“I’m very proud of everything I’ve done as a player at all the clubs I’ve been to. This [a carreira] It’s coming to an end. These will certainly be my last matches. I feel very happy with the journey I have been on and the recognition I have received, not only in Rio Ave, but nationally. “It is a source of pride that so many people identify with Ukra as a player and a person,” the striker said.
Okura, who today received the Career Award at the 85th anniversary ceremony of Rio Ave, assured that “there will be no worries in the last two matches of the tournament.” [frente a Portimenense e Benfica]He promised to “enjoy every moment until the end.”
“I look at my career and say it is successful. Not because of the titles I won, but because in all the clubs I went to, I always achieved the set goals. Therefore, I should be happy and proud,” he shares.
Regarding the future, Okra revealed that he “will appear on television”, but will remain linked to football, and was invited to be an ambassador for the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP). He added: “I won’t be on the field, but I will be close to seeing what has been a huge part of my life.”
The player joked that “it will be more difficult for the locker room to stay away from Okhra than for Okhra to stay away from the locker room,” but he stressed that “new challenges will emerge.”
He concluded his speech by saying: “This joy and the personality that I have will not end my career as a professional football player. Rather, it will move to another place. But I will be friends with everyone who was part of this journey.”
Ukra will end his career as a footballer at the age of 36, after spells at Famalicão, from which he graduated, FC Porto, Padruense, Varzim, Olhanense, Sporting de Braga, CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria), and Al-Fateh (Saudi Arabia). and Santa Clara and Rio Ave.
The winger made his debut in La Liga with Olhanense, in the 2009-2010 season, when he was on loan from FC Porto. The following season, 2010/11, he was part of the team’s main squad, playing eight matches, before heading to Sporting de Braga in the middle of that year.
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