Gianluca Giovannini (born 9 December 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays for Venezia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1983-12-09) 9 December 1983 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Amelia, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ternana | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2005 | Ternana | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Legnano (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Andria (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Lucchese | 7 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Manfredonia | 22 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Foligno | 28 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Padova | 17 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Foligno (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Ascoli | 14 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Venezia | 19 | (0) |
| 2014 | Pergolettese | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Aversa Normanna | 13 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Treviso | ||
| 2017 | Vigontina San Paolo | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Amelia, the Province of Terni, Umbria region, Giovannini started his career at the capital of the province – Terni, for Ternana Calcio. Since 2003 Giovannini left for Serie C clubs in temporary deals. In 2005 Giovannini was signed by Serie C1 club Lucchese in co-ownership deal.
In June 2006 Ternana bought back Giovannini[1] and re-sold Giovannini to Manfredonia also in co-ownership.[2] In June 2007 Manfredonia acquired Giovannini outright.[3]
However in August he left for Foligno.[4]
In 2008, he was signed by Padova in 3-year contract.[5] On 31 August 2010 Giovannini returned to the city of Foligno, Umbria as part of the deal that Padova signed half of the registration rights of Marco Gallozzi.[6]
On 18 August 2011 Ascoli signed Giovannini outright for free[7] in 1-year deal as part of the deal that Padova acquired another 50% registration rights of Jonas Portin from Ascoli.[8][9]
In July 2012 he trained with A.S. Gubbio 1910[10] but refused to sign a contract on 23 July.[11] In September 2012 he joined Venezia in 2-year contract.[12]
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