Ignacio Giampaoli

Ignacio Giampaoli (born February 19, 1992) is an Argentine-Italian professional footballer who is currently playing as a midfielder for Hamilton Wanderers AFC (New Zealand) club in the ISPS Handa Premiership league, being coached at the moment by Ricki Herbert, who leads New Zealand National Team to qualify to 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Ignacio Giampaoli
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-19) February 19, 1992
Place of birth Tucumán, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2011 San Martín de Tucumán
2012 San Martín de Tucumán
2013 A.F.C. Bournemouth Under-21s
2014 San Martín de Tucumán
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Deportivo Iztapa ? (?)
2015 IMG Academy 4 (0)
2016–2017 Panachaiki F.C. 12 (4)
2017 Weston Workers Bears FC[1] 4 (0)
2018 FC Golden State Force 6 (0)
2019 Devonport City FC 16 (7)
2019-2020 Hamilton Wanderers AFC 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Soccer career

Youth career and college

He has started his football career at the very young age of 11 in CEF 18, from his natal province Tucuman and played his child career there until the age of 16, when he sign for San Martín de Tucumán as a midfielder. i After spending some very good years in the youth divisions of San Martín de Tucumán, Ignacio Giampaoli was scouted to train with A.F.C. Bournemouth under 21s squad.

In the year 2011 as a student of Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino, he was chosen to play for his college football team that plays in CODUCA league every year.

Professional

In the year 2014, he signed a professional deal with Deportivo Iztapa side that plays in the first division from Guatemala

That same year, Ignacio Giampaoli was the winner of the Gatorade G-Camp Argentina 2014 and after training in Casa Amarilla he had been awarded with the opportunity to play for IMG Academy from United States.[2]

His experience playing in Guatemala and training with the US side IMG Academy attract the interest of the Greek team Panachaiki F.C, which signed him for a one-year deal in 2015, to play in the Super League Greece 2 (2nd tier league from Greece).

In the mid-season transfer window of 2017, he signed for Weston Workers Bears FC[3]

After spending some time in Europe with FC Písek from Czech Republic, he signed for Devonport City FC to play again in Australia in the next year season (2019).[4]

Awards

Gatorade G-Camp 2014 Winner

In the year 2014, Ignacio Giampaoli was one of the 3 the winners of the Gatorade G-Camp, chosen by the Gatorade G-Camp 2014 staff (Juan Pablo Varsky, Víctor Hugo Marchesini, Diego Placente, Horacio Elizondo). The winners were invited to be part of the IMG Academy Bradenton team, which plays in the 2014 PDL season from United States of America.[5]

Los Angeles Galaxy – Preseason Training Camp

In January 2017, after a 2-day open tryout with Los Angeles Galaxy,[6] the coaching staff, decided to invite Ignacio Giampaoli to an extended period of tryouts on February. But after some days of trialing with other invited players, he wasn't chosen to sign contract with the team.

After trialing with LA Galaxy II, he caught the attention of the Australian club Weston Workers Bears FC.[7] He signed for the team in the 2017 midseason transfer window and started 4 of 5 games that season.

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References
  1. tucumano, el. "Del Torneo Las Cañas a la segunda de Australia, sin escalas". eltucumano.com.
  2. "CincoYardas – Gatorade: G Camp".
  3. Hartshorn, Michael (July 11, 2017). "Bears sign Argentinian player to boost squad". The Maitland Mercury.
  4. McGuane, Jarryd (December 16, 2018). "Strikers secure two new signings for NPL season". The Examiner.
  5. http://docdro.id/vjauuAa
  6. "II bring world's best undiscovered talent to Los Angeles with open tryouts". LA Galaxy. February 16, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  7. Kerry, Craig (July 10, 2017). "New Jets stars to open up". Newcastle Herald.
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