Notable statistics about SLNA's 2 new foreign players
(Baonghean.vn) - Yesterday afternoon (February 14), the Nghe An team signed contracts with two foreign players, a Serbian central defender and a Brazilian striker. Among them, the Brazilian striker born in 1990 has a rather complicated resume.
The striker signed by SLNA and will soon play alongside Michael Olaha is named Marcio Alves dos Santos, 1m86 tall. This player was born in 1990 and started his career with Juventude Club in the top professional football league in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
In 2012 and 2013, Marcio Alves joined the Japanese club Consadole Sapporo, playing in J.League 1 and J.League 2. This is the team that former striker Le Cong Vinh played for in 2014.
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| SLNA's Brazilian striker. Photo: Trung Kien |
Before joining SLNA, this striker played for many different teams in Brazil. His most notable achievement was in the 2017 season, when he scored 5 goals for Frei Paulistano and Santa Rita in a total of 17 appearances.
In 2018, he played for Santa Rita, scoring 3 goals in 7 matches and returned to Santa Rita, playing 2 matches and scoring 1 goal. In the past 2 years alone, this player has had 6 transfers. From 2015 to 2016, this player did not leave any achievements in the statistics. Most likely, this was the time when the Brazilian striker suffered a serious injury.
Notably, despite being a striker, Marcio Alves's "penalty card" record is more outstanding than his scoring record. In 2018, this player received 3 red cards, 3 yellow cards, and in 2017 received 7 yellow cards. Marcio Alves is one of the faces who came to SLNA for a trial quite late but soon made an impression with his tall physique, speed and good finishing ability.
Meanwhile, foreign central defender Damir Memović is 1m91 tall and has played for many different teams in Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina. In 2014, he played 27 matches, scored 4 goals, received 7 yellow cards, in 2015 he played 23 matches, scored 2 goals, received 3 yellow cards.
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| The Serbian central defender signed by SLNA is a player with a lot of playing experience. Photo: Trung Kien |
In 2016, Damir Memović played 23 matches, scored 2 goals, 6 yellow cards, in 2017, played 29 matches, scored 1 goal and received 5 yellow cards, in 2018 played 19 matches. Thus, before moving to SLNA, this central defender had 5 seasons as a mainstay of the above teams, scoring goals in every season.
Damir Memović with a height of 1m91 will be the top option for the position of partnering Hoang Van Khanh. Center back Hoang Van Khanh is also 1m80 tall, so SLNA's defense is expected to minimize goals conceded from dead balls and high balls. Striker Marcio Alves often receives yellow cards, which is also something that SLNA's coaching staff needs to pay attention to in a harsh environment like V.League./.
SLNA tests foreign players for the last time before V.League kicks off
(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of February 11, Song Lam Nghe An football team brought in more foreign players for trial. The number of foreign players currently on trial at Vinh Stadium is up to dozens of people.
