2023-11-28 16:02:29
He arrived at Barça in the 2002/2003 season making his dream of playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world come true. He was part of the Barça of Ronaldinho. The ‘Harry Potter of Catalonia’, as he was nicknamed John Laporta When he became president of the club, he attracted attention for his disconcerting dribbling, but his time in the club FC Barcelona He did not meet expectations, after playing only 28 games, in which he scored only one goal. This caused him to take the plane back to Portugal to sign for Porto, where he managed to relaunch his career and leave his mark.
This Tuesday, Barça y Porto They meet again, on matchday 5 of the Champions League with first place in the group at stake, and Ricardo Quaresma (Lisbon, September 26, 1983) was interviewed by the newspaper And she was, to talk about grief. «In terms of name, the FC Porto It’s big, but Barcelona It is that club in which any player dreams of playing. For me it was a pride to have played in both, but as I said, Barcelona was always my dream to get there. One of the things I regret most, and that leaves me with a lump in my throat, is not having been able to succeed at Barcelona. Personally, it was my dream,” he admitted. Quaresma.
«In terms of name, FC Porto is big, but Barcelona is that club that any player dreams of playing for»
“If I had done at Barcelona what I did at FC Porto, I would be on par with the greats to win a Ballon d’Or,” acknowledged the former Portuguese international.
Assuming his failure in Barça, Quaresma He prefers to stay with the positive part. «But that’s life, we have opportunities and you take advantage of them or you don’t and there is no need to regret that. Now I am happy because I managed to make my dream come true and I also played in the FC Porto, which is still a great club and where I was very happy, where they welcomed me very well. Therefore, as a player and as a person, I can say that I am happy and grateful for the opportunity they gave me in the Barcelona and FC Porto to wear both shirts,” he confesses.
“I can say that I am happy and grateful for the opportunity they gave me at Barcelona and FC Porto to wear both shirts”
Quaresma not only compares to Barça y Porto, also does the same with their respective cities. «When you enter cities like Barcelona y Port You immediately notice that they are different from the others. Barcelona It is Catalonia, they want to be a country and not a city and you immediately notice that the people’s mentality is different. AND Port It is what we all know, it is a completely different city from any other we have in Portugal. People live for the club, breathe the club, see nothing but the club. That’s what I usually say: in order to succeed in the FC Porto You have to have a lot of personality, because the demands are very great. Sometimes there are too many players, it’s not that they don’t have quality, but they can’t handle all that pressure… In Portugal, the FC Porto “It’s different from other clubs,” he insists. Quaresma.
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