Official: Ex-Sporting league winner joins Porto, "Right place" | OneFootball

It's official. Porto announced this Friday, September 5th, the signing of central defender Mariana Azevedo, who was previously with Braga. The former player of the Sporting women's football team is thus moving to the blue and white club and said she is very pleased to represent the new emblem.

"I am very happy. I feel that I am in the right place to win titles and achieve my individual goals. I can bring experience and I will try to help the team achieve its goals," she began by saying, in statements to the official platforms of the dragons.

The Portuguese international talks about Porto's project: "I am from a generation that went through the change in women's football in Portugal and I think Porto's project is very enriching for the section. It is a pioneering project with many conditions that can make women's football more valued in Portugal," she added.

The 29-year-old player also set goals for the new season: "I want to be a champion and manage to elevate this emblem to the highest levels of women's football. We know that this goal is not so easy to achieve, but we have to show on the field that we deserve it. Only after that can we think about being champions, especially since the other teams are also very good, but we have to be prepared for that," she concluded.

During the three seasons she was with the Leonine Club - 2017 to 2020 - Mariana Azevedo won a National Championship, a Super Cup, and a Portuguese Cup. In total, she participated in 38 games for the green and white team, scoring one goal. Dária Kaminska also left Alvalade to head to Vitória de Guimarães.

Mariana Azevedo presented at Porto:

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