Carlo Di Benedetto extends with FC Porto until 2030 | OneFootball

The goal is every fan’s favorite moment, and Carlo Di Benedetto masters this art. Among the top scorers in every competition he takes part in, the French international hockey player is quickly approaching 400 accurate shots in 300 games for FC Porto, and he has already helped the Club win national, European, and world titles—more than enough reasons to renew his contract until 2030, after already being honored with a Dragão de Ouro.

Born 29 years ago in Noisy-le-Grand, on the outskirts of Paris, number 19 played for SA Mérignac, stood out at La Vendéenne, and won the 2015/16 French League before moving to Liceo da Corunha, where he won the Spanish Super Cup twice. Arriving in Invicta in 2019 as the top scorer of the Spanish championship, he confessed he was living “a dream” and immediately showed what he was made of: “I’m competitive, I fight for every ball. Of course, I also like to score goals, but I’m a fighter. FC Porto doesn’t just want to fight for every title, but to win them. That’s something I identify with, because I’ve always wanted to win everything.”

From then on, it was always about adding victories—and goals. In his first months, he scored in the António Livramento Super Cup and won the first of nine trophies in seven seasons. This was followed by an Intercontinental Cup, a Champions League, three National Championships—two of them consecutively—two Portuguese Cups, and an Elite Cup.

To this record, he also added the Dragão de Ouro for Indoor Sports Athlete of the Year, at the end of a season in which he was the top scorer in the main competition and in the Champions League, in a ceremony where he received applause from the audience with a demonstration of what it means to be Porto: “I wasn’t born a Porto fan, but over the time I’ve spent here, I’ve learned the meaning of this feeling. It goes far beyond wearing the FC Porto shirt. We represent the Club, the city, the people, and values with which I strongly identify. It’s a huge pride.”

This season, the 1.90-meter forward has already scored 55 goals in 37 games, being the team’s top scorer in the National Championship (37) and the Portuguese Cup (7), as well as leading the Champions League scoring chart (11) and finishing second in the European Championship (7). With his contract with FC Porto extended until 2030, he will continue to help Paulo Freitas’s team fight for the three competitions they are involved in.

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