Geovanni Deiberson Maurício
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| Geovanni | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Geovanni Deiberson Maurício Gómez | |
| Date of birth | January 11, 1980 | |
| Place of birth | Acaiaca, Brazil | |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 71⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Manchester City | |
| Number | 8 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997–2001 1998–1999 2001–2003 2003 2003–2006 2006–2007 2007– |
Cruzeiro → América (MG) (loan) FC Barcelona → Benfica (loan) Benfica Cruzeiro Manchester City |
45 (9) 15 (1) 26 (1) 17 (3) 91 (15) 12 (2) 19 (3) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2001 | Brazil | 4 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Geovanni Deiberson Maurício, often known as Geovanni, (born 11 January 1980) is a Brazilian football player, currently playing for Manchester City. He can play at either attacking midfielder or at the striker position.
[edit] Biography
Geovanni was tipped as one of Brazil's hottest prospects in the year 2000 after his success at the Olympics, Geovanni has won four caps for Brazil and scored one goal for them against Bolivia in a friendly in the year 2003. Geovanni played in 2000 Olympic football tournament and was part of Brazil's 2001 Copa America squad. His one cap at the tournament came in Brazil's 1-0 defeat to Mexico. Geovanni cost Barcelona 18 million Euros in 2001, he went on to have a relatively quiet spell at Barcelona, although Geovanni has done little to tarnish his reputation as a dangerous and skillful attacker he has also done little to prove his worth of the £11 million price-tag he has had at both SL Benfica and FC Barcelona.
When Geovanni emerged from the youth set-up at Cruzeiro most Brazilian critics were intrigued by his talents and believed he could become a great player at the highest level. When Geovanni was 18 he enjoyed a successful loan spell at America scoring one goal in 15 games at the right wing position, he instantly commanded a first team place at the Brazilian team. Once his loan spell had finished he immediately found his way into the first team of Cruzeiro and was a fan favourite at the Belo Horizonte club. Barcelona proved that they were keen admirers of the Brazilian playmaker and they made the signing of him after a huge transfer fee. Geovanni proved that he was a talented player in his first performance for FC Barcelona where he was awarded man of the match after a terrific display against Athletic Bilbao. After a few games at Barcelona local pundits were tipping Geovanni to be one of Brazil's most important players in the future. Geovanni has enjoyed plenty of interest throughout his career, more recently, when Geovanni's contract expired a year ago at Benfica he opted for a move back to Cruzeiro despite reported interest from Arsenal, Everton, Racing Club de Lens and Udinese.
[edit] Manchester City
After a short trial at Portsmouth in July 2007 he decided to join Manchester City on a one year deal on July 17 2007. On the 11th August 2007 Geovanni scored on his debut for City in a 2-0 victory over West Ham United. Soon after, he played as a starter and scored the only goal in City's 1-0 win over local rivals Manchester United to continue Manchester City's 100% start to the season with three wins in a row, their best start to a Premiership campaign. But Geovanni's only other start in the Premiership came against Wigan Athletic on 1 December 2007.
[edit] External links
- Geovanni career stats at Soccerbase
- sambafoot
- (Portuguese) CBF
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