Away from Sporting, Quenda gives Rui Borges a real headache | OneFootball

Geovany Quenda continues to fight for a spot in Sporting's starting eleven. The young winger was one of the standout players last season at Alvalade, but he has been losing ground and influence since the arrival of the new coach of the Lions, Rui Borges, in December 2024.

After a 2024/25 season where he played 60 games, 54 of them for Sporting, mostly as a starter, Geovany Quenda's numbers have plummeted in his second season with the main team at the Alvalade Club, largely due to Rui Borges's decision to give the starting position to Geny Catamo.

The newspaper Record reports that Geovany Quenda's goal is to give Rui Borges a good headache. The winger remains focused on the task of gaining minutes and space within the team, and seems eager to prove himself, considering his performances, both in the classic against Porto, and when he started as a starter for the Under-21 National Team.

So far, he has only 135 minutes, spread over five matches where he always came off the bench - this excludes the time accumulated with Portugal's Under-21 team. The winger has already managed to provide two assists, but he is seeking the consistency on the field that earned him a move to Chelsea last season, for over 50 million euros.

For this to happen, Quenda will have to win the starting position from Geny Catamo, the Mozambican winger who has been starting under Rui Borges. The Portuguese international wants to give Rui Borges a good headache and continue to prove himself during the international break, to try to secure his first start of the year against Famalicão, in the next match for the green and whites.

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