Giovanni Pérez Rodríguez (born 26 May 1984), commonly known as Gio, is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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Football career

Gio was born in El Cotillo,

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. After having unsuccessfully graduated from

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...

's youth system – he only appeared for the reserves – he went on to play the vast majority of his career in the lower leagues, representing

CD Alcoyano Club Deportivo Alcoyano, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1928 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games in '' Estadio El Collao'', with a 4,850-sea ...

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AD Ceuta Asociación Deportiva Ceuta was a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1996, its last season was 2011–12 in Segunda División B, holding home matches at ''Estadio Alfonso Murube'', with a capacity of 6,500. ...

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UD Fuerteventura Unión Deportiva Fuerteventura was a Spanish football team based in Fuerteventura, in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. Founded in 2004, it played its last season ( 2009–10) in Tercera División, and held home games at '' Estadio ...

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,Giovanni Perez “GIO” Nuevo refuerzo para el Atco. Baleares (Giovanni Perez “GIO” New Atco. Baleares addition)
Deporte Balear, 2 February 2010 (in Spanish)

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(two spells),

Ontinyent CF Ontinyent Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Ontinyent, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1947 it held home games at ''Estadio El Clariano'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. On 28 March 2019, due to economic pr ...

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, Pego CF and

CF Gandía Club de Fútbol Gandía is a Spanish football team based in Gandia, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1947 it plays in Tercera Federación, holding home matches at '' Estadio Guillermo Olagüe'', with a capacity of 6,000 seats ...

. In the 2011 summer, Gio signed with

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n club

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for his first professional experience, but returned to his country in the immediately following

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gio 1984 births Living people People from Fuerteventura Sportspeople from the Province of Las Palmas Spanish footballers Footballers from the Canary Islands Association football forwards Segunda División B players Tercera División players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers CD Alcoyano footballers UE Lleida players AD Ceuta footballers AEC Manlleu footballers CD Atlético Baleares footballers Ontinyent CF players SKN St. Pölten players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria CF Gandía players