Trials in Falcade (Belluno), Italy, held in collaboration between Vicenza Calcio and GISS have officially ended today, and saw over 50 under 18yrs players from GISS academies worldwide coming from Australia, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand, Croatia and Italy.

The players were trained by Vicenza Calcio top youth coaches, who were impressed by the level of players selected for trials.

Director Morris Pagniello comments: "Congratulations to all trialists for the great professionalism shown in the past twelve days. Now I anxiously await Vicenza Calcio's notification of the selected players for season 2010/11. Good luck to all."

See video of the Vicenza trials.

Genova International has officially affiliated with Serie B Italian club Vicenza Calcio, a famous club with a history of launching careers of world class players like Roberto Baggio and Paolo Rossi. The club has signed six GISS players in the past year, and is now offering official football trials for the season 2010/11 to GISS players.

Director's comments: "This is an honour for our academy to work in partnership with such an historic club, and for Vicenza Calcio to run trials exclusively for GISS members and to select four players for next season."

Download the brochure here (zip file) or here (pdf)

GISS is proud to announce four new signings: three ex-GISS Australia/Melbourne Phoenix FC players and one GISS player from North America. All players were part of the Zane Project in Italy which commenced August 2009 (l to r):

Jack Turner, 17yrs, signs with FC Wohlen, Switzerland 2nd division
Nadav Kariv, 19yrs, signs with FC Wohlen, Switzerland 2nd division
Adam Centofanti, 18yrs, signs with Bassano Calcio Serie C2, Italy
Chris Vartaci, 17yrs, signs with Bassano Calcio Serie C2, Italy

Participants in AS Roma clinics, GISS players and Melbourne Phoenix players are invited to pre-register for the 2010 Italian tour - Summer Campus 2010 - in Trigoria, presented by Bruno Conti, director of As Roma Calcio. For more information, see the AS Roma Australia website.