{{short description|Ivorian footballer (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Giovanni Sio | image = Stade rennais - Le Havre AC 20150708 12.JPG | caption = Sio with [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]] in 2015 | full_name = Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=526&kisiID=2212927 |title=Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio |publisher=Turkish Football Federation |access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|03|31|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire]], France | height = 1.80 m | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] | currentclub = [[USSA Vertou|Vertou]] | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1998–2007 | youthclubs1 = [[FC Nantes|Nantes]] | years1 = 2007–2009 | clubs1 = [[Real Sociedad B]] | caps1 = 37 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2008–2009 | clubs2 = [[Real Sociedad]] | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2009–2010 | clubs3 = [[FC Sion|Sion II]] | caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 21 | years4 = 2010–2012 | clubs4 = [[FC Sion|Sion]] | caps4 = 48 | goals4 = 17 | years5 = 2012–2013 | clubs5 = [[VfL Wolfsburg]] | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2012–2013 | clubs6 = → [[FC Augsburg]] (loan) | caps6 = 6 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2013 | clubs7 = → [[FC Sochaux|Sochaux]] (loan) | caps7 = 13 | goals7 = 4 | years8 = 2013–2015 | clubs8 = [[FC Basel|Basel]] | caps8 = 30 | goals8 = 10 | years9 = 2015 | clubs9 = → [[SC Bastia|Bastia]] (loan) | caps9 = 13 | goals9 = 5 | years10 = 2015–2017 | clubs10 = [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]] | caps10 = 68 | goals10 = 16 | years11 = 2017–2019 | clubs11 = [[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]] | caps11 = 34 | goals11 = 10 | years12 = 2018–2019 | clubs12 = → [[Al-Ittihad Kalba SC|Al-Ittihad]] (loan) | caps12 = 21 | goals12 = 7 | years13 = 2019–2021 | clubs13 = [[Gençlerbirliği S.K.|Gençlerbirliği]] | caps13 = 50 | goals13 = 12 | years14 = 2021–2023 | clubs14 = [[FC Sion|Sion]] | caps14 = 36 | goals14 = 10 | years15 = 2023 | clubs15 = [[Ratchaburi F.C.|Ratchaburi]] | caps15 = 9 | goals15 = 3 | years16 = 2025– | clubs16 = [[USSA Vertou|Vertou]] | caps16 = 8 | goals16 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2002–2003 | nationalteam1 = [[France national under-16 football team|France U16]] | nationalcaps1 = 14 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2004–2005 | nationalteam2 = [[France national under-17 football team|France U17]] | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2006–2007 | nationalteam3 = [[France national under-18 football team|France U18]] | nationalcaps3 = 15 | nationalgoals3 = 1 | nationalyears4 = 2013–2018 | nationalteam4 = [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]] | nationalcaps4 = 25 | nationalgoals4 = 3 | pcupdate = 24 January 2026 | ntupdate = 24 March 2018 }} '''Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio''' (born 31 March 1989) is a professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for [[USSA Vertou|Vertou]]. Born in France, he played for France national teams at youth level before switching to the [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]] at senior level.
==Career== Born in [[Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire]], Sio began his career with [[FC Nantes|Nantes]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sport.ch.msn.com/artikel.aspx?cp-documentid=149477862 |title=Weitere Wechsel beim FC Sion |access-date=2009-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714123440/http://sport.ch.msn.com/artikel.aspx?cp-documentid=149477862 |archive-date=2011-07-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and joined [[Real Sociedad B]] in the summer of 2007, after Nantes released him.<ref>[http://www.presseocean.fr/actu/actu_detail_-Football-Giovanni-Sio-a-la-Real-Sociedad-c-est-fait-_9180-448500_actu.Htm Football : Giovanni Sio à la Real Sociedad : c'est fait !]</ref> In the summer of 2008, he was promoted to the [[Segunda División]] team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.4-4-2.com/displaynews/date/2009/09/02/sion-mit-zwei-neuen-spielern.html |title=Ein Paraguayer und ein Franzose stossen zu den Wallisern |access-date=2009-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906085645/http://www.4-4-2.com/displaynews/date/2009/09/02/sion-mit-zwei-neuen-spielern.html |archive-date=2009-09-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sio signed a two-year deal with an option for a third year.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Hemeroteca - El Mundo Deportivo - Home | url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2007/09/11/pagina-4/896133/pdf.html?search=Giovanni%20Sio | access-date=2024-12-28 | website=hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com}}</ref>
On 2 September 2009, Swiss club [[FC Sion|Sion]] signed the French [[Forward (association football)|forward]] from [[Real Sociedad]].<ref>[http://www.rro.ch/cms/home.php?set=2&showNews=39273 Wallis: Rober Antonio Servìn und Giovanni Sio neu beim FC Sitten]</ref> On 29 May 2011 Sio scored the first goal as Sion defeated [[Neuchâtel Xamax FCS]] 2-0 in the Swiss Cup Final.
