Giovani dos Santos

**Giovani dos Santos** (born 11 May 1989) is a Mexican former football player.

## Career

Dos Santos began his career with FC Barcelona B until he was 18 when he moved to the first team, FC Barcelona. He then moved to Tottenham Hotspur in summer 2008. He was then sent on loan to Ipswich Town F.C. in 2009, then to Galatasaray S.K. in 2010, Racing Santander in 2011, R.C.D. Mallorca in 2012, Villarreal in 2014, and LA Galaxy in 2015.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club||rowspan="2"|Season||colspan="3"|League||colspan="2"|Cup||colspan="2"|Continental||colspan="2"|Other||colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Barcelona B|2006–07|Segunda División B|27|6|—|—|—|27|6|||||||||||
|Barcelona|2007–08|La Liga|28|3|5|0|5|1|—|38|4|||||||||
|Tottenham Hotspur|2008–09|Premier League|6|0|1|0|4|1|1|0|12|1||||||||
|2009–10|1|0|—|—|2|0|3|0||||||||||||
|2010–11|3|0|—|1|0|1|0|5|0|||||||||||
|2011–12|7|0|1|1|4|1|1|0|13|2||||||||||
|Ipswich Town (loan)|2008–09|Championship|8|4|—|—|—|8|4|||||||||||
|Galatasaray (loan)|2009–10|Süper Lig|14|0|2|0|2|0|—|18|0|||||||||
|Racing Santander (loan)|2010–11|La Liga|16|5|—|—|—|16|5|||||||||||
|Mallorca|2012–13|La Liga|29|6|3|0|—|—|32|6||||||||||
|Villarreal|2013–14|La Liga|31|11|3|1|—|—|34|12||||||||||
|2014–15|26|1|7|1|6|3|—|39|5|||||||||||
|LA Galaxy|2015|MLS|10|3|—|2|1|1|0|13|4|||||||||
|2016|28|14|2|1|2|0|3|1|35|16||||||||||
|2017|25|6|1|0|—|—|26|6||||||||||||
|2018|14|3|—|—|—|14|3|||||||||||||
|América|2019–20|Liga MX|21|2|—|2|0|1|0|24|2|||||||||
|2020–21|18|2|—|—|—|18|2|||||||||||||
- 1.Includes Copa del Rey, FA Cup, and U.S. Open Cup
- 2.Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and CONCACAF Champions League
- 3.Includes English League Cup, MLS Cup Playoffs, and Leagues Cup

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="12"|Mexico|2007|4|0|
|2008|6|0|||
|2009|11|5|||
|2010|12|1|||
|2011|19|5|||
|2012|6|3|||
|2013|14|0|||
|2014|10|1|||
|2015|7|2|||
|2016|4|1|||
|2017|8|0|||
|2018|5|1|||

- _Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each dos Santos goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|23 June 2009|Georgia Dome, Atlanta, United States||2–0|4–0|Friendly||||||||
|2|3–0|||||||||||||
|3|19 July 2009|Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, United States||2–0|4–0|2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup||||||||
|4|26 July 2009|Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States||2–0|5–0|2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup||||||||
|5|5 September 2009|Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica||1–0|3–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|6|12 October 2010|Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico||2–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|7|1 June 2011|Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver, United States||1–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|8|2–0|||||||||||||
|9|9 June 2011|Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, United States||2–0|5–0|2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup||||||||
|10|4–0|||||||||||||
|11|25 June 2011|Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States||4–2|4–2|2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup||||||||
|12|31 May 2012|Soldier Field, Chicago, United States||1–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|13|3 June 2012|Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, United States||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|14|8 June 2012|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico||2–0|3–1|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|15|29 June 2014|Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil||1–0|1–2|2014 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|16|27 June 2015|Citrus Bowl, Orlando, United States||1–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|17|9 July 2015|Soldier Field, Chicago, United States||6–0|6–0|2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup||||||||
|18|9 October 2016|Nissan Stadium, Nashville, United States||1–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|19|2 June 2018|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||

## Honours

**América**
- Campeón de Campeones: 2019

**Mexico U17**
- FIFA U-17 World Championship: 2005

**Mexico U23**
- Olympic Gold Medal: 2012

**Mexico**
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2009, 2011, 2015

**Individual**
- FIFA U-17 World Championship Silver Ball: 2005
- FIFA U-20 World Cup Bronze Ball: 2007
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Golden Ball: 2009
- CONCACAF Gold Cup All-Tournament Team: 2009
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Best Goal: 2011
- MLS Best XI: 2016
- MLS All-Star: 2016, 2017