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
Team information
Current team
 Ratchaburi
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)
2019–2021 Gençlerbirliği 50 (12)
2021–2023 Sion 36 (10)
2023 Ratchaburi 9 (3)
International career‡
2002–2003 France U16 14 (0)
2004–2005 France U17 9 (0)
2006–2007 France U18 15 (1)
2013–2018 Ivory Coast 25 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2018

Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio (born 31 March 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Thai League 1 club Ratchaburi. 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[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, Swiss club Sion signed the French forward from Real Sociedad.[6] 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.[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] 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.[10] 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.[11] 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 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.[12]

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[13] 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,[14] 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.[15] 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.[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.[17]

On 29 June 2015 the Basel announced that Sio was moving on to Rennes.[18]

On 29 September 2018, Sio was loaned to Al-Ittihad Kalba SC with an €1.6m option to buy.[19]

In November 2021 it was announced that Sio had signed for Sion.[20]

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.[21] 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.[22] He represented the team at the 2014 World Cup.[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 4 October 2020[24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
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 total 285792055015331587

    International goals

    Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first.[25]
    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

    Honours

    Sion

    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.
    5. ↑ http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2007/09/11/pagina-4/896133/pdf.html?search=Giovanni%20Sio
    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". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
    9. ↑ "Basel holt Giovanni Sio als Ersatz für Raul Bobadilla". Aargauer Zeitung. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
    10. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (21 August 2013). "PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Basel 2:4 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
    11. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (24 August 2013). "FC Luzern - FC Basel 1:1 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
    12. ↑ Ramírez, Delfín (10 April 2014). "Alcácer inspires historic Valencia comeback". uefa.com. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
    13. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (29 May 2015). "Der Meisterfreitag im bunten Zeitraffer". The championship Friday in a colorful time lapse (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    14. ↑ "Liverpool 1 Basel 1". BBC Sport. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
    15. ↑ Zindel, Josef (2015). Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4.
    16. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (1 February 2015). "Giovanni Sio wechselt leihweise-zum SC Bastia". Giovanni Sio is loaned to SC Bastia (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    17. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2022). "Giovanni Sio - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
    18. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (29 June 2015). "Giovanni Sio wechselt vom FCB zu Stade Rennais". Giovanni Sio is moving from FCB to Stade Rennais (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    19. ↑ "Montpellier to send Giovanni Sio on loan to Al-Ittihad Club". getfootballnewsfrance.com. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
    20. ↑ Telebasel.ch (23 November 2021). "Giovanni Sio kehrt zum FC Sion zurück". Giovanni Sio returns to FC Sion (in German). Telebasel.ch. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
    21. ↑ Transfer-Wirbel beim FC Sion
    22. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup – Côte d'Ivoire – Gambia". FIFA.com. 23 March 2013. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
    23. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup – Matches – Côte d'Ivoire – Japan". FIFA.com. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
    24. ↑ Giovanni Sio at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
    25. ↑ "Sio, Giovanni". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
    26. ↑ "Switzerland Cup Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
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