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Football club “Riga” adds Argentinian striker Torres and Brazilian striker Rangel to the squad – Futbola Virsliga – Futbol

The 24-year-old striker joins the Latvian team on the terms of the rental agreement.

In 2016, Torres signed a contract with the Argentinian club “Boca Juniors”. In Argentina’s top league, Torres played for Talleres and Banfield, and in the Argentine Championship he played a total of 23 games, scoring four goals and collecting two assists.

On the other hand, in 2019, the Argentinian joined the Cypriot top league club “Pafos”. In the championship of Cyprus, Torres played 36 games, scoring a total of nine goals and getting three assists. Marcelo was also in ten matches for Argentina’s U-20 national team, in which he scored a total of seven goals.

Meanwhile, Brazil-born Rangelo played for local clubs early in his career, representing Gremio Barueri, Foz do Iguacu and Itumbiara.

2016/2017 In the season of 2008, the 27-year-old forward played in the Albanian championship team “Kukesi”. In this club, he played 28 games in which he scored three goals. In the following season, Rangelu joined the Austrian second league club “Kapfenberger”, where he played 31 matches, scoring nine goals and collecting three assists.

From 2018 to 2020, Rangelu played in the Finnish top league club “KuPS”, playing a total of 83 games in which he scored 30 goals and provided eight assists. Last year, the Brazilian forward scored five goals in eight UEFA Conference League qualifiers.

Rangelu then scored one goal in seven games for Turkish First League side Adana Demirspor, followed by a return to Finland with 12 appearances and two goals before signing with Ukrainian club Vorskla in the summer of 2021. In the Ukrainian top league, Rangelu scored four goals and provided one assist in 12 games.

The striker’s last place of work was the Azerbaijani club “Sabakh”, in whose ranks he played eight games, scoring two goals and giving the same number of assists.

It has already been reported that “Riga” also strengthened the defense by attracting the Peruvian central defender Gustavo Dulant, as well as the Ukrainian specialist Oleksandrs Nokhin, who is the goalkeeping coach, was added to the coaching staff of the team.

“Riga” is in third place in the league table, while in the UEFA Conference League, Riga players have reached the second round of qualification.

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