Giuseppe Giovinco (born 26 September 1990) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Born in

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, Giuseppe followed the footsteps of his elder brother

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to start his career at

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

, one of the two largest teams in Piedmont, as well the Italian team with the most Serie A titles. Giuseppe was a player of the under-20 reserve team from 2008 until 2010, where he won the

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with the "bianconeri" playing as an

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; Giuseppe was a member of the under-18 team in the 2007–08 season, for the Berretti reserve League. In the summer of 2010, Giuseppe left for Italian fourth division club

Carrarese Carrarese Calcio 1908, commonly referred to as Carrarese, is an Italian football club based in Carrara, Tuscany. It currently plays in Serie C, having last been in Serie B in 1948. History The club was founded in 1908. In the season 2010–1 ...

in a co-ownership deal, where he won the promotion playoffs. In June 2011 the deal was renewed; Carrarese also signed another attacking midfielder Luca Belcastro from Juventus during the same transfer window. Giuseppe made 16 starts and 9 substitute appearances as forward for Carrarese in the

2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione The 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season will be the thirty-fourth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fourth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It will be divided i ...

. In June 2012, Juventus gave up the player's entire rights to Cararese. That window Carrarese also borrowed more players from Turin, such as forward

Francesco Margiotta Francesco Margiotta (born 15 July 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Sestri Levante. Career Born in Turin, Piedmont, Margiotta started his career at Serie A side Juventus, signing a four-year contract ...

. On 31 August 2012 Juventus also transferred the co-ownership of Belcastro to Carrarese; on the same day Giuseppe left for fellow third division club

Viareggio Viareggio () is a city and ''comune'' in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 62,000, it is the second largest city within the province of Lucca, after Lucca. It is known as a seaside resort as ...

. Before he left the club, Giuseppe played twice for Carrarese in the

2012–13 Coppa Italia The 2012–13 Coppa Italia, also known as TIM Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 66th edition of the competition. As in the previous year, 78 clubs have taken part in the tournament. Napoli were the cup holders. Lazio were the winners, thus qua ...

, scoring once in the first match, and starting as a winger. Belcastro, Giovinco and Margiotta were the substitutes in the second match. Giuseppe was Viareggio's joint-top-scorer in the league with 7 goals, along with

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. Among the whole Group B of the third division, they were joint-16th, along with other players such as Belcastro. Giuseppe also played 4 times (4 goals and two bookings) in the 2012–13 Coppa Italia Lega Pro, in which the team finished as runners-up. He missed the return leg of the cup final due to suspension for his second booking of the tournament in the first leg. The team drew 1–1 with

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and was defeated on aggregate. On 5 July 2013 Giuseppe was signed by Serie B newcomers

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on a free transfer; he was initially a member of the team during the club's pre-season camp, however, one month later, he joined third division club

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in a definitive 2-year contract deal. In January 2015, Giovinco was acquired by Lega Pro side

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, signing a -year contract with the club. On 16 October he was released. In January 2016 he was signed by Tuttocuoio. The following summer he moved to

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. On 8 September 2019, he signed with

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. On 29 August 2020, he joined Renate. On 20 August 2021, he joined

Taranto Taranto (, also ; ; nap, label= Tarantino, Tarde; Latin: Tarentum; Old Italian: ''Tarento''; Ancient Greek: Τάρᾱς) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an important com ...

. In August 2022, Giovinco signed for refounded

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club

Style of play

Giovinco is a quick, agile, and diminutive creative forward, with good technique, who usually plays as a second striker, but is also capable of playing as an

. He has also been used as a winger on occasion.

Personal life

Although Giovinco was born in Torino, his father Giovanni is originally from

Bisacquino Bisacquino ( Sicilian: ''Busacchinu'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. It is located from Agrigento and has approximately 4,500 inhabitants. The small town rises on an inner hill zone and is above s ...

in the

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, Sicily, while his mother Elvira is from

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. His older brother

is also a footballer who currently plays for

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club

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, also as a forward; the two brothers grew up together playing in the Juventus Youth Academy.

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Giovinco, Giuseppe 1990 births Footballers from Turin Living people Italian men's footballers People of Calabrian descent People of Sicilian descent Men's association football midfielders Juventus FC players Carrarese Calcio players ASD Viareggio Calcio players Pisa SC players Savona FBC players AC Tuttocuoio 1957 San Miniato players US Catanzaro 1929 players USD Matera Grumentum players Imolese Calcio 1919 players Ravenna FC players AC Renate players Taranto FC 1927 players Catania FC players Serie C players