Joana Resende ends volleyball career, joins FC Porto: “This is my home” | OneFootball

FC Porto captain Joana Resende announced this Tuesday the end of her volleyball career and, at the age of 35, will now join the club’s professional structure after representing it over the last seven seasons.

“I don’t want to wear any other shirt and, when they made me this offer, I accepted straight away. This is my home. This is where I see myself. I thank president André Villas-Boas and his board for seeing in me someone capable of continuing to represent FC Porto and its values off the court as well,” she told the Dragons’ media outlets.

The libero, who took up the sport at the age of 10 and is the FC Porto volleyball player with the most matches and trophies, says she is excited to begin a “new phase of life and a new path.”

Joana Resende began her career at Leixões and also played for GDC Gueifães, Colégio do Rosário, Porto Vólei and AVC Famalicão before moving to her “boyhood club,” which was starting its women’s volleyball project in partnership with Academia José Moreira.

Awarded the Dragão de Ouro for Amateur Athlete of the Year in 2021, Joana Resende was part of the team that, in 2024, won the first league title for the blue-and-whites, following the AJM/FC Porto three-peat.

She ended her career in the just-concluded season, in which she won the domestic double, the league title and the Portuguese Cup.

In the seven seasons she represented FC Porto, she became the volleyball player with the most matches (211) and trophies (12), achievements that led president André Villas-Boas to invite her to join the club’s professional structure, in a role that has yet to be revealed.

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