At 38, the captain of the San Paolo flag will play another year and should hang up his boots at the end of next season
The right back Rafinha confirmed that he will renew his contract with San Paolo until the end of 2024, which will be his last season as a professional player. The 38-year-old player made the revelation on Monday evening, in an interview on the channel SBT. And she warned that the new contract is expected to be signed this week.
Rafinha had already declared that he will retire in 2024, but without providing details and without confirming that he intends to continue at San Paolo. The full-back had revealed his intention to stop next year in an interview given after winning the Copa do Brasil, which may have stimulated his idea of playing another year.
“It was an unprecedented title for the club. And its importance, not only because it was unprecedented. The San Paolo fans had been waiting for such a great result for a long time. Thank God we did it”, commented Rafinha in the interview on Monday. , still in a festive mood.
“We were coming from a bad first half. We had been eliminated from the Campeonato Paulista, so the theme was that we were a failed and defeated team, that we would achieve nothing and that we would enter the Brazilian championship and avoid relegation. This was the fuel for us “he acknowledged.
With extensive experience in national and European football, Rafinha has become one of the references of the team led by coach Dorival Júnior. And he was instrumental in their quest for the national title last month.
Source: Terra
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