Sebastian Giovinco

Sebastian Giovinco (born 26 January 1987) is an Italian professional footballer. He plays as a forward for Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal and the Italy national team.

Sebastian Giovinco

Giovinco playing for Toronto FC in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Sebastian Giovinco
Date of birth	(1987-01-26) 26 January 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth	Turin, Italy
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al-Hilal
Number	9
Youth career
1996–2006	Juventus
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2015	Juventus	93	(14)
2007–2008	→ Empoli (loan)	35	(6)
2010–2012	→ Parma (loan)	66	(22)
2015–2019	Toronto FC	114	(68)
2019–	Al-Hilal	36	(11)
International career‡
2003	Italy U16	7	(4)
2003–2004	Italy U17	7	(1)
2005	Italy U18	4	(0)
2006	Italy U19	1	(1)
2006–2007	Italy U20	4	(0)
2007–2009	Italy U21	20	(1)
2008	Italy U23 (Olympics)	10	(3)
2011–	Italy	23	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 September 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2015

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 September 2020

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total		Ref.
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Juventus	2006–07	Serie B	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0	[2]
Empoli (loan)	2007–08	Serie A	35	6	1	0	1[a]	0	—		37	6	[3]
Juventus	2008–09		19	2	3	1	5[b]	0	—		27	3	[3]
	2009–10		15	1	0	0	4[b]	0	—		19	1	[3]
	Total		34	3	3	1	9	0	—		46	4	—
Parma (loan)	2010–11	Serie A	30	7	2	0	—		—		32	7	[3]
	2011–12		36	15	2	1	—		—		38	16	[3]
	Total		66	22	4	1	—		—		70	23	—
Juventus	2012–13	Serie A	31	7	3	2	7[b]	2	1[c]	0	42	11	[3]
	2013–14		17	2	2	1	11[d]	0	—		30	3	[3]
	2014–15		7	0	1	2	3[b]	0	—		11	2	[3]
	Total		55	9	6	5	21	2	1	0	83	16	—
Toronto FC	2015	MLS	33	22	1	1	—		1[e]	0	35	23	[2][3]
	2016		28	17	3	1	—		6[e]	4	37	22	[2][3]
	2017		25	16	3	3	—		4[e]	1	32	20	[2][3]
	2018		28	13	1	1	8[f]	4	1[g]	0	38	18	[2][3]
	Total		114	68	8	6	8	4	12	5	142	83	—
Al-Hilal	2018–19	Saudi Pro League	10	4	2	0	5[h]	1	0	0	17	5	[2]
	2019–20		26	7	2	0	11[h]	2	2[i]	0	41	9	[2]
	Total		36	11	4	0	16	3	2	0	58	14	—
Career total			343	119	26	13	55	9	15	5	439	146	—

1. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Cup.
2. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League.
3. Appearance in the Supercoppa Italiana.
4. Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
5. Appearance(s) in the MLS Cup playoffs.
6. Appearance(s) in the CONCACAF Champions League.
7. Appearance in the Campeones Cup.
8. Appearance(s) in the AFC Champions League.
9. Appearance(s) in the FIFA Club World Cup.

International

As of match played 14 October 2018^[2][4][5]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Italy	2011	6	0
	2012	8	0
	2013	3	1
	2014	4	0
	2015	2	0
Total		23	1

Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Giovinco goal.^[2][5]

List of international goals scored by Sebastian Giovinco

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	19 June 2013	Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil	Japan	4–3	4–3	2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

Honours

Club

Juventus Primavera

• Torneo di Viareggio: 2005
• Campionato Nazionale Primavera: 2005–06^[6]
• Supercoppa Primavera: 2006
• Coppa Italia Primavera: 2007

Juventus^[7][8]

• Serie A: 2012–13, 2013–14
• Serie B: 2006–07
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2012, 2013

Toronto FC

• MLS Cup: 2017
• Eastern Conference Championship playoffs: 2016,^[9] 2017^[10]
• Supporters' Shield: 2017^[11]
• Canadian Championship: 2016, 2017, 2018^[12]
• Trillium Cup: 2016,^[13] 2017^[14]

Al-Hilal

• Saudi Professional League: 2019–20^[15]
• AFC Champions League: 2019^[16]

International

Italy

• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2012
• FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2013

Italy U21

• Toulon Tournament: 2008^[17]

Individual

• Campionato Nazionale Primavera Best Player: 2005–06^[7]
• Toulon Tournament Player of the Tournament: 2008^[18]
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2009^[19]
• MLS All-Star (4): 2015,^[20] 2016, 2017,^[21] 2018^[22]
• MLS Best XI (3): 2015,^[23] 2016,^[24] 2017
• MLS MVP Award: 2015
• MLS Golden Boot: 2015
• MLS Newcomer of the Year Award: 2015
• MLS Player of the Month: July 2015,^[25] August 2015^[26]
• Best MLS Player ESPY Award: 2016
• George Gross Memorial Trophy: 2017
• Canadian Championship Top scorer: 2017
• Audi Player Index Award (2): 2016,^[27] 2017^[28][29]
• Red Patch Boys Player of the Year (2): 2015, 2016^[30]
• CONCACAF Champions League Golden Ball: 2018
• CONCACAF Champions League Best XI: 2018^[31]
• CONCACAF Men's Best XI: 2018^[32]
• CONCACAF Men's Player of the Year: 2018 (Third Place)^[33]