The Venezuelan who inherited the mythical ’10’ of Pelé

Debuted in February 2015 with the number 30, defending the t-shirt of the Zamora Football Club in his native Venezuela. Six years later, Yeferson Soteldo lleva en su espalda the number 10 of one of the most emblematic t-shirts of world football, of Santos de Brasil, with the pair of glasses Pelé and with the one who will play the Final of the Copa Libertadores, when mida al Palmeiras.

I’m going to miss the story and I’d walk the camisette 10“, Dice Francesco Stifano, ecentrenador y amigo del hoy jugador del Santos de Brasil, in an interview with Mediotiempo.

“No big deal”

Para Francesco it is not a surprise that “El Enano ”, as the apodaban a Soteldo af Zamora, haya pedido la camiseta que hiciera famosa y mítica Edson Arantes dos Nascimento between 1956 and 1974 and with the great victory of the titles of Copa Libertadores and the champions of the Intercontinental Cup, the tournament predecessor to the World Cup of Clubes de la FIFA.

“It’s an allegorical thing that she is talking about, but que haya obtenido la camiseta 10 no me sorrende porque él dice que es el 10 del Santos because he is Asian, and he is from the t-shirt with this emblematic number of Pelé and not the quedo for anything big, he demonstrated that it is for big things ”, Stifano agreed, with whom Yeferson levantó dos titulos en la First Division of Venezuelaa (Adecuación 2015 en Primera División 2016).

Y fue precisely of 2016 cuando Soteldo y Stifano disputaron su último torneo juntos. The coach of 41 years todavía records the words that the footballer, originating from the city of Acarigua in the Portuguese state, he will have to wait in the camp to defend the Ida Final before the Futbol Club Zulia December 4, 2016 in the Estadio Agustín Tovar Barinas.

“Recorded very important anecdotes… in 2016 was very good because the team was nervous in the calendar. He did not change his mind and los jugadores grandes me decían, ‘Profe, el Enano no está listo’, y yo le decía ‘Vamos Yeferson, vamos a calentar’. Estadio lleno, la ciudad paralizada y él solo se sacó los audífonos y me dijo, ‘tranquilo Profe que yo te voy a sacar campeón’, y bueno así fue ”, recordó.

This night Yeferson mark the second goal with the que Zamora won the first game by 2-1. “The second or third game is sacked and thrown at the gate. Next up is the three or three, the criminal case, not the penalty and Gabi Torres the terminating experience ”. Siete días después concluyeron la obra en la cancha del Zulia with global marker of 4-2.

One time boarded the starred star in the club escudo Zamora, Yeferson Soteldo fue acquired by Huachipato, team that passed in 2018 to the University of Chile. Ahi fue donde Santos puso la mirada sobr él. The 15th of January of 2019 is contracted and the presentation of an official manner as the new ’10’.

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“He is an incredible player and an impressive person. Hoy somos grandes amigos, le agradezco la camiseta que le mandó a mi hijo, vale mucho para mi, le deseo lo mejor y with the nerves of point because will be the second Venezuelan to sell champion in Copa Libertadores”, Afirmó.

And this is what Soteldo wants to convert into the second Venezuelan footballer to deliver the Libertadores. The first fue Alejandro Guerra, ganándola con Atlético Nacional de Colombia of 2016.

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