# Giovanni Sio

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Ivorian footballer (born 1989)

Giovanni Sio Sio with Rennes in 2015 Personal information Full name Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio[1] Date of birth (1989-03-31) 31 March 1989 (age 37) Place of birth Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, France Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Position Forward Team information Current team Vertou Youth career 1998–2007 Nantes Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2007–2009 Real Sociedad B 37 (0) 2008–2009 Real Sociedad 2 (0) 2009–2010 Sion II 22 (21) 2010–2012 Sion 48 (17) 2012–2013 VfL Wolfsburg 10 (0) 2012–2013 → FC Augsburg (loan) 6 (0) 2013 → Sochaux (loan) 13 (4) 2013–2015 Basel 30 (10) 2015 → Bastia (loan) 13 (5) 2015–2017 Rennes 68 (16) 2017–2019 Montpellier 34 (10) 2018–2019 → Al-Ittihad (loan) 21 (7) 2019–2021 Gençlerbirliği 50 (12) 2021–2023 Sion 36 (10) 2023 Ratchaburi 9 (3) 2025– Vertou 8 (1) International career‡ 2002–2003 France U16 14 (0) 2004–2005 France U17 9 (0) 2006–2007 France U18 15 (1) 2013–2018 Ivory Coast 25 (3) * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 March 2018

**Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio** (born 31 March 1989) is a professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who plays as a [forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)) for [Vertou](/source/USSA_Vertou). Born in France, he played for France national teams at youth level before switching to the [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast_national_football_team) at senior level.

## Career

Born in [Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire](/source/Saint-S%C3%A9bastien-sur-Loire), Sio began his career with [Nantes](/source/FC_Nantes)[2] and joined [Real Sociedad B](/source/Real_Sociedad_B) in the summer of 2007, after Nantes released him.[3] In the summer of 2008, he was promoted to the [Segunda División](/source/Segunda_Divisi%C3%B3n) team.[4] Sio signed a two-year deal with an option for a third year.[5]

On 2 September 2009, Swiss club [Sion](/source/FC_Sion) signed the French [forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)) from [Real Sociedad](/source/Real_Sociedad).[6] On 29 May 2011 Sio scored the first goal as Sion defeated [Neuchâtel Xamax FCS](/source/Neuch%C3%A2tel_Xamax_FCS) 2-0 in the Swiss Cup Final.

In January 2012, he joined [VfL Wolfsburg](/source/VfL_Wolfsburg) for a fee reported as €5 million, signing a four-year deal, keeping him until 2016.[7] He was sent to [FC Augsburg](/source/FC_Augsburg) on 10 July 2012 on loan, until the end of the 2012–13 campaign.[8] The loan was ended prematurely on 31 January 2013.

On 16 August 2013, it was announced that Sio had joined [Basel](/source/FC_Basel) on a four-year contract.[9] Basel joined the [2013–14 Champions League](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_UEFA_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 [Ludogorets Razgrad](/source/PFC_Ludogorets_Razgrad).[10] Sio played his [domestic league](/source/Swiss_Super_League) debut three days later in the away game in the [Swissporarena](/source/Swissporarena). He scored his first league goal in the same game as Basel played a 1–1 draw with [Luzern](/source/FC_Luzern).[11] At the end of the [2013–14 Super League season](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Swiss_Super_League) Sio won the league championship with Basel. The team also reached the final of the [2013–14 Swiss Cup](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Swiss_Cup), but were beaten 2–0 by [Zürich](/source/FC_Z%C3%BCrich) after extra time. Basel advanced to the Champions League group stage and finished in third place in the group table. Thus they qualified for [Europa League knockout phase](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_UEFA_Europa_League_knockout_phase) and here they advanced as far as the quarter-finals. But here they were eventually beaten by [Valencia](/source/Valencia_CF) 5-3 on aggregate, after extra time.[12]

For [Basel's 2014–15 season](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_FC_Basel_season) [Paulo Sousa](/source/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 [that season](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Swiss_Super_League) for the sixth time in a row[13] and that Basel had entered the [Champions League](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_UEFA_Champions_League) in the [group stage](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_UEFA_Champions_League_group_stage) reaching the [knockout phase](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_UEFA_Champions_League_knockout_phase) on 9 December 2014, as they managed a 1–1 draw at [Anfield](/source/Anfield) against [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool_F.C.),[14] 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.[15] Because Sousa did not rely upon Sio as a regular player, during February 2015, the club loaned Sio out to [Ligue 1](/source/Ligue_1) team [SC Bastia](/source/SC_Bastia) until the end of the season.[16]

