Kranevitter returned to River Plate, his first reinforcement

Central midfielder Matías Kranevitter has returned to River Plate, the club where he began his professional career, after a stint with Mexican Rayados de Monterrey, the Argentine club announced on Monday.

The former Atlético de Madrid and Sevilla player signed a contract until December 2025. River Plate published a message on their social networks with pictures of the midfielder with the president, Jorge Brito, and the vice president, Matias Patanian.

First reinforcement for Demichelis

He is the first reinforcement for River, who have been under the command of Martín Demichelis throughout the preseason, replacing Marcelo Gallardo on the bench after eight and a half years with the ‘Doll’ at the helm.

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According to the local press, River bought one hundred percent of Kranevitter’s economic rights in Rayados for about 2 million dollars, an approximate number of the contract that the player had to fulfill in the Mexican team, which he joined. in 2020.

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Kranevitter, 29, made his professional debut with River Plate in 2012 after playing in the lower ranks in his youth. That year he won the Copa Libertadores under 20.

With Gallardo as coach, he won the Copa Sudamericana in 2014 and was part of the team that won the Recopa Sudamericana and the Libertadores in 2015, the year in which he was signed by Atlético de Madrid.

He then moved to Sevilla FC and finally to Zenit Saint Petersburg before returning to the American continent.

In turn, he was part of Argentina’s national team in the 2016 Copa América Centenario.