Giovanni Sio
{{short description|Ivorian footballer (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Giovanni Sio
| image = Stade rennais - Le Havre AC 20150708 12.JPG
| caption = Sio with Rennes in 2015
| full_name = Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio{{cite web |url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=526&kisiID=2212927 |title=Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio |publisher=Turkish Football Federation |access-date=21 December 2020}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|03|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, France
| height = 1.80 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1998–2007
| youthclubs1 = Nantes
| years1 = 2007–2009
| clubs1 = Real Sociedad B
| caps1 = 37
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2008–2009
| clubs2 = Real Sociedad
| caps2 = 2
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2009–2010
| clubs3 = Sion II
| caps3 = 22
| goals3 = 21
| years4 = 2010–2012
| clubs4 = Sion
| caps4 = 48
| goals4 = 17
| years5 = 2012–2013
| clubs5 = VfL Wolfsburg
| caps5 = 10
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2012–2013
| clubs6 = → FC Augsburg (loan)
| caps6 = 6
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2013
| clubs7 = → Sochaux (loan)
| caps7 = 13
| goals7 = 4
| years8 = 2013–2015
| clubs8 = Basel
| caps8 = 30
| goals8 = 10
| years9 = 2015
| clubs9 = → Bastia (loan)
| caps9 = 13
| goals9 = 5
| years10 = 2015–2017
| clubs10 = Rennes
| caps10 = 68
| goals10 = 16
| years11 = 2017–2019
| clubs11 = Montpellier
| caps11 = 34
| goals11 = 10
| years12 = 2018–2019
| clubs12 = → Al-Ittihad (loan)
| caps12 = 21
| goals12 = 7
| years13 = 2019–2021
| clubs13 = Gençlerbirliği
| caps13 = 50
| goals13 = 12
| years14 = 2021–2023
| clubs14 = Sion
| caps14 = 36
| goals14 = 10
| years15 = 2023
| clubs15 = Ratchaburi
| caps15 = 9
| goals15 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2003
| nationalteam1 = France U16
| nationalcaps1 = 14
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2004–2005
| nationalteam2 = France U17
| nationalcaps2 = 9
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2006–2007
| nationalteam3 = France U18
| nationalcaps3 = 15
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2013–2018
| nationalteam4 = Ivory Coast
| nationalcaps4 = 25
| nationalgoals4 = 3
| pcupdate = 5 June 2023
| ntupdate = 24 March 2018
}}
Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio (born 31 March 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward. Born in France, he played for France national teams at youth level before switching to the Ivory Coast at senior level.
Career
Born in Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, Sio began his career with Nantes{{Cite web |url=http://sport.ch.msn.com/artikel.aspx?cp-documentid=149477862 |title=Weitere Wechsel beim FC Sion |access-date=2009-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714123440/http://sport.ch.msn.com/artikel.aspx?cp-documentid=149477862 |archive-date=2011-07-14 |url-status=dead }} and joined Real Sociedad B in the summer of 2007, after Nantes released him.[http://www.presseocean.fr/actu/actu_detail_-Football-Giovanni-Sio-a-la-Real-Sociedad-c-est-fait-_9180-448500_actu.Htm Football : Giovanni Sio à la Real Sociedad : c'est fait !] In the summer of 2008, he was promoted to the Segunda División team.{{Cite web |url=http://www.4-4-2.com/displaynews/date/2009/09/02/sion-mit-zwei-neuen-spielern.html |title=Ein Paraguayer und ein Franzose stossen zu den Wallisern |access-date=2009-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906085645/http://www.4-4-2.com/displaynews/date/2009/09/02/sion-mit-zwei-neuen-spielern.html |archive-date=2009-09-06 |url-status=dead }} Sio signed a two-year deal with an option for a third year.{{Cite web | title=Hemeroteca - El Mundo Deportivo - Home | url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2007/09/11/pagina-4/896133/pdf.html?search=Giovanni%20Sio | access-date=2024-12-28 | website=hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com}}
On 2 September 2009, Swiss club Sion signed the French forward from Real Sociedad.[http://www.rro.ch/cms/home.php?set=2&showNews=39273 Wallis: Rober Antonio Servìn und Giovanni Sio neu beim FC Sitten] On 29 May 2011 Sio scored the first goal as Sion defeated Neuchâtel Xamax FCS 2-0 in the Swiss Cup Final.
