 2018^[15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Real Sociedad	2008–09	Segunda División	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	2	0
Sion	2010–11	Swiss Super League	30	10	4	3	—		0	0	34	13
	2011–12		18	7	1	0	—		2	1	21	8
	Total		48	17	5	3	0	0	2	1	55	21
Wolfsburg	2011–12	Bundesliga	9	0	0	0	—		0	0	9	0
	2013–14		1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	Total		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Augsburg (loan)	2012–13	Bundesliga	6	0	1	0	—		0	0	7	0
Sochaux (loan)	2012–13	Ligue 1	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	4
Basel	2013–14	Swiss Super League	23	9	3	1	—		12	2	38	12
	2014–15		7	1	2	1	—		1	0	10	2
	Total		30	10	5	2	0	0	13	2	48	14
Bastia (loan)	2014–15	Ligue 1	13	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	5
Rennes	2015–16	Ligue 1	34	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	37	7
	2016–17		34	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	35	9
	Total		68	16	3	0	1	0	0	0	72	16
Montpellier	2017–18	Ligue 1	33	10	2	0	2	0	0	0	37	10
Career totals			233	62	16	5	5	0	15	3	259	70

International career

Sio was born and raised in France to Ivorian parents. He is also a former member of the France national youth football team, representing his country at U-15, U-16 and U-17.^[16] He was also called up to the Ivory Coast U-20 squad for the 2010 Toulon Tournament. He had his first call-up to the Ivory Coast national football team in 2013, in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match against the Gambia.^[17]

International goals

Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first.^[18]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 November 2015	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Liberia	1–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.				2–0
3.	8 January 2017	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Sweden	2–1	2–1	Friendly

References

1. 
   ^ Weitere Wechsel beim FC Sion
   


2. 
   ^ Football : Giovanni Sio à la Real Sociedad : c'est fait !
   


3. 
   ^ Ein Paraguayer und ein Franzose stossen zu den Wallisern
   


4. 
   ^ [1]
   


5. 
   ^ Wallis: Rober Antonio Servìn und Giovanni Sio neu beim FC Sitten
   


6. 
   ^ "Wolfsburg sign strike pair Vieirinha and Sio". Sport.co.uk. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


7. 
   ^ Giovanni Sio verstärkt den FCA
   


8. 
   ^ "Basel holt Giovanni Sio als Ersatz für Raul Bobadilla". Aargauer Zeitung. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
   


9. 
   ^ Grossenbacher, Sacha (2014). "Fotos vom Spiel gegen Lausanne sowie den anschliessenden Feierlichkeiten" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
   


10. 
    ^ Marti, Caspar (2015). "Der Meisterfreitag im bunten Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
    (in German)
    


11. 
    ^ "Liverpool 1 Basel 1". BBC Sport. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
    


12. 
    ^ Zindel, Josef (2015). Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4.
    


13. 
    ^ "Giovanni Sio prêté 6 mois" (in French). sc-bastia.net. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
    


14. 
    ^ "Montpellier to send Giovanni Sio on loan to Al-Ittihad Club". getfootballnewsfrance.com. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
    


15. 
    ^ Giovanni Sio at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
    


16. 
    ^ Transfer-Wirbel beim FC Sion
    


17. 
    ^ https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=258334/match=300180981/report.html
    


18. 
    ^ "Sio, Giovanni". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
    

External links

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  Giovanni Sio at fussballdaten.de (in German)
  


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  Giovanni Sio – French league stats at LFP
  

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