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,

Fuerteventura Fuerteventura () is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, geographically part of Macaronesia, and politically part of Spain. It is located away from the coast of North Africa. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO i ...

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. After having unsuccessfully graduated from

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (; ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is a Spanish professional Association football, football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top tier of the Spani ...

'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 the Valencian Community. Founded in 1928, it plays in , holding home games in '' Estadio El Collao'', with a capacity of 4,850 seats. Hi ...

UE Lleida Unió Esportiva Lleida was a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It was founded as ''Lérida Balompié-AEM'' on 30 October 1939, and became ''Unión Deportiva Lérida'' in 1947, after a merger with ''C ...

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. ...

, Racing Club Portuense,

UD Fuerteventura Unión Deportiva Fuerteventura was a Spanish football team based in Fuerteventura, in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. Founded in 2004 and dissolved in 2010, it played its last season ( 2009–10) in Tercera División, and held ho ...

AEC Manlleu Agrupació Esportiva i Cultural Manlleu is a football team based in Manlleu, Spain. Founded in 1931, it plays in the . Its stadium is '' Municipal de Manlleu'' with a capacity of 3000 seats. Season to season ---- *8 seasons in ''Segunda Divisi ...

CD Atlético Baleares Club Deportivo Atlético Baleares, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Palma de Mallorca, Palma, the capital of the Mallorca, island of Mallorca, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Foun ...

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

Ontinyent CF Ontinyent Club de Fútbol was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Ontinyent, in the autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia. Founded in 1947 it held home games at ''Estadio El Clariano'', with a capacity ...

CD Acero Club Deportivo Acero (often shortened to CDA or CD Acero, 'Steel Sporting Club' in Spanish) is a Spanish football team based in Puerto de Sagunto (an urban nucleus in Sagunto), in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1919 it plays in , ...

, 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 , holding home matches at '' Estadio Guillermo Olagüe'', with a capacity of 6,000 seats. Season to season ...

. In the 2011 summer, Gio signed with

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n club SKN St. Pölten 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 Footballers from the Province of Las Palmas Spanish men's footballers Men's 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 men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria CF Gandía players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen