By Matheus Trunk
The attacker Emiliano Rigoni He spent only three months in São Paulo. The 32-year-old athlete did not meet the goals set by the board and was released to find another team. And he succeeded. This is the Belgrano Athletic Club, which competes in Argentina’s first division. The player’s new contract is valid until December 2027.
This last journey of Rigoni by Tricolor was not fruitful. He was hired due to a market opportunity. But the board and technical committee assessed that the best thing to do was to release the athlete. Last season, the player played in twelve matches, scored just one goal and contributed one assist.. In November, the number 77 scored one of the goals in the victory against Juventude 2-0 in the 35th round of the Brasileirão.
The attacker’s second appearance at São Paulo It was a bet from the coach Hernan Crespo. The two had already worked together at Morumbi in 2021. That moment was the best period of Rigoni in the São Paulo team. But with the coach’s departure, the Argentine striker’s football declined. Rigoni had few opportunities with Rogério Ceni.
Back home
He is an attacking midfielder who can finish with both legs. Furthermore, he plays with speed and has good crosses. He likes to play on the edges, using the depths of the field. At his peak, he was called up to defend the Argentina national team. Emiliano Rigoni was revealed by himself Belgrano, where he began playing in the youth divisions at just eleven years old. He made his professional debut in 2013 in an Argentine Championship match against Lañus.
After the promising start, Rigoni was negotiated with one of the most traditional clubs in Argentine football: Independent. He played a leading role in the “rojo”, being champion of the 2017 Copa Sudamericana, when he worked with the coach Ariel Holan. A tempting proposal from Russian football took the player out of South American football. Went to the Zenitwhere he played from 2018 to 2021. He won numerous local titles with the team and formed an attacking duo with the fellow Argentine Sebastian Driussi. Together they won three Russian championships, one Russian Cup and one Super Cup.
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Rigoni gained more experience by being loaned to several teams from different countries, such as Atalanta, from Italy, e Elche, from Spain. From Europe, he signed with São Paulo in his first spell in Brazil. In July 2022, the Austin FCfrom the United States, paid US$4 million (R$21.4 million) to own the young person’s economic rights. But he didn’t match the investment in MLS. He ended up going to León, in Mexico, where he repeated another unsuccessful spell. After three months at São Paulo, Rigoni returns to his training club. It is possible that in this environment he will return to protagonism and rediscover his good football.