In January 2012, he joined VfL Wolfsburg for a fee reported as €5 million, signing a four-year deal, keeping him until 2016.{{cite news|title=Wolfsburg sign strike pair Vieirinha and Sio|url=http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/67065/Wolfsburg_sign_strike_pair_Vieirinha_and_Sio.aspx|publisher=Sport.co.uk|date=4 January 2012|access-date=29 August 2012|archive-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731070842/http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/67065/Wolfsburg_sign_strike_pair_Vieirinha_and_Sio.aspx|url-status=dead}} He was sent to FC Augsburg on 10 July 2012 on loan, until the end of the 2012–13 campaign.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fcaugsburg.de/cms/website.php?id=%2Findex%2Faktuell%2Fnews%2Fdata10711.htm |title=Giovanni Sio verstärkt den FCA |access-date=2022-03-09 |archive-date=2016-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309154233/http://fcaugsburg.de/cms/website.php?id=%2Findex%2Faktuell%2Fnews%2Fdata10711.htm |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web|title=Basel holt Giovanni Sio als Ersatz für Raul Bobadilla|url=http://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/sport/fussball/basel-holt-giovanni-sio-als-ersatz-fuer-raul-bobadilla-127073480|publisher=Aargauer Zeitung|access-date=19 August 2013|date=16 August 2013}} Basel joined the 2013–14 Champions League in the qualifying rounds and Sio played his debut for his new club as they played an away game in the play-off round on 21 August. He scored his first goal with the team in the same game as Basel won 4–2 against Ludogorets Razgrad.{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | date = 21 August 2013 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=28467 | title = PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Basel 2:4 (1:1) | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 2022-11-16}} Sio played his domestic league debut three days later in the away game in the Swissporarena. He scored his first league goal in the same game as Basel played a 1–1 draw with Luzern.{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | date = 24 August 2013 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=28117 | title = FC Luzern - FC Basel 1:1 (0:1) | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 2022-11-16}} At the end of the 2013–14 Super League season Sio won the league championship with Basel. The team also reached the final of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup, but were beaten 2–0 by Zürich after extra time. Basel advanced to the Champions League group stage and finished in third place in the group table. Thus they qualified for Europa League knockout phase and here they advanced as far as the quarter-finals. But here they were eventually beaten by Valencia 5-3 on aggregate, after extra time.{{cite web | first = Delfín | last = Ramírez | author-link = | date = 10 April 2014 | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/025a-0ea7ca9e1db9-924f24694d2d-1000--alcacer-inspires-historic-valencia-comeback | title = Alcácer inspires historic Valencia comeback | format = | publisher = UEFA | access-date = 2022-11-16}}
For Basel's 2014–15 season Paulo Sousa was appointed as new head coach and it was a very successful season for the team. However, it was difficult season for Sio under the new head coach. Despite the fact that Basel won the championship later that season for the sixth time in a row{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | author-link = | date = 29 May 2015 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/2015/05/der-meisterfreitag-im-bunten-zeitraffer | title = Der Meisterfreitag im bunten Zeitraffer | format = | work = The championship Friday in a colorful time lapse | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16}} 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,{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29363537|title=Liverpool 1 Basel 1|date=10 December 2014|work=BBC Sport|access-date=10 December 2014}} 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.{{Cite book | last1 = Zindel | first1 = Josef | title = Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016 | publisher = FC Basel Marketing AG | year = 2015 | isbn = 978-3-7245-2050-4}} Because Sousa did not rely upon Sio as a regular player, during February 2015, the club loaned Sio out to Ligue 1 team SC Bastia until the end of the season.{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | author-link = | date = 1 February 2015 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/2015/02/giovanni-sio-wechselt-leihweise-zum-sc-bastia | title = Giovanni Sio wechselt leihweise-zum SC Bastia | format = | work = Giovanni Sio is loaned to SC Bastia | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16}}
After his loan period Sio did not return to Basel. During his time with the club, Sio played a total of 59 games for Basel scoring a total of 16 goals. 30 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, five in the Swiss Cup, 13 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 11 were friendly games. He scored 10 goals in the domestic league, two in the cup, two in the European games and the other two were scored during the test games.{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | authorlink = | year = 2022 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=6577 | title = Giovanni Sio - FCB statistic | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | accessdate = 2022-11-16}}
