2023-07-19 15:04:06
O Sportingannounced, this Wednesday, the renewal of the contract of Diogo Araújo for next season. The Portuguese winger has been with the Alvalade club since it reactivated the modality and will advance to the fifth consecutive season with the lions.
With passages through FC Porto e Iliabum At the senior level, the Portuguese international has been at Sporting since 2019. Last season, Diogo Araújo played 26 games and averaged 2.3 points and a rebound.
Diogo Araújo in direct speech:
Pride in the renovation: «It is a great pride and happiness. I’ve felt at home since the first year and now I’m on my fifth season. I am very happy and ready to bring many victories, joys and many trophies. The focus is the same, the work continues, but it is always good to have this vote of confidence. I want to work and give more to show results».
The journey at Sporting so far: «I went through two coaches with different philosophies and I continue to have my strengths: a good rebounder and three-point shooter and also defending and communicating on the field».
Ambition for 2023/24: «If we are aggressive, cohesive and a united family on the field, we will be able to reach the moments of decisions. Then, with our work and believing, we will get the titles».
Message to sporting fans:Â «They are our sixth player and I can only thank them. I hope you continue to watch our games and support us».
Diogo Araújo joins André Cruz in the lot of renovations already announced by the leonine club. The 26-year-old basketball player is now on his way to the National Team training camp, with a view to preparing for the pre-Olympic tournament.
He has been at the Club since the reactivation of the modality and will continue from 🦠to the chest!
Diogo Araújo renews his hair #BasquetebolSCP ð ð pic.twitter.com/7c6fbiIU7s
— Sporting CP – Modalities (@SCPModalidades) July 19, 2023
Diogo Araújo
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