Football players ŠK Slovan Bratislava tied with the Ukrainian team Polissyja Žitomir 1: 1 in a preparatory match at a concentration in Austria. The only goal of the Slovak champion was scored by David Strelec in the 35th minute.
27.06.2025 19:48
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Sandro Cruz and Ivan Kmotrík ml.
Slovan also announced the arrival of a new reinforcement on Friday. The team of the Slovak champion was strengthened by the left extreme defender Sandro Cruz, who is transferred to Bratislava from Gil Vicente, Portugal.
The representative of Angola, who played in the youth categories for Portugal and is an offspring of the famous club Benfica Lisbon, signed a four -year contract with the whites.
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“One of the priorities of the summer transfer period was the position of the left extreme defender. We are very pleased that we have won it Sandra Cruza, who is transferred to us from the Portuguese club Gil Vicente. We get a dynamic football player who also has interesting physical parameters.
It has a balanced defensive activity on the left region with the support of the offensive. He is a Benficy offspring, we watched him during his time in the Portuguese league. Sandro is another player who comes to us in an excellent football age. I am very pleased to wear a white jersey, ”said Ivan Kmotrík Jr., CEO of Slovan for the club website.
Cruz is looking forward to the moment when he wear a white jersey.
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“I am excited about the new challenge that awaits me. Slovan Bratislava resonated in me by performing in the Champions League, I saw a wonderful stadium in the Brick Field, where I desire to play. I am motivated by the high ambitions of the club and the opportunity to experience European cups.
I look forward to the new environment and fans I have heard of that they are great in Slavs. I can’t wait to start. I am very happy to wear this beautiful white jersey, ”said Sandro Cruz.
According to Slovan’s website, Sandro Plínio Rosa da Cruz is a native of Braga. It was in Brain that he was taking the first football steps. It was quite quickly impressed by an even stronger Portuguese brand, namely Benfica Lisbon. He spent almost 10 years in Benfice. He went through the renowned Academy and his debut in the first team in the Portuguese league in the match with Marítimo in April 2022.
At a young age and strong competition, he had otherwise collected starts, especially in the 23 -year -old team, and headed for GD Chaves. After the successful first year, he became a chaves tribal player in the summer of 2023, and the next season in the Portugal League played another 24 duels in which he scored his first goal.
Since the summer of 2024 he wore a Gil Vicente jersey, where he was a stable member of the basic line -up in the past year and scored 29 starts. His team finished 13th in the league and retained his belonging among the Portuguese elite.
He represented Portugal in categories up to 16 or 17 years in the youth representatives. Given his roots in Angola, he is already playing at the senior level for the selection of Angola, where he scored two starts in qualifying duels.
