Official! Sporting sign 17-year-old Leixões player for first team | OneFootball

Official! Gabriela Lopes is a new signing for Sporting’s women’s volleyball team, arriving after Margarida Maia. The outside hitter, just 17 years old, arrives at Alvalade after five seasons with Leixões and is preparing to continue her career in a project aiming to compete for titles,

“I’m very happy to be here. Sporting is a big club, a club I have always liked a lot and where my father [Rogério Lopes] also played,” the young athlete told Sporting’s media channels, expressing her desire to follow “in her father’s footsteps.”

Gabriela Lopes also explained that the project presented by the green-and-white officials played a part in her decision. “I really liked the project that was presented to me and, as I already knew the coach as well as João Fidalgo, I felt it was the right decision,” she said.

, Sporting’s volleyball coordinator, highlighted the potential of the Portuguese under-22 international. “Gabi is one of the biggest Portuguese talents of her generation, fortunately she accepted our challenge, she is very excited and we are very happy to have her with us,” he said.

The new Sporting player described herself as an “explosive team player” and made a promise to the fans: “I will always give 100 percent of myself. I’m coming here to keep growing and in that way better help the Club and win titles.”

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