Small in stature but big in talent, Sebastian Giovinco is the rising star of Italian football. Tipped by many as the heir to Alessandro Del Piero‘s throne, the 22-year-old is learning his trade with Juventus. Yet, while the diminutive attacking midfielder has the football world at his feet and would be assured a starting place in the vast majority of line-ups, such is Juve’s embarrassment of riches that the youngster is being bedded in gradually. (more…)
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Giovinco, Juventus’s Atomic Ant
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Sebastian Giovinco, The Next Del Piero?
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Alessandro Del Piero has told Sebastian Giovinco that he’ll one day inherit the Juventus No 10 shirt – but he’ll have to be patient. The Under-21 international is a rising star in the Italian game and has inevitably been likened to Juventus skipper. And although Del Piero does believe that Giovinco has the X-factor, he’s going to have to wait for his chance. “I won’t be here in five years,” noted the 34-year-old. “But Giovinco will be. The future is his, along with Claudio Marchisio and Paolo De Ceglie.”
