Giulio Giuricich (born 5 February 1990 in

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...

Gauteng Gauteng ( , ; Sotho-Tswana languages, Sotho-Tswana for 'place of gold'; or ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts f ...

) is a South African

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

, who last played as a left-back for

Moroka Swallows Moroka Swallows Football Club (often referred to as Swallows or The Birds) is a South African professional football club based in Soweto, Johannesburg, in the Gauteng province. Founded in 1947, Swallows are one of the original two Soweto clubs ...

in the

Premier Soccer League The Premier Soccer League (PSL) is the administrative body for professional soccer leagues and cups in South Africa. It is based in Johannesburg, and was founded in 1996 following an agreement between the National Soccer League and the remnant ...

Career

Giuricich left his native South Africa at the age of 18 and joined the land of his forefathers, Italy. He joined to Serie A Side

US Sassuolo Calcio Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio, commonly referred to as Sassuolo (), is an Italian professional football club based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna. Their colours are black and green, hence the nickname ''Neroverdi'' (literally "black and greens", ...

on trial, but he failed a contract and signed a half-year loan deal with

Serie C The Serie C (), officially known as Serie C NOW for sponsorship purposes, is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing ...

club

AC Montichiari Associazione Calcio Montichiari was an Italian association football club based in based in Montichiari, Lombardy. The last owner and president were respectively Francesco De Pasquale and Maurizio Soloni. In 2012 Carpenedolo from the nearby to ...

. In his two years with AC Montichiari, Giuricich played two games and moved in summer 2010 to League rival AC Castellana. He played three games in the

Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

with AC Castellana and signed in winter 2011 with S.G. Gallaratese. He signed for Swallows during the 2012–13 season, after a successful month-long trial. Giuricich played six months with the Swallows and left the club in April 2013. He rejoined Swallows in February 2014 following a successful recovery from an injury.

Personal life

His sister is the TBS Group Spa business woman Simonetta Giuricich.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Giuricich, Giulio 1990 births Living people Men's association football defenders Moroka Swallows F.C. players Soccer players from Johannesburg South African men's soccer players White South African people South African people of Italian descent South African expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy South African expatriate sportspeople in Italy ASD Gallarate Calcio players 21st-century South African sportsmen