Villas-Boas: We want to keep Mateus Mide and help him grow | OneFootball

“The best U-17 player in the world” was honored by the Gaia City Council and André Villas-Boas described Mateus Mide’s journey—elected MVP of the World Cup that Portugal won in Qatar—as “a great source of pride to develop young athletes.” Wishing to see the 17-year-old forward make his debut “in FC Porto’s senior team,” the Club president wished him “a wonderful career in professional football,” guided by the “principles and values that are instilled” during his training with the blue and whites.

At Vila Nova de Gaia’s Town Hall, the Porto official took the opportunity to “thank the role of the Gaia municipality in the development of young” FC Porto athletes and to “ensure that this is a fundamental role for the future of the Club,” highlighting that the Club will “have a new High Performance Center that will allow us to grow and continue to develop athletes for the future.”

To the U-17 World Cup MVP

“First of all, I would like to thank you for the invitation to be present at this beautiful tribute to Mateus Mide, the best U-17 player in the world and also European Champion at this level, together with his teammates from FC Porto and the national team. For us, it is a great source of pride to develop young athletes, not only in the quality you show, I hope, as a professional in FC Porto’s senior team, but also as the person you represent, as the young man you are, with the principles and values instilled in you at FC Porto, with the help of your parents and also my dear friend Jorge Mendes. All of this forms the fundamental basis of what you can become as a man and as a player.”

CAR and CTFD Jorge Costa“Futebol Clube do Porto plays a fundamental role in the development of young people, in sports, social, and cultural training. It is a Club that serves its members, but also serves society, not only in football, but also in different sports, and this is something we do with a lot of support from the municipalities. Gaia has helped us greatly in the development of FC Porto’s future High Performance Center and has already done a lot for us—just remember that President Luís Filipe Menezes inaugurated our Olival Training Center, recently renamed the Jorge Costa Training and Sports Development Center, in honor of our great athlete, great leader, and FC Porto captain.”

Porto and Gaia“I want to thank the role of the Gaia municipality in the development of our young people and ensure that this is a fundamental role for the future of FC Porto, to have a new High Performance Center that will allow us to grow and continue to develop young athletes for the future, enhancing Portugal’s role in world sports and in football in particular. Thank you all very much, congratulations Mateus, this is undoubtedly a great recognition of what you have already achieved and may it be the continuation of your wonderful career in professional football and, I hope, at FC Porto.”

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