Giovanni Graziano (born 7 November 1995) is an Italian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for club
Fermana.
He is the cousin of footballer Giuseppe Garziano.
Club career
Giovanni is a youth exponent of
Torino
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's footballing school, first recruited from the ''Pulcini'' of
Pro Vercelli
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in 2005.
In 2012–13 he made his debut for the
Primavera where, the following year, he was a key player in the side that reached the finals of the
Campionato Nazionale Primavera, lost on penalties to
Chievo
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It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona, which competes in the second ...
.
At the end of the season, he signed his first professional contract with Torino until 2018.
He made his senior debut on 11 December 2014 against
Copenhagen
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in a
UEFA Europa League
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game, replacing
Omar El Kaddouri
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after 66 minutes in a 5–1 away win.
On 15 August 2019, he signed with his childhood club
Pro Vercelli
Football Club Pro Vercelli 1892, commonly referred to as Pro Vercelli, is an Italian football club based in Vercelli, Piedmont. The club is mostly renowned as one of the most successful teams in the early football era of Italy, with seven natio ...
.
On 14 January 2021, he joined
Fermana on a 2.5-year contract.
Career statistics
Club
Honours
Club
;
Torino
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Campionato Primavera: 2014–15
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Graziano, Giovanni
1995 births
Living people
Footballers from Vercelli
Italian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Serie C players
Torino FC players
AC Renate players
SSD Città di Teramo players
AC Gozzano players
FC Pro Vercelli 1892 players
Fermana FC players