Vitória Baianão: Former Striker Returns | News

This Saturday (10), at 4pm, Vitória will face Atlético de Alagoinhas at Barradão in the 1st round of the 2026 Bahia Championship and will face an old acquaintance. Striker Walter, who played for Leão in 2021, is the main athlete on the Alagoinhas team’s squad. He also played at Leão’s academy in 2004 and from there built his career in Brazilian football.

Motivated by a radical change in lifestyle, Walter lost more than 50 kilos and, at 36 years old, will try to build a good final stretch of his career at Atlético de Alagoinhas.

In addition to Walter, the Atlético de Alagoinhas squad has other players who have already played for Vitória.

The goalkeeper Cabralcreated from the Bahian red-black base, is one of them. Other well-known names are the right-back Van and the half Millerwho played for the Bahian red-black team between 2020 and 2021.

There is also the half Diogo Crispimwho played for Vitória’s under-23s between 2021 and 2022, and the coach Agnaldo Liz.

Marcus Cole

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