Giovanni Sio

Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio (born 31 March 1989) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Gençlerbirliği and the Ivory Coast national team.

Giovanni Sio
Sio with Rennes in 2015
Personal information
Full name Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio[1]
Date of birth (1989-03-31) 31 March 1989
Place of birth Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Gençlerbirliği
Number 13
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 → FC Augsburg (loan) 6 (0)
2013 → Sochaux (loan) 13 (4)
2013–2015 Basel 30 (10)
2015 → Bastia (loan) 13 (5)
2015–2017 Rennes 68 (16)
2017–2019 Montpellier 34 (10)
2018–2019 → Al-Ittihad (loan) 21 (7)
2019– Gençlerbirliği 31 (10)
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 17:32, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 January 2017

Career

Born in Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, Sio began his career with Nantes[2] and joined Real Sociedad B in the summer of 2007, after Nantes released him.[3] In the summer of 2008, he was promoted to the Segunda División team.[4] Sio signed a two-year deal with an option for a third year.[5]

On 2 September 2009, Sion signed the French forward from Real Sociedad.[6]

On January 2012, he joined VfL Wolfsburg for a fee reported as €5 million, signing a four-year deal, keeping him until 2016.[7] He was sent to FC Augsburg on 10 July 2012 on loan, until the end of the 2012–13 campaign.[8] 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.[9] At the end of the 2013–14 Super League season, he won the league championship with Basel.[10] 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 they advanced as far as the quarter-finals.

The 2014–15 season was also successful for Basel. Sio's season was difficult under trainer Paulo Sousa. Despite the fact that Basel won the championship later that season for the sixth time in a row[11] 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,[12] 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.[13] Because Sousa did not rely upon Sio, during February 2015, he loaned Sio out to Ligue 1 team SC Bastia until the end of the season.[14]

On 29 September 2018, Sio was loaned to Al-Ittihad Kalba SC with an €1.6m option to buy.[15]

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]Represented the team at 2014 World Cup. [18]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played on 4 October 2020[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Sociedad 2008–09 Segunda División 2000—0020
Sion 2010–11 Swiss Super League 301043—003413
2011–12 Swiss Super League 18710—21218
Total 48175300215521
VfL Wolfsburg 2011–12 Bundesliga 9000—0090
2013–14 Bundesliga 1000—0010
Total 100000000100
FC Augsburg (loan) 2012–13 Bundesliga 6010—0070
Sochaux (loan) 2012–13 Ligue 1 134000000134
Basel 2013–14 Swiss Super League 23931—1223812
2014–15 Swiss Super League 7121—10102
Total 301052001324814
Bastia (loan) 2014–15 Ligue 1 135002000155
Rennes 2015–16 Ligue 1 3472010—377
2016–17 Ligue 1 3491000—359
Total 68163010007216
Montpellier 2017–18 Ligue 1 33102020—3710
Al-Ittihad (loan) 2018–19 UAE Pro League 21740—257
Gençlerbirliği 2019–20 Süper Lig 281000—2810
2020–21 Süper Lig 3000—30
Total 31100000003110
Career totals 285792055015331587

    International goals
    Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first.[20]
    NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.17 November 2015Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Liberia1–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
    2.2–0
    3.8 January 2017Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Sweden2–12–1Friendly

    References
    1. "Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
    2. "Weitere Wechsel beim FC Sion". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
    3. Football : Giovanni Sio à la Real Sociedad : c'est fait !
    4. "Ein Paraguayer und ein Franzose stossen zu den Wallisern". Archived from the original on 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
    6. Wallis: Rober Antonio Servìn und Giovanni Sio neu beim FC Sitten
    7. "Wolfsburg sign strike pair Vieirinha and Sio". Sport.co.uk. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
    8. Giovanni Sio verstärkt den FCA
    9. "Basel holt Giovanni Sio als Ersatz für Raul Bobadilla". Aargauer Zeitung. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
    10. Grossenbacher, Sacha (2014). "Fotos vom Spiel gegen Lausanne sowie den anschliessenden Feierlichkeiten" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
    11. Marti, Caspar (2015). "Der Meisterfreitag im bunten Zeitraffer" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
    12. "Liverpool 1 Basel 1". BBC Sport. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
    13. Zindel, Josef (2015). Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4.
    14. "Giovanni Sio prêté 6 mois" (in French). sc-bastia.net. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
    15. "Montpellier to send Giovanni Sio on loan to Al-Ittihad Club". getfootballnewsfrance.com. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
    16. Transfer-Wirbel beim FC Sion
    17. https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=258334/match=300180981/report.html
    18. https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/brazil2014/matches/match/300186507/#match-lineups
    19. Giovanni Sio at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
    20. "Sio, Giovanni". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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