2023-08-25 14:48:11
News from Angola – The 18-year-old right winger Paulo Balbúrdia will reinforce the Lusitânia dos Açores team for the 2023/24 season.
The Angolan star recently signed his first professional contract with the Azoreans, who will compete in the Under-19 National Division I.
Last season, the Angolan player had an excellent spell at FC Barreirense, in Portugal, a club that stood out with 7 goals in 14 games played in the II Junior Division.
His good performance caught the attention of the Lusitânia team, which for the first time in history, the Azores archipelago will have a representative in the main division of the junior category.
Paulo Balbúrdia made it known that the dream of playing in the U19 National Division I, with great Portuguese football teams, caught his attention and, due to the fact that Lusitânia has a team of nationally renowned professionals with a lot of technical quality, an excellent structure and conditions for my growth as an athlete.
The young man carries the DNA of stars in the “Balburdia” family. The nephew of Mário Balburdia, a player for Estrela da Amadora SAD and for the Angola national team, Paulo dreams of being called up for the Angolan national team.
“Playing for the Angola national team is my biggest dream. And now it’s about training a lot, helping the Lusitânia team to make history in the National First Division, being part of that history and having a professional career in great teams and thus also becoming an Intencional for Angola”, he revealed.
In its main characteristics, its speed, intensity and positioning that caught the attention of the Azoreans.
With a tactically versatile profile, Balbúrdia will be one of the promises for his debut at the highest level of Portuguese football.
Born in Luanda, Paulo Balbúrdia began his training at the SUKA and REIS Football School, an emblem that aims to train athletes in Angola.
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