Giovanni Savarese
Savarese during his time as head coach of the New York Cosmos in 2014.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Giovanni Savarese | ||
| Date of birth | July 14, 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Caracas, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1985 | Centro Italiano Venezolano | ||
| 1986–1989 | Deportivo Italia | ||
| 1990–1993 | Long Island University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | Deportivo Italia | 27 | (7) |
| 1990–1993 | Greek American AA | 45 | (31) |
| 1994–1995 | Long Island Rough Riders | 37 | (27) |
| 1996–1998 | NY/NJ MetroStars | 85 | (41) |
| 1998 | Caracas | 20 | (18) |
| 1999 | New England Revolution | 27 | (10) |
| 1999 | Deportivo Táchira | 5 | (3) |
| 2000 | Perugia | 0 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Viterbese (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2000 | San Jose Earthquakes | 4 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Swansea City (loan) | 31 | (11) |
| 2001 | Millwall | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Deportivo Italchacao | 22 | (6) |
| 2003 | Sassari Torres | 1 | (0) |
| 2004 | Long Island Rough Riders | 10 | (5) |
| Total | 322 | (159) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989–2001 | Venezuela | 30 | (10) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013– | New York Cosmos | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Giovanni Savarese (born July 14, 1971) is a Venezuelan former footballer and current head coach and sporting director of the New York Cosmos who compete in the North American Soccer League.
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 Savarese 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. His record for league goals was broken in 2009 by Juan Pablo Angel. Savarese 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.
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