Roger to Saudi Arabia: SC Braga’s Record Sale

Portuguese international footballer SUB-21 Roger Fernandes will play at Al Ittihad, Saudi Arabia, a transfer that is valid to Sporting de Braga 32 million euros, a record value for the Minho club, which announced the transfer on Friday.

According to the statement sent to the Securities Market Commission (CMVM), they add to this amount 2.5 million euros referring to individual and collective objectives.

The 19-year-old Extreme, born in Guinea-Bissau, but a Portuguese naturalized later this year, is at this time integrated at the U21 team in Braga, which prepares the start of the qualification phase for the 2027 Europe Championship.

Roger made his 15th debut for the Minho team, then under the guidance of Carlos Carvalhal, on July 31, 2021, at the Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup against Sporting (Victory of the Lions 2-1).

Roger hits vitinha e trincão

The money amoehada constituted nine record of Sporting Braga, surpassing the 32 million euros Received by the striker Vitinha, then sold to the French Marseille, emerging in third place (31 million euros Barcelona hair payments).

The fixed values involved in this transaction equal to those spent by Juventus in the hiring of Francisco Conceição to FC Porto, being only surpassed by sales of Gyökeres (65.8 million euros+10,3 million euros) and Geovany Quenda (50.8 million euros+1,36 million euros), from Sporting to Arsenal and Chelsea, respectively, and from Álvaro Carreras (50 million euros), from Benfica to Real Madrid.

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Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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