Giovani Luiz Neitzke or simply Giovani (born February 28, 1989) is a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
player from
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. His brother
André Luís Neitzke is also footballer.
Playing career
Giovani came through the youth team at
Grêmio and
SER Caxias
Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul, commonly known as Caxias, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. The team plays in Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian football l ...
. He joined top team of
Grêmio in 2007. In September, he moved to
J2 League club,
Cerezo Osaka.
cerezo.co.jp
/ref> His brother André Luís Neitzke also played for the club in 2006.
References
Giovani
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br)
1989 births
Living people
Brazilian footballers
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
Cerezo Osaka players
J2 League players
Expatriate footballers in Japan
Brazilian people of German descent
Association football midfielders
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