The Peruvian international Paolo Guerrero is one step away from joining Racing and at the age of 39 he is about to play for the first time in Argentine soccer, through a one-season agreement, announced the president of the Academy, Víctor Blanco.
“We are closing with Paolo Guerrero. This Monday he will have a medical check-up, and if everything is fine, he will sign a contract and join the squad, ”said Blanco about the link between the experienced multi-champion goalscorer and the Avellaneda club. A week ago it was offered to Emelec, but the negotiation was not finalized.
The ‘predator’ Guerrero arrives from Avai of Brazil, after a long and fruitful career in European and South American football and the Peruvian national team. With the Academy jersey he will play in the Argentine Professional League and the Copa Libertadores.
The attacker up top with little activity, since he only played 10 games in all of 2022, and his last match was played on October 2, when he played half an hour against Atlético Goianiense.
Guerrero has accumulated 190 goals in 514 games that he played in the Germans Bayern Munich and Hamburg and the Brazilians Corinthians, Flamengo and Inter de Porto Alegre, with whom he scored his last goal, against Fluminense, on August 15, 2021.
He is the all-time top scorer for the Peru team, with 37 goals scored in 102 games. He played the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the runner-up in the 2019 Copa América Brazil.
In addition, the Peruvian celebrated with Bayern Munich two Bundesligas (2004/05 and 2005/06), two German Cups, a League Cup and a German Super Cup, while with Corinthians he won the Club World Cup in 2012 and the Recopa South American 2013. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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