Ex-Sporting player who clashed with Amorim joins second division | OneFootball

Gonçalo Esteves will strengthen Catanzaro, a club competing in the Italian Serie B, after Alverca ended his loan. The information was reported by Fabrizio Romano, an Italian journalist specializing in the transfer market.

The stint at Alverca fell short of expectations, with the former lion accumulating few minutes, unable to establish himself as a regular option in the team led by Custódio Castro. Nevertheless, the period served to gain some competitive rhythm before the new challenge outside Portugal.

The 21-year-old Portuguese defender then temporarily returned to Udinese, which retained the right to 50% of a future sale of the former Sporting full-back. It should be noted that this will be the sixth team Gonçalo Esteves has represented in the last two years.

Besides Porto, Sporting - which may offload a prolific striker - , Alverca, and Udinese, the right-back also represented clubs such as Estoril, AZ Alkmaar, and Yverdon. He was once an under-20 Portuguese international and is the brother of Tomás Esteves, a defender for Bari.

This season with Alverca, Gonçalo Esteves - valued at 500 thousand euros - played 7 official matches: five in the Liga Portugal Betclic, one in the Portuguese Cup, and one in the League Cup. In the 322 minutes recorded, he scored one goal and made no assists.

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