Rui Patrício spotted near Alvalade, former Sporting keeper caught training | OneFootball

Rui Patrício, former goalkeeper for Sporting, has been without a club since last summer. The former Portuguese international was seen keeping in good physical shape and training in another sport: kickboxing – at a gym in Lumiar, very close to the Estádio de Alvalade.

Through his social media, the footballer who was a European champion with Portugal in 2016, shared a video showing off his skills in another sport while he has yet to embrace a new sporting project in his career, currently being free to sign for any club on a free transfer.

The goalkeeper played for the last time in the Club World Cup, where he made only two appearances for Al Ain, from the United Arab Emirates, in the defeat against Juventus (5-0) and in the victory over the Moroccans of Casablanca (2-1), after having spent the previous season in Serie A, playing for Atalanta.

Trained at Sporting, the experienced 37-year-old goalkeeper represented the Lions until 2018. After that, he played successively in England and Italy, before his brief stint in the club world competition held during June and July.

The former ‘number 1’ of the Lions terminated his contract with the club after the invasion of the Academy and ended up signing for Wolverhampton, where he spent three seasons (2018/2019, 2019/2020, and 2020/2021), before moving to Roma in 2021/22 (Recall his journey HERE).

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