Stats by godoy2210
Name: Giovanni Savarese
Country:
VenezuelaClub: NY/NJ MetroStars
Position: *CF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 26-28 years (14/07/1970)
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Attack: 86
Defence: 34
Balance: 85
Stamina: 82
Top Speed: 82
Acceleration: 84
Response: 86
Agility: 81
Dribble Accuracy: 74
Dribble Speed: 80
Short Pass Accuracy: 75
Short Pass Speed: 75
Long Pass Accuracy: 74
Long Pass Speed: 73
Shot Accuracy: 85
Shot Power: 84
Shot Technique: 80
Free Kick Accuracy: 68
Curling: 74
Header: 85
Jump: 83
Technique: 79
Aggression: 85
Mentality/Tenacity: 81
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 81
Injury Tolerance: B
Form/Condition/Fitness: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 6
Growth Type: Early Peak
CARDS:
P13: Goal Poacher
P19 – Fox in the Box
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Positioning - Scoring - Lines
Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded
INFO AND VIDEO:
Giovanni Savarese is a former Venezuelan football (soccer) player of Italian descent who is best known for his stay with New York/New Jersey MetroStars of Major League Soccer.*
In 1990, Savarese moved to the United States to play college soccer at Long Island University. That year, he also joined the Greek American AA of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League which he played for during the collegiate off-season. After college, Savarese joined the Long Island Rough Riders of the USISL and combined with future MLS stars Tony Meola and Chris Armas to lead the team to the 1995 USISL Championship. He was drafted by the MetroStars in the 9th round of the MLS Inaugural Player Draft and scored the team's lone goal in its first-ever game, a 2:1 loss to the Los Angeles Galaxy on April 13, 1996. Savarese would go on to score the first eight goals in team history (not counting an own goal by a Tampa Bay Mutiny player in the same game that Gio scored from a bicycle kick).*
Savarese spent three seasons with the MetroStars, scoring a then-team record 41 goals and 94 points in league play and 44 goals, also a record, and 101 points in all competitions. Giovanni Savarese held the record with the most goals in Metrostars history with 44 goals until in 2009 Juan Pablo Angel broke that record. He became a huge fan favorite, despite coming off the bench for long stretches of time. He was traded to the New England Revolution amid large fan outcry before the 1999 season and scored 10 goals for the Revs that year. He left MLS to sign for Italian club Perugia in 2000, but never played for the Serie A team as they loaned him out to Serie C1 club Viterbese.*
Gio returned to MLS later in 2000, signing with the San Jose Earthquakes in mid-season but went scoreless with them in four games. Savarese then departed for Europe once again, this time signing with Welsh club Swansea City of England's Football League Second Division. He would go on to score 13 goals for the Swans in all competitions.*
Savarese's vagabond career continued, as he played one game for English club Millwall against Burnley and then went back to his native Venezuela to play for Deportivo Italchacao. After becoming an assistant coach at St. John's University, he tried out with the MetroStars in 2003, but failed to make the team. He would play one game for Italian Serie C club Sassari Torres, and then re-sign with the Rough Riders (then in the USL Pro Soccer League) in 2004, scoring five goals with the team that first put him on the US soccer map. In 2005, he returned to the MetroStars as the head of their youth development, a position he served in with re-branded New York Red Bulls through 2007. He is no longer affiliated with New York Red Bulls. He is now a commentator for Thursday night soccer on ESPN Deportes. He continues to coach youth teams in New York.*
In August 2010, Giovanni joined the New York Cosmos in the role of Director of the Cosmos Academy with a focus on developing youth talent in New York.*
Savarese scored 4 goals in 23 caps for the Venezuela national team. 3 of those goals were in world cup qualifiers. His most notable goal was against Argentina.*
*Wikipedia.
Honours
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Individuals:
*Player of the year MLS: 1998
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiUB1au3DwI