The former Porto youth player, now 28 years old playing for Noah in Armenia, told Expresso a particular background story from those years, revealing the reason for his forced farewell to the Portuguese club.
In the football career of a young athlete there can be many uphill moments, difficulties to face and skills to acquire but certainly David Sualehe he would never have imagined finding himself without a team and without his Porto shirt because of an “innocent” selfie. The former Porto youth player, now 28 years old at Noah in Armenia, he told Expresso a particular background of those years, revealing the reason for his forced farewell to the Portuguese club.
David Sualehe’s adventure at Porto’s youth team
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From 2012 to 2016, David Sualehe wore the Porto youth team. Among the most talented prospects of the period, he combines great technique with