Feb 27, 2024, 1:54 PM ET
Lima Alliance He was clear that he could not close his transfer market without adding another striker and he is next to announce Jeriel de SantisVenezuelan with a Peruvian mother.
Jeriel de Santis is a new player for Alianza Lima. @boavistaoficial
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By having its six foreign quotas occupiedthe leadership of the Victorian club aimed its guns at adding a Peruvian striker before the closing of the Transfer Book and in the end ended up betting on De Santis, for whom a bonus was paid for his departure from Boavista in Portugal and as he was a free player, There will be no time problems for you to get your Peruvian DNI and later be registered as an Alianza player in League 1.
Jeriel De Santis’ path to Alianza Lima
De Santisan old wish of the Peruvian National Team, He stood out with Venezuela in the 2019 U-17 South American Championship disputed in our country. The striker with an Italian father scored a hat-trick against Bolivia in the land of his mother.
In September 2020, shortly before signing for Boavista in Portugal, their former club Caracas revealed that the player wanted to continue representing Venezuela amid rumors of a possible poll from the Peruvian national team.
Upon his arrival at the Portuguese club, De Santis began playing with the reserve team and ended up making his debut in November and finishing the 2020-21 season with three games played. In the following campaign, he had more participation and the goals came: he scored 2 in 16 games.
In the midst of his good present at Boavista, the Venezuelan attacker offered an interview to a media outlet in his country where he revealed that he was offered to go to a microcycle of the Peruvian National Team, but that he rejected the opportunity.
“I have already made history with the national team by scoring a hat-trick. It is more beautiful to play with the (Venezuela) team and feel that shirt. For any kid my age it is a joy and a source of pride”he specified Venex only.
For the 2022-23 season, Jeriel de Santis lost space at Boavista, which transferred him to the Cartagena reserve team. In the fourth category of Spanish football he did very well: he scored 11 goals in 20 games.
Upon his return to Boavista, De Santis managed to have minutes and participate in 12 Primeira Liga matches, but without the relevance that he would surely have liked to have.
Until Alianza Lima appeared and a compelling interest to decide to leave Europe and come to Peruvian football to compete for the position with Hernán Barcos, Cecilio Waterman and, when he recovers, Pablo Sabbag.
At 21 years old, the Venezuelan striker has a great opportunity to relaunch his career considering that the CONMEBOL Libertadores will play and who knows, he will end up opening the door of his heart to the Peruvian National Team after several refusals in the past.