A footballer came to Plaza Colonia “from a small town in Brazil with the intention of growing economically and professionally, to work and not for a walk.”
“He came from a small town in Brazil with the intention of growing economically and professionally. From the beginning he came to work and not for a walk”. This is how Eduardo Espinel, technical director of the Plaza Colonia team, described the São Paulo midfielder Leonai Souza, his former partner in Uruguayan soccer and who joined Barcelona Sporting Club for 2022.
“Here (in Uruguay) the big teams wanted him. One was Peñarol, but without paying anything. We cannot empower the teams that we are going to face, and worse with that condition, “Espinel said this Wednesday in dialogue with Radio Sucre.
Souza, 26, was announced by Barcelona on social media on Monday night. With it, the six quotas allowed for foreign footballers were completed.
The Brazilian midfielder had an outstanding participation last season in Uruguayan soccer with the team from the city of Colonia del Sacramento. He has in his portfolio an Apertura 2021 tournament title, a runner-up in the Uruguayan league and third place in the accumulated Annual Table that granted his then team the classification to the preliminary phase of the Copa Libertadores 2022. In addition, he was elected Best Foreign Player of the Uruguayan Tournament 2021 by the newspaper The Observer.
“He has no roof. One of the largest teams in Ecuador and South America is going to grow much more there, in Barcelona, ”said Espinel, and also said:”When he signed the papers, he was very nervous. Her eyes radiated happiness. I don’t think he regrets being there. Barcelona has an extraordinary player professionally and humanly ”.
The portfolio with which Leonai arrives in Ecuador
Souza will be in the Canarian club for one year, on loan with an option to buy.
In addition to the Brazilian reinforcement, Barcelona this season has foreigners Javier Burrai (goalkeeper, Argentina), defender Carlos Rodríguez (Uruguay), midfielders Bruno Piñatares (Uruguay) and Emmanuel Martínez (Argentina), and forward Gonzalo Mastriani (Uruguay ), thus completing the quotas for foreigners per team in LigaPro.
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