Zaidu leads FC Porto’s European experience with 28 matches | OneFootball

Zaidu is currently the player in FC Porto’s squad with the most Champions League appearances, with a total of 28 matches played in Europe’s top club competition.

The Nigerian left-back leads this internal ranking at a time when the Dragons are getting ready to return to the competition, in what will be the club’s 28th participation in the Champions League. Among the players currently under Francesco Farioli, Zaidu sits at the top of this list, ahead of Diogo Costa, with 23 matches, and Pepê, with 18.

There is, however, a chance that this situation could soon be matched. André Silva also has 28 Champions League appearances, although the striker has not yet been officially announced by FC Porto.

This highlights Zaidu’s European experience within the Porto squad, a group that includes several players already familiar with the Champions League stage. The defender’s accumulated path in the competition is one of the signs of the Nigerian international’s competitive continuity at the highest level, as FC Porto prepares for another European campaign.

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