At 6,175 kilometers from his native Recife (Brazil), Walter Fernandez da Costa Firmino, Waltinho, Cartagena feels like his real “home”. The Brazilian center acknowledged that Jimbee opened the doors for him in 2020 at a “very difficult” moment in his life, he felt the “strong embrace” of fans and teammates from day one and brought out the best futsal with 25 goals in his first season in Spain. That is why Waltinho has decided to return after a year in Portugal.
At Sporting de Portugal, he won four out of five possible titles last season; he defended the shirt of a club that rules in this sport and scored 21 goals despite not having “too many minutes”. But Waltinho missed an elusive thing in the sports world: motivation. “I woke up and didn’t feel like exercising […] I’ve made my resume a bit bigger, but if I wasn’t in my right mind, I wouldn’t be good on the job,” he assured.
The Brazilian center acknowledged that in Cartagena, “my house, I went and I am happy.” The player signs until June 2024 and his wish is “to stay here as long as possible”. Waltinho performed flawlessly two seasons ago, despite landing at the club without making it to the preseason and being out of work for several months after scoring 100 goals in Japan.
The Brazilian attacker set no goals as a group, but readily admitted he will have to take on “a lot of responsibility” in a team that scores a lot and that is still waiting for Javivi to lose Solano (Valdepeñas) and Andresito (Nagoya).
Source: La Verdad
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