Gianluca Zavarise (born July 28, 1986) is a

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retired

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player who played as a

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Career

Club career

Zavarise began his career in

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with Roman Tulis European Soccer School of Excellence and won the 2003 School Boy Award for the player of the season. 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

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. He played for half a year for

and was signed in February 2007 by

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club AC Belluno 1905. He made his first senior appearances for AC Belluno 1905 in the 2007–08 Serie D season. He left Italy and his club AC Belluno 1905 after a half season on January 30, 2008, to sign with German club

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. On May 1, 2010

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confirmed that Zavarise had left the team at the end of the season. After the end of his contract with

he joined

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club

Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. Gymnastic Club Iraklis Thessaloniki Football Club ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Ηρακλής Θεσσαλονίκης) is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. As of 2022, t ...

On January 28, 2011

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verified that Zavarise was one of three Canada national team trialists that were traveling to

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for preseason. On March 11, 2011 Toronto officially announced the signing of Zavarise. Zavarise made his debut for the team as a second half sub on March 19, 2011 against

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, in which was the first all Canadian match-up in the league. Gianluca assisted

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in the 74th minute, the game ended as a 4–2 away defeat for Toronto. Zavarise was waived by Toronto on November 23, 2011.

International career

Zavarise earned his first call-up for

on May 14, 2010 for the friendlies against

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on May 24, 2010 and

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on May 29, 2010. He did not make an appearance against Argentina but did start in the 1–1 draw versus Venezuela.CanadaSoccer.com - Gianluca Zavarise
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Honours

Toronto FC

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zavarise, Gianluca 1986 births Living people Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent Canadian men's soccer players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players VfL Bochum II players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Toronto FC players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Soccer people from British Columbia Sportspeople from Burnaby Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Greece AC Belluno 1905 players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Calcio Montebelluna players Canada men's international soccer players Major League Soccer players