'Baniebottle in football'MONAKO → Spain → Germany → Qatar → Brazil → back to Spain
Aug 27, 2024
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Spanish Primera Liga club Real Bayecano announced the signing of James on the 27th (Korea time). Local media reported that James wore a Bayecano uniform on a 1+1 (optional) contract. It is said that it is a free contract that does not incur a separate transfer fee because it has terminated its contract with its former team Sao Paulo (Brazil). I got my number 10.
Bayecano is the 11th professional club that James has joined.
James, who started his professional career in Envigado, Colombia, has so far floated to 10 countries in three continents.
He joined FC Porto (Portugal) after passing Banfield (Argentina) and showed off his natural playmaker skills to impress big clubs. After working for AS Monaco for a year, he joined Real Madrid in 2014 for a large amount of £63 million, which was the fourth-largest transfer fee in the world at the time.
James, who had longed for Cristiano Ronaldo (Alnasr), stayed at Real until 2020, but failed to meet expectations that it would be the "second Zidane" except for the 2013-2014 season, the first season. He scored 37 goals in 125 matches while wearing a Real uniform, and won the European Champions League, La Liga, and Club World Cup twice, respectively.
He left for Bayern Munich (Germany) in 2017-2019 and contributed to winning the Bundesliga for two consecutive seasons.
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James, who moved to Qatar's Alayan in September 2021, terminated his contract with the club after just one year. James, who moved to Olympiacos, Greece in September 2022, terminated his contract under mutual agreement in April 2023, seven months later. At the Olympiakos, he played with Hwang In-beom (Turbena Zvezda).
James, who flew to Brazil this time in July 2023 and signed with Sao Paulo, terminated his contract after a year due to friction with the coaching staff and chose Madrid-based Bayecano among several options. It is Madrid's return for the first time in 10 years.
At the club level, he did not settle for a long time in one team, but he was consistent in the national team. Since his A-match debut in 2011, he has played 106 games so far and scored 28 goals. He was the top scorer at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and won the Golden Ball at Copa America in 2024.
Bayecano is a club that managed to stay in La Liga in the 2023-2024 season, ranking 17th. This year, Inigo Perez was given a new baton. They got off to a good start, beating Real Sociedad 2-1 in the opening round and drawing 0-0 with Getafe in the second round. James will work with Bebe on the offensive end of the 'former Manchester United striker'.
yoonjinman@sportschosun.com
