Official: Schmidt’s gamble leaves Benfica | OneFootball

It's official: Diogo Spencer leaves Benfica to join Alverca in this winter transfer window. According to reports, the young right-back, who was on loan at AFS, will be permanently transferred to the Ribatejo club, which was promoted this season.

As reported by the newspaper A Bola in this Friday's edition, Diogo Spencer will be permanently transferred to Alverca, which has already confirmed his arrival. However, the same source states that the financial details are unknown. Additionally, Benfica — which signed Leon Zietek — will retain 50% of the rights to the player.

Diogo Spencer, a product of Benfica's youth academy, made his debut for the first team in the 2023/24 season under the guidance of Roger Schmidt. At that time, the right-back played a few minutes in Benfica's 3-0 victory over Moreirense in the 29th round of the championship.

"Linked to the Glorious since the 2016/17 season, when, as an Under-13 player, he was signed from SG Sacavenense, Diogo Spencer experienced Benfica's UEFA Youth League victory in 2021/22 and became the national Junior champion in the same season," Benfica stated in the released note. "The Club wishes the best of luck to the athlete Diogo Spencer in this new phase of his career", it added.

This season, wearing the AFS jersey, Diogo Spencer — valued at 900,000 euros — played 16 official matches: 13 in Liga Portugal Betclic and three in the Portuguese Cup. In the 1,281 minutes he was on the field, the former Benfica registered three goals and two assists.

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