In January 2012, he joined [[VfL Wolfsburg]] for a fee reported as €5 million, signing a four-year deal, keeping him until 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wolfsburg sign strike pair Vieirinha and Sio|url=http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/67065/Wolfsburg_sign_strike_pair_Vieirinha_and_Sio.aspx|publisher=Sport.co.uk|date=4 January 2012|access-date=29 August 2012|archive-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731070842/http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/67065/Wolfsburg_sign_strike_pair_Vieirinha_and_Sio.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was sent to [[FC Augsburg]] on 10 July 2012 on loan, until the end of the 2012–13 campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fcaugsburg.de/cms/website.php?id=%2Findex%2Faktuell%2Fnews%2Fdata10711.htm |title=Giovanni Sio verstärkt den FCA |access-date=2022-03-09 |archive-date=2016-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309154233/http://fcaugsburg.de/cms/website.php?id=%2Findex%2Faktuell%2Fnews%2Fdata10711.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The loan was ended prematurely on 31 January 2013.
On 16 August 2013, it was announced that Sio had joined [[FC Basel|Basel]] on a four-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|title=Basel holt Giovanni Sio als Ersatz für Raul Bobadilla|url=https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/sport/fussball/basel-holt-giovanni-sio-als-ersatz-fuer-raul-bobadilla-127073480|publisher=[[Aargauer Zeitung]]|access-date=19 August 2013|date=16 August 2013}}</ref> Basel joined the [[2013–14 UEFA Champions League|2013–14 Champions League]] in the qualifying rounds and Sio played his debut for his new club as they played an away game in the play-off round on 21 August. He scored his first goal with the team in the same game as Basel won 4–2 against [[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]].<ref name="fcb-achiv-2013/14-UCL-Ludogorets-FCB">{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | date = 21 August 2013 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=28467 | title = PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Basel 2:4 (1:1) | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref> Sio played his [[Swiss Super League|domestic league]] debut three days later in the away game in the [[Swissporarena]]. He scored his first league goal in the same game as Basel played a 1–1 draw with [[FC Luzern|Luzern]].<ref name="fcb-achiv-2013/14-FCL-FCB">{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | date = 24 August 2013 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=28117 | title = FC Luzern - FC Basel 1:1 (0:1) | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref> At the end of the [[2013–14 Swiss Super League|2013–14 Super League season]] Sio won the league championship with Basel. The team also reached the final of the [[2013–14 Swiss Cup]], but were beaten 2–0 by [[FC Zürich|Zürich]] after extra time. Basel advanced to the Champions League group stage and finished in third place in the group table. Thus they qualified for [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League knockout phase|Europa League knockout phase]] and here they advanced as far as the quarter-finals. But here they were eventually beaten by [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] 5-3 on aggregate, after extra time.<ref name="Uefa-2013/14-Alcácer-Valencia-FCB">{{cite web | first = Delfín | last = Ramírez | author-link = | date = 10 April 2014 | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/025a-0ea7ca9e1db9-924f24694d2d-1000--alcacer-inspires-historic-valencia-comeback | title = Alcácer inspires historic Valencia comeback | format = | publisher = [[UEFA]] | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref>
For [[2014–15 FC Basel season|Basel's 2014–15 season]] [[Paulo Sousa]] was appointed as new head coach and it was a very successful season for the team. However, it was difficult season for Sio under the new head coach. Despite the fact that Basel won the championship later [[2014–15 Swiss Super League|that season]] for the sixth time in a row<ref name="fcb-aktuell-2014/15-Championship">{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | author-link = | date = 29 May 2015 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/2015/05/der-meisterfreitag-im-bunten-zeitraffer | title = Der Meisterfreitag im bunten Zeitraffer | format = | work = The championship Friday in a colorful time lapse | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref> and that Basel had entered the [[2014–15 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] in the [[2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage|group stage]] reaching the [[2014–15 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|knockout phase]] on 9 December 2014, as they managed a 1–1 draw at [[Anfield]] against [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]],<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29363537|title=Liverpool 1 Basel 1|date=10 December 2014|work=BBC Sport|access-date=10 December 2014}}</ref> Sio totaled just 16 appearances during the first half of the season, 7 (of 18) League, 2 (of 3) in the Cup and just 1 (of 6) in the Champions League, as well 6 further appearances in test games.