Everton Giovanella

Everton Giovanella (born 13 September 1970) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Everton Giovanella
Giovanella in action for Salamanca
Personal information
Full name Everton Giovanella
Date of birth (1970-09-13) 13 September 1970
Place of birth Caxias do Sul, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Lajeadense 38 (8)
1993 Internacional 12 (2)
1993–1994 Tirsense 18 (1)
1994–1995 Estoril 29 (0)
1995–1996 Belenenses 19 (3)
1996–1999 Salamanca 106 (4)
1999–2006 Celta 140 (1)
2007–2008 Coruxo 34 (0)
Total 359 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was best known for tireless physical display, and played most of his professional career in Spain – one full decade – namely being an important part in Celta's domestic and European consolidation.

Club career

Giovanella was born in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. Having started playing with a modest club in native Brazil he signed with Série A's Sport Club Internacional in Porto Alegre, with little impact. In the middle of 1993 he emigrated to Portugal, playing one season each with Primeira Liga sides F.C. Tirsense,[1] G.D. Estoril Praia and C.F. Os Belenenses.

For the 1996–97 campaign Giovanella moved to Spain, first achieving La Liga promotion with UD Salamanca then moving to RC Celta de Vigo. At both teams, he reunited with former Belenenses teammate Catanha and, with the Galicians, played an important role in their domestic and European exploits, but also unluckily injured Deportivo de La Coruña's Manuel Pablo in a derby on 30 September 2001.[2]

In December 2004 (sanction ratified in September 2005), Giovanella was banned from football for two years after testing positive for nandrolone.[3] On 10 November 2007 he returned to football, teaming up for Tercera División side Coruxo FC.[4]

Giovanella rejoined his very first senior club Clube Esportivo Lajeadense in the 2008 off-season, as its director of football. In the following year he returned to Celta, being appointed scout in his country.[5]

Honours

Celta

See also
  • List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References
  1. "FC Tirsense comemora 80 anos no próximo dia 5" [FC Tirsense celebrate 80 years on the 5th] (in Portuguese). Santo Tirso TV. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. Deportivo y Celta deleitan (Deportivo and Celta delight); Mundo Deportivo, 1 October 2001 (in Spanish)
  3. No solution in sight for footballers fighting the system; The Guardian, 20 March 2006
  4. El regreso de Giovanella, en Fiebre Maldini (Giovanella's return, in Fiebre Maldini); Diario AS (in Spanish)
  5. Giovanella, ojeador del Celta en Brasil (Giovanella, Celta scout in Brazil) Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Xornal, 24 September 2009 (in Spanish)
  6. "Zenit 2-2 Celta (Aggregate: 3 - 4)". uefa.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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