2023-12-22
He International Venezuela Jefferson Sodelto will play in the 2024 season with Porto Alegre Guild,He has arrived on loan from Santos de Sao Paulo, who have been relegated to the second division of Brazilian football for the first time in its illustrious history, the gaúcho club announced this Friday.
“Gremio announce an agreement with Santos and Sodelto to keep the attacker on loan for a season. He is the first Venezuelan player to defend the colors of the tricolor,” the Porto Alegre (South) club said in a statement.
Sodelto26 years old, won affection'PeaksFor his talent and his outstanding performance as runners-up of the Copa Libertadores-2020, he lost in the final with Palmeiras.
He arrived in the port city of Sao Paulo province in 2019 from Chilean football (Huachibado and Universidad de Chile), although he had spells with MLS's Toronto in 2021 and Mexico's Tigres in 2022.
He was the owner of the '10' shirt, immortalized by Pele, and the name of the hierarchy within Santos, a team weakened by years of financial, sporting and organizational crises.
This year he had a falling out with former coach Paulo Dura, for which he was temporarily separated from the team, and he could do little to avoid a historic drop to Serie B in December.
Owner of his boss, Santos anticipates the departure of some of his key players to ease the salary burden.
With Vinodinto 39 times (scoring four goals and providing eight assists), Sodelto will join one of Brazil's best teams, which had a surprising performance in its return to the first category in 2023.
Led by Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez who eventually left the team BrazilianThe gaúchos are runners-up and will compete in the group stage of the 2024 Copa Libertadores.
Gremio fell to second place in 2021, having won it in 1983, 1995 and 2017, the last time they played in America's major club competition.
He was a two-time champion of Brazil (1981, 1996) and won the Intercontinental Cup in 1983.
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