<ref name="Rotblau Jahrbuch">{{Cite book | last1 = Zindel | first1 = Josef | title = Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016 | publisher = FC Basel Marketing AG | year = 2015 | isbn = 978-3-7245-2050-4}}</ref> Because Sousa did not rely upon Sio as a regular player, during February 2015, the club loaned Sio out to [[Ligue 1]] team [[SC Bastia]] until the end of the season.<ref name="fcb-aktuell-2015-Sio-FCB-Bastia">{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | author-link = | date = 1 February 2015 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/2015/02/giovanni-sio-wechselt-leihweise-zum-sc-bastia | title = Giovanni Sio wechselt leihweise-zum SC Bastia | format = | work = Giovanni Sio is loaned to SC Bastia | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref>
After his loan period Sio did not return to Basel. During his time with the club, Sio played a total of 59 games for Basel scoring a total of 16 goals. 30 of these games were in the [[Swiss Super League]], five in the [[Swiss Cup]], 13 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 11 were friendly games. He scored 10 goals in the domestic league, two in the cup, two in the European games and the other two were scored during the test games.<ref name="fcb-achiv-Giovanni Sio">{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | authorlink = | year = 2022 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=6577 | title = Giovanni Sio - FCB statistic | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | accessdate = 2022-11-16}}</ref>
On 29 June 2015 the Basel announced that Sio was moving on to [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]].<ref name="fcb-aktuell-2015-Sio-FCB-Rennes">{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | author-link = | date = 29 June 2015 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/2015/06/giovanni-sio-wechselt-vom-fcb-zu-stade-rennais | title = Giovanni Sio wechselt vom FCB zu Stade Rennais | format = | work = Giovanni Sio is moving from FCB to Stade Rennais | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref>
On 29 September 2018, Sio was loaned to [[Al-Ittihad Kalba SC]] with an €1.6m option to buy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2018/montpellier-to-send-giovanni-sio-on-loan-to-al-ittihad-club/|title=Montpellier to send Giovanni Sio on loan to Al-Ittihad Club|publisher=getfootballnewsfrance.com|date=29 October 2018|access-date=1 October 2018|language=en}}</ref>
In November 2021 it was announced that Sio had signed for [[FC Sion|Sion]].<ref name="Telebasel-2021/22-Sio-Sion">{{cite web | last = Telebasel.ch | author-link = | date = 23 November 2021 | url = https://telebasel.ch/2021/11/23/giovanni-sio-kehrt-zum-fc-sion-zurueck/?channel=3563 | title = Giovanni Sio kehrt zum FC Sion zurück | format = | work = Giovanni Sio returns to FC Sion | publisher = Telebasel.ch | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16 | archive-date = 3 December 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221203212037/https://telebasel.ch/2021/11/23/giovanni-sio-kehrt-zum-fc-sion-zurueck/?channel=3563 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
==International career== Sio was born and raised in [[France]] to [[Ivory Coast|Ivorian]] parents. He is also a former member of the [[France national youth football team]], representing his country at U-15, U-16 and U-17.