Weight booster! Meet the young defender who promises to shine at Athletico

This Sunday (23) at 9 pm (Brasília time) for the 16th round of Serie A of the Brazilian Championship, we will have Vasco da Gama and Athletico Paranaense in São Januário. But the most talked about issues at Hurricane are reinforcements and one of them is the 24-year-old defender who just arrived at the club.

To reinforce Athletico’s defense with the arrival of a young defender

With the transfer window open, Brazilian clubs are increasingly strengthening and Rubro-Negro Paranaense is one that is not left behind.

Concerned about its defensive sector, the club went to look for defender Cacá who was playing in the second division in Japan in the team of Tokushima Vortis.

How Cacá arrived at the Hurricane Training Center

The young defender arrived talking about titles with Athletico’s shirt, which in the current situation is doing well in the two competitions he is contesting like the Brasileirão where he is in the G-8 and in the round of 16 of the Libertadores.

Upon officially receiving the news that he would be the new signing of Rubro-Negro, the athlete said that he “shivered” in an interview for the club’s official website: (“Just knowing you were coming here gave me goosebumps…)– says Cacá in an excerpt from the interview.

Watch some of Cacá’s first interview

_{Cacá talks a little about how he is feeling with this new shirt. (Video: Reproduction/Youtube/Athletico Paranaense/ @AthleticoParanaense}

It is known that the player has not been on the field since April 23 and is doing intensive training to get in shape and be able to be available and join the group.

Investment in the defender and curiosities of the negotiation

For the definitive transfer, Athletico will have to disburse $3.5 million which is equivalent to R$ 17 million at the current exchange rate. The player arrived on loan until July 2024, but will have the option to buy if the Hurricane leaders want to pay.

Two failed attempts were made to have the player, only in the third did Athletico succeed. It was an old wish since the time the defender played for Cruzeiro and the first attempt was an investment of 2 million euros that reaches 10 million reais at that time and the club from Minas Gerais says that the proposal was “ridiculous”.

Featured photo: Athletico Cacá’s new reinforcement who wore shirt number 25 — Reproduction/José Tramontin /Athletico Paranaense