Emanuele Giaccherini

Sunderland confirmed the signing of Giaccherini on 16 July 2013, on a four-year contract [ 8 ] after joining up with his new team during their pre-season training camp near Lake Garda . [ 9 ] He made his debut on 17 August, in a 1–0 defeat at home to Fulham . [ 10 ] In his second match of the campaign , he scored a headed goal as Sunderland drew 1–1 away to Southampton on 24 August. [ 11 ] His first cup goal came on 24 September 2013 in a 2–0 League Cup win against Peterborough . [ 12 ] His second league goal, came in the following game at home to Liverpool , on 29 September 2013. He was the first to react as Simon Mignolet spilled a Ki Sung-yueng shot, and finished from six yards. [ 13 ] On 22 February 2014 Giaccherini scored his fourth goal from a 25-yard shot in a 4–1 loss against Arsenal . [ 14 ] Giaccherini appeared as a 77th-minute substitute for Lee Cattermole in the League Cup Final on 2 March, but was unable to prevent Sunderland losing 3–1 to Manchester City . [ 15 ] On 17 April, Giaccherini came on as a substitute with Sunderland trailing 1–0 in the league at the City of Manchester Stadium , and assisted both of Connor Wickham 's goals as Sunderland went on to draw 2–2. He scored his fifth goal of the season, and fourth in the league, on 27 April 2014, when he scored the third goal in Sunderland's 4–0 win against Cardiff City , a result which saw Sunderland move out of the relegation zone. [ 16 ] Giaccherini chose to remain at Sunderland for the 2014–15 season , despite missing out on a place in Italy's squad at the 2014 FIFA World Cup . However, he suffered an injury in a pre-season match with Real Betis which ruled him out of the start of the season. [ 17 ] He then suffered an ankle injury in a 0–0 draw at Burnley in September, ruling him out for several more weeks. [ 18 ] After suffering another ankle injury in February in a 3–1 FA Cup win at Fulham, Giaccherini was ruled out for the rest of the season. [ 19 ] On 24 May 2015, Giaccherini made his comeb — Wikipedia