<ref>[https://www.20min.ch/sport/fussball/story/Transfer-Wirbel-beim-FC-Sion-19393723 Transfer-Wirbel beim FC Sion]</ref> He was also called up to the Ivory Coast U-20 squad for the [[2010 Toulon Tournament]]. He had his first call-up to the [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast national team]] in 2013, in a [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification|2014 World Cup qualifying]] match against the [[Gambia national football team|Gambia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=258334/match=300180981/report.html|title=2014 FIFA World Cup – Côte d'Ivoire – Gambia|website=FIFA.com|date=23 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709174736/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=258334/match=300180981/report.html|archive-date=9 July 2014|accessdate=17 March 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> He represented the team at the [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/brazil2014/matches/match/300186507/#match-lineups|title=2014 FIFA World Cup – Matches – Côte d'Ivoire – Japan|website=FIFA.com|date=14 June 2014|accessdate=17 March 2021}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{Updated|match played on 4 October 2020}}<ref>{{Soccerway|61062|accessdate=11 March 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |[[Real Sociedad]] |[[2008–09 Segunda División|2008–09]] |[[Segunda División]] |2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||2||0 |- |rowspan="3"|[[FC Sion|Sion]] |[[2010–11 Swiss Super League|2010–11]] |[[Swiss Super League]] |30||10||4||3||colspan="2"|—||0||0||34||13 |- |[[2011–12 Swiss Super League|2011–12]] |Swiss Super League |18||7||1||0||colspan="2"|—||2||1||21||8 |- !colspan="2"|Total !48!!17!!5!!3!!0!!0!!2!!1!!55!!21 |- |rowspan="3"|[[VfL Wolfsburg]] |[[2011–12 VfL Wolfsburg season|2011–12]] |[[Bundesliga]] |9||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||9||0 |- |[[2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season|2013–14]] |Bundesliga |1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !10!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!10!!0 |- |[[FC Augsburg]] (loan) |[[2012–13 FC Augsburg season|2012–13]] |Bundesliga |6||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||7||0 |- |[[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]] (loan) |[[2012–13 Ligue 1|2012–13]] |[[Ligue 1]] |13||4||0||0||0||0||0||0||13||4 |- |rowspan="3"|[[FC Basel|Basel]] |[[2013–14 FC Basel season|2013–14]] |Swiss Super League |23||9||3||1||colspan="2"|—||12||2||38||12 |- |[[2014–15 FC Basel season|2014–15]] |Swiss Super League |7||1||2||1||colspan="2"|—||1||0||10||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !30!!10!!5!!2!!0!!0!!13!!2!!48!!14 |- |[[SC Bastia|Bastia]] (loan) |[[2014–15 SC Bastia season|2014–15]] |Ligue 1 |13||5||0||0||2||0||0||0||15||5 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]] |[[2015–16 Stade Rennais F.C. season|2015–16]] |Ligue 1 |34||7||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||37||7 |- |[[2016–17 Stade Rennais F.C. season|2016–17]] |Ligue 1 |34||9||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||35||9 |- !colspan="2"|Total !68!!16!!3!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!72!!16 |- |[[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]] |[[2017–18 Montpellier HSC season|2017–18]] |Ligue 1 |33||10||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||37||10 |- |[[Al-Ittihad Kalba SC|Al-Ittihad]] (loan) |[[2018–19 UAE Pro League|2018–19]] |[[UAE Pro League]] |21||7||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—|||25||7 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Gençlerbirliği S.K.|Gençlerbirliği]] |[[2019–20 Gençlerbirliği S.K. season|2019–20]] |[[Süper Lig]] |28||10||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||10 |- |[[2020–21 Gençlerbirliği S.K. season|2020–21]] |Süper Lig |3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !31!!10!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!31!!10 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !285!!79!!20!!5!!5!!0!!15!!3!!315!!87 |} {{notelist}}
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/52567/Giovanni_Sio.html|title=Sio, Giovanni|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || rowspan="2" | 17 November 2015 || rowspan="2" | [[Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny]], [[Abidjan]], Ivory Coast || rowspan="2" | {{fb|LBR}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 3–0 || rowspan="2" | [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- | 2. || align=center | '''2'''–0 |- | 3. || 8 January 2017 || [[Zayed Sports City Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]], United Arab Emirates || {{fb|SWE}} || align=center | '''2'''–1 || align=center | 2–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |}
== Honours == '''Sion''' *[[Swiss Cup]]: [[2010–11 Swiss Cup|2010–11]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwitcuphistfull.html |title=Switzerland Cup Details |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=18 August 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{fussballdaten|siogiovanni|Giovanni Sio}} * {{lfpfr|sio-giovanni|name=Giovanni Sio}}
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