Although only Giovani dos Santos was recently promoted to the senior squad, he has with the club since 2002. First Team has signed the boy, he worked his way through until he spent 2006-2007 the FC Barcelona B team, earning a quick promotion to the main team in this year.
Giovani Dos Santos was in Monterrey, Mexico, born on 11 May 1989. He comes from football tradition, with his father, a former player for Monterrey, while his brother has spent timein the Barcelona junior teams.
He was talent spotted in 2002 to have played while playing in a tournament in the United States and is only the second player to Mexico for FC Barcelona - the other being Rafael Marquez.
Giovani strengths lie in its exceptional speed, his dribbling and flexibility can be used in combination when playing on both wings or as a lone striker means he is an extraordinary power to be reckoned with, was to Barcelonadevastating effect. Through a left-foot shot, he showed maturity beyond his years in its version before the finish and beyond with a view of the target, he can not deliver a strong long.
While Giovani dos Santos for his national team has played only twice, it is just beginning. He was in the squad's award-winning U-17 World Championship in 2005, and voted as the second best player of the tournament. He received the award for the third best player in the world under 20 championshipIn 2007, despite the defeat of Mexico in the quarterfinals.