On 29 June 2015 the Basel announced that Sio was moving on to Rennes.{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | author-link = | date = 29 June 2015 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/2015/06/giovanni-sio-wechselt-vom-fcb-zu-stade-rennais | title = Giovanni Sio wechselt vom FCB zu Stade Rennais | format = | work = Giovanni Sio is moving from FCB to Stade Rennais | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16}}
On 29 September 2018, Sio was loaned to Al-Ittihad Kalba SC with an €1.6m option to buy.{{cite news|url=https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2018/montpellier-to-send-giovanni-sio-on-loan-to-al-ittihad-club/|title=Montpellier to send Giovanni Sio on loan to Al-Ittihad Club|publisher=getfootballnewsfrance.com|date=29 October 2018|access-date=1 October 2018|language=en}}
In November 2021 it was announced that Sio had signed for Sion.{{cite web | last = Telebasel.ch | author-link = | date = 23 November 2021 | url = https://telebasel.ch/2021/11/23/giovanni-sio-kehrt-zum-fc-sion-zurueck/?channel=3563 | title = Giovanni Sio kehrt zum FC Sion zurück | format = | work = Giovanni Sio returns to FC Sion | publisher = Telebasel.ch | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16 | archive-date = 3 December 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221203212037/https://telebasel.ch/2021/11/23/giovanni-sio-kehrt-zum-fc-sion-zurueck/?channel=3563 | url-status = dead }}
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.[http://www.20min.ch/sport/fussball/story/Transfer-Wirbel-beim-FC-Sion-19393723 Transfer-Wirbel beim FC Sion] 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 team in 2013, in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match against the Gambia.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=258334/match=300180981/report.html|title=2014 FIFA World Cup – Côte d'Ivoire – Gambia|website=FIFA.com|date=23 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709174736/http://www.fifa.com:80/worldcup/matches/round=258334/match=300180981/report.html|archive-date=9 July 2014 |accessdate=17 March 2021}} He represented the team at the 2014 World Cup.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/brazil2014/matches/match/300186507/#match-lineups|title=2014 FIFA World Cup – Matches – Côte d'Ivoire – Japan|website=FIFA.com|date=14 June 2014|accessdate=17 March 2021}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{Updated|match played on 4 October 2020}}{{Soccerway|61062|accessdate=11 March 2018}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Real Sociedad
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Sion
|30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 34 | 13 | ||
| 2011–12
|Swiss Super League |18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!48 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 21 | |
| rowspan="3"|VfL Wolfsburg
|9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14
|Bundesliga |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| FC Augsburg (loan)
|Bundesliga |6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Sochaux (loan)
|13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | |
| rowspan="3"|Basel
|Swiss Super League |23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 2 | 38 | 12 | ||
| 2014–15
|Swiss Super League |7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 48 | 14 | |
| Bastia (loan)
|Ligue 1 |13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| rowspan="3"|Rennes
|Ligue 1 |34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 7 | ||
| 2016–17
|Ligue 1 |34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 9 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!68 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 16 | |
| Montpellier
|Ligue 1 |33 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 10 | ||
| Al-Ittihad (loan)
|21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | |25 | 7 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Gençlerbirliği
|28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 10 | |||
| 2020–21
|Süper Lig |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 10 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!285 | 79 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 315 | 87 |
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=International goals=
:Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/52567/Giovanni_Sio.html|title=Sio, Giovanni|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=15 February 2017}}
| class="wikitable"
! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | rowspan="2" | 17 November 2015 | rowspan="2" | Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | rowspan="2" | {{fb|LBR}} | align=center | 1–0 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 3–0 | rowspan="2" | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | align=center | 2–0 | |||||
| 3. | 8 January 2017 | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | {{fb|SWE}} | align=center | 2–1 | align=center | 2–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Sion
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References
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