Gianluca Zavarise

Gianluca Zavarise (born July 28, 1986) is a Canadian retired soccer player who played as a midfielder.

Gianluca Zavarise
Personal information
Full name Gianluca Zavarise
Date of birth (1986-07-28) July 28, 1986
Place of birth Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2001–2003 Roman Tulis
2004–2005 Vancouver Olympics
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Montebelluna 13 (4)
2007 Belluno 9 (1)
2008–2010 VfL Bochum II 31 (2)
2010–2011 Iraklis 0 (0)
2011 Toronto FC 14 (0)
Total 67 (7)
National team
2010 Canada 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 22, 2011

Career

Club career

Zavarise began his career in Canada with Roman Tulis European Soccer School of Excellence and won the 2003 School Boy Award for the player of the season.[1] In 2004, he left the Roman Tulis European Soccer School of Excellence to sign for Vancouver Olympics.

After one year with Vancouver Olympics he was signed in July 2005 by Italian side Calcio Montebelluna.[2] He played for half a year for Calcio Montebelluna and was signed in February 2007 by Italian Serie D club AC Belluno 1905.[3] He made his first senior appearances for AC Belluno 1905 in the 2007–08 Serie D season.[4] He left Italy and his club AC Belluno 1905 after a half season on January 30, 2008, to sign with German club VfL Bochum II.[5] On May 1, 2010 VfL Bochum confirmed that Zavarise had left the team at the end of the season.[6] After the end of his contract with VfL Bochum II he joined Greek club Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C..[7]

On January 28, 2011 Toronto FC of Major League Soccer verified that Zavarise was one of three Canadian National team trialists that were traveling to Turkey for preseason.[8] On March 11, 2011 Toronto officially announced the signing of Zavarise.[9] Zavarise made his debut for the team as a second half sub on March 19, 2011 against Vancouver Whitecaps, in which was the first all Canadian match-up in the league. Gianluca assisted Maicon Santos in the 74th minute, the game ended as a 4–2 away defeat for Toronto.[10]

Zavarise was waived by Toronto on November 23, 2011.[11]

International career

Zavarise earned his first call-up for Canada on May 14, 2010 for the friendlies against Argentina on May 24, 2010 and Venezuela on May 29, 2010.[12] He did not make an appearance against Argentina but did start in the 1–1 draw versus Venezuela.[13]

Personal life

Gianluca has one younger sister, Isabella Zavarise, who is a journalist in Vancouver. His father Carlo Zaverise, and his wife live happily in Burnaby, Vancouver.

Honours

Toronto FC

References
  1. 2007 Annual Report
  2. "Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio Lega Nazionale Dilettanti COMITATO INTERREGIONALE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  3. canadian pros playing abroad - ANB Futbol Academy
  4. Gianluca Zavarise - VfL Bochum
  5. Gianluca Zavarise wird gegen Gladbach getestet
  6. Amateurkick - Einige Spieler gehen
  7. IRAKLIS F.C. signed Gianluca Zavarise
  8. http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2011/01/canadian-trialists-board Monsalve and Canadian Trialists On Board
  9. "Zavarise Signs with Toronto FC". Toronto FC. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  10. "Toronto Falls Short in Vancouver". Toronto FC. 19 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  11. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/23/players-waived-teams-begin-shape-rosters-2012
  12. Canada announces rosters for South American trip Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  13. CanadaSoccer.com - Gianluca Zavarise
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