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](/source/Swiss_Super_League), five in the [Swiss Cup](/source/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.[17]

On 29 June 2015 the Basel announced that Sio was moving on to [Rennes](/source/Stade_Rennais_F.C.).[18]

On 29 September 2018, Sio was loaned to [Al-Ittihad Kalba SC](/source/Al-Ittihad_Kalba_SC) with an €1.6m option to buy.[19]

In November 2021 it was announced that Sio had signed for [Sion](/source/FC_Sion).[20]

## International career

Sio was born and raised in [France](/source/France) to [Ivorian](/source/Ivory_Coast) parents. He is also a former member of the [France national youth football team](/source/France_national_youth_football_team), representing his country at U-15, U-16 and U-17.[21] He was also called up to the Ivory Coast U-20 squad for the [2010 Toulon Tournament](/source/2010_Toulon_Tournament). He had his first call-up to the [Ivory Coast national team](/source/Ivory_Coast_national_football_team) in 2013, in a [2014 World Cup qualifying](/source/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification) match against the [Gambia](/source/Gambia_national_football_team).[22] He represented the team at the [2014 World Cup](/source/2014_FIFA_World_Cup).[23]

## Career statistics

### Club

- *As of match played on 4 October 2020*[24]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Real Sociedad 2008–09 Segunda División 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0 Sion 2010–11 Swiss Super League 30 10 4 3 — 0 0 34 13 2011–12 Swiss Super League 18 7 1 0 — 2 1 21 8 Total 48 17 5 3 0 0 2 1 55 21 VfL Wolfsburg 2011–12 Bundesliga 9 0 0 0 — 0 0 9 0 2013–14 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0 Total 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 FC Augsburg (loan) 2012–13 Bundesliga 6 0 1 0 — 0 0 7 0 Sochaux (loan) 2012–13 Ligue 1 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 Basel 2013–14 Swiss Super League 23 9 3 1 — 12 2 38 12 2014–15 Swiss Super League 7 1 2 1 — 1 0 10 2 Total 30 10 5 2 0 0 13 2 48 14 Bastia (loan) 2014–15 Ligue 1 13 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 5 Rennes 2015–16 Ligue 1 34 7 2 0 1 0 — 37 7 2016–17 Ligue 1 34 9 1 0 0 0 — 35 9 Total 68 16 3 0 1 0 0 0 72 16 Montpellier 2017–18 Ligue 1 33 10 2 0 2 0 — 37 10 Al-Ittihad (loan) 2018–19 UAE Pro League 21 7 4 0 — — 25 7 Gençlerbirliği 2019–20 Süper Lig 28 10 0 0 — — 28 10 2020–21 Süper Lig 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0 Total 31 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 10 Career total 285 79 20 5 5 0 15 3 315 87

### International goals

- *Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first.*[25]

No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 17 November 2015 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Liberia 1–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2. 2–0 3. 8 January 2017 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Sweden 2–1 2–1 Friendly

## Honours

**Sion**

- [Swiss Cup](/source/Swiss_Cup): [2010–11](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_Swiss_Cup)[26]

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## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Giovanni Sio](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Giovanni_Sio).

- [Giovanni Sio](https://www.fussballdaten.de/person/siogiovanni/) at [fussballdaten.de](/source/Fussballdaten.de) (in German)

- [Giovanni Sio](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.ligue1.com/joueur/sio-giovanni) – French league stats at [LFP](/source/Ligue_de_Football_Professionnel) – also available [in French](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.lfp.fr/joueur/sio-giovanni) (archived)

Ivory Coast squads v t e Ivory Coast squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Barry 2 Viera 3 Boka 4 K. Touré 5 Zokora 6 Bolly 7 Akpa Akpro 8 Kalou 9 Tioté 10 Gervinho 11 Drogba (c) 12 Bony 13 Ya Konan 14 Diomandé 15 Gradel 16 Gbohouo 17 Aurier 18 Djakpa 19 Y. Touré 20 Dié 21 Sio 22 Bamba 23 Mandé Coach: Lamouchi v t e Ivory Coast squad – 2017 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Mandé 2 Pépé 3 N'Guessan 4 Koné 5 Kanon 6 Seri 7 Angban 8 Kalou 9 Zaha 10 Doukouré 11 Kessié 12 Bony 13 Sio 14 Kodjia 15 Gradel 16 Gbohouo 17 Aurier 18 Traoré 19 Deli 20 Dié 21 Bailly 22 Bagayoko 23 Sangaré Coach: Dussuyer

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