Austrian league leader and current champion, RB Salzburg, announced on Thursday that it has hired Brazilian striker Fernando, from Ukrainian team Shakhtar Donetsk, for more than five years, until June 2027.
“Fernando dos Santos Pedro arrived at FC Red Bull Salzburg from regular UEFA Champions League regular Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine,” the Austrian club said in a statement posted on its official website.
He added that the 23-year-old Latin American soccer player hails directly from Brazil, where he has been training individually in recent weeks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Thanks to an agreement with Shakhtar on the terms of his departure,” the 23-year-old Latin American soccer player will immediately join the club’s training sessions, although he will not start playing until next that season, the note says.
The contract Fernando signed with Salzburg will last until June 30, 2027.
The forward arrived at Shakhtar in the summer of 2018 and a year later he was loaned to Sporting de Portugal, where he played for half a year before returning to Ukraine.
“At lightning speed”, Fernando has scored a total of 12 goals in 69 games for Shakhtar (including two Champions League goals), who are two -time champions of Ukraine (2018/19, 2019/20) and the Cup (2018/19), the club recalled in its statement.
Salzburg sporting director Christoph Freund said the club had “intensely followed” the Brazilian footballer’s career for a long time.
“His way of playing football fits perfectly with our philosophy, because he offers a lot of aggression and rhythm,” Freund highlights in the note.
“In addition, he has proven himself by playing and scoring at the highest level in the Champions League. We’re happy to have got a player we really like.”
For his part, Fernando said he was “excited” at his new signing.
“The past few months have not been easy for me, I prefer to work here (…) I am sure I will soon find a place for myself in this young team and contribute to its success in next. year. is coming, “declared the 1.76 -meter attacker.
Source: La Verdad
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