Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Giovani \"Gio\" dos Santos Ramírez(Spanish pronunciation: [ʝoβani ðos ˈsantos]; born 11 May 1989), is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for American Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy and the Mexico national football team. He plays mainly as an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a winger or forward but his favorite position is playing as a secondary striker.Giovani began his football career at a very young age, being recruited by Spanish club FC Barcelona and played for their B team until age 18. He made his way up the ranks, eventually playing for the senior squad, making his debut in 2007. That year, dos Santos was named by World Soccer Magazine as one of the \"Top 50 Most Exciting Teen Footballers\". After playing one season, he was transferred to Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in 2008 in search for more playing time. Though he would stay with the club until 2012, his time there was mostly spent away on loan, at Ipswich Town, Galatasaray, and Racing Santander, with varying degrees of success. Tottenham eventually sold him to Mallorca in 2012. Mallorca later sold dos Santos to Villarreal a year later.Giovani was a member of the Mexican under-17 team that won the 2005 U17 World Championship held in Peru. He made his debut for the Senior national team in a 1–0 victory over Panama on 9 September 2007, and represented El Tri at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. With Mexico, Giovani has won the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2009, 2011 and 2015, scoring in the 2009 and 2011 finals and winning the MVP award in 2009. He was also a member of the Mexican team that won the gold-medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics."@en }
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- Giovani_dos_Santos abstract "Giovani \"Gio\" dos Santos Ramírez(Spanish pronunciation: [ʝoβani ðos ˈsantos]; born 11 May 1989), is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for American Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy and the Mexico national football team. He plays mainly as an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a winger or forward but his favorite position is playing as a secondary striker.Giovani began his football career at a very young age, being recruited by Spanish club FC Barcelona and played for their B team until age 18. He made his way up the ranks, eventually playing for the senior squad, making his debut in 2007. That year, dos Santos was named by World Soccer Magazine as one of the \"Top 50 Most Exciting Teen Footballers\". After playing one season, he was transferred to Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in 2008 in search for more playing time. Though he would stay with the club until 2012, his time there was mostly spent away on loan, at Ipswich Town, Galatasaray, and Racing Santander, with varying degrees of success. Tottenham eventually sold him to Mallorca in 2012. Mallorca later sold dos Santos to Villarreal a year later.Giovani was a member of the Mexican under-17 team that won the 2005 U17 World Championship held in Peru. He made his debut for the Senior national team in a 1–0 victory over Panama on 9 September 2007, and represented El Tri at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. With Mexico, Giovani has won the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2009, 2011 and 2015, scoring in the 2009 and 2011 finals and winning the MVP award in 2009. He was also a member of the Mexican team that won the gold-medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.".