Julián Pérez (left) and Jhojan de la Cruz, new players of Porto de Portugal.
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The FC Porto, historic Portuguese football team, announced on Friday the signing of Colombian strikers Julián Pérez and Jhojan de la Cruz, who will reinforce their U-19 team and with which its commitment to the emerging talent of the South American country continues.
Both players are 18 years old and signed professional contracts with Porto, which came from Itagüí Leones, the Portuguese club reported in a statement. In the Antioquia team they finished their training.
Speaking to his new club, Julián Pérez was “very happy because it is a very good opportunity” and was described as a very powerful, technical, fast and good auction player.
For his part, Jhojan de la Cruz was defined as an “strong, dribbling” end and with “a daring style.” In addition, he intends to reach great things in Porto, as well as his compatriot Luis Díaz, who also went through the Portuguese club.
Julián Pérez and Jhojan de la Cruz are the most recent bet of Porto for Colombia, and some of the most important names of coffee football arrived in Europe by dragons. In the last 15 years a handful of coffee growers shone in Portugal.
In addition to the aforementioned Luis Díaz, James Rodríguez, Radamel Falcao, Jackson Martínez, Juan Fernando Quintero, Fredy Guarín or Matheus Uribe were some of the players who went through the northern group of Portugal, which even has a school in Bogotá.
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