Al Wahda, a team from the United Arab Emirates coached by Carlos Carvaljal, officially announced Pizzi this Thursday. The contract is for two seasons.
In a video posted on social media, the club celebrates the arrival of the Portuguese midfielder, in which he appears wearing the number 17 shirt, with his name written on it, and with a player saluting to whom he celebrated goals.
“Pizzi 2024, welcome to Al Wahda,” the video ends.
The departure to the United Arab Emirates came after the 32-year-old, who still had a contract with Benfica until the end of the 2022/23 season, did not include the “incarnate” German Roger Schmidt in the plans. new coach.
Last season, Pizzi was loaned out in February to Turkish club Başaksehir, in a season where he was not as important as the others and in which he was in the news for getting into a dispute with Jorge Jesus’ coaching staff. who was fired in December.
At Benfica, Pizzi, who played 17 times for the AA national team and scored three goals, spent seven and a half seasons, during which he won four championships, the Portuguese Cup, two League Cups and the Super Cup.
The midfielder was also named the best player in the Portuguese league for the 2016/17 season.
In his career, Pizzi trained at Mahe d’Agua and Bragança, where he was born, before representing Sporting de Braga, who loaned him to Ribeirão, Sporting da Covilhã and Pacos de Ferreira.
In the 2011/12 season, Sporting de Braga transferred the player to Atlético Madrid, who loaned him to Deportivo da Coruña and Espanyol in subsequent seasons until he moved to Benfica in the 2014/15 season.
At Al Wahda, the team that finished third in the UAE Championship last season, Pizzi will face Portugal’s Rubén Canedo, Adrien Silva and Fabio Martins.
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Source: CM Jornal
