Three young Brazilians from Coimbra Sports on trial at Olival | OneFootball

Ryan Gobbi, 17 years old, Riquelme, 16, and Raphael Campos, 15, arrived at Olival at the beginning of this month from Coimbra Sports for a trial period in FC Porto’s youth ranks, as part of the ‘Elite Dragons’ program. There are also seven more youngsters already selected who are expected to travel to Portugal soon.

It should be recalled that, in February, the Dragons signed a cooperation protocol with Coimbra Sports that provides for FC Porto’s involvement in all of the Minas Gerais club’s structural decisions, namely those relating to development strategy, talent scouting and recruitment, the filling of executive and sporting positions, and budgetary matters.

José Tavares, FC Porto’s academy director, was recently in Belo Horizonte to sponsor ‘Elite Dragons’ and highlighted the youngsters’ dedication in their ambition to go further. “We want the best for the selected athletes and we hope that, in the future, more athletes will be called up. And for that we need them to give their best every day, in every training session and match. This is non-negotiable. We need a lot of dedication and we will provide all the conditions for that with almost daily monitoring by FC Porto,” said José Tavares, who also took the opportunity to visit the Covil do Dragão, Coimbra Sports’ training center.

“The Covil do Dragão is a special place in Brazil. It has its own energy. There’s a lot of nature, there’s forest, there’s water and there’s talent. We want that talent to develop with the right culture and mindset and for that to bear fruit both on and off the field. For players to be developed and also men. We also want many athletes to go from there to FC Porto: whether for monitoring, analyses, or even being signed. It was great to see all the games, training sessions, and players,” considered FC Porto’s academy director.

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