He spent most of his time with Tottenham away on loan and was eventually sold to Mallorca in 2012; a year later he was sold to Villarreal. Giovani was a member of the Mexican national under-17 team that won the 2005 U17 World Cup held in Peru. He made his senior debut for the Mexico national team in 2007 and was called to play at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. In the 2010 World Cup, Giovani started in every game for Mexico as a right winger. He completed 138 passes without providing an assist. He was voted runner-up for the FIFA Young Player of the Tournament award, which eventually went to Thomas Muller of Germany. He was also a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 2012 London Olympics. Giovani was recently called up by Miguel Herrera to play the 2014 World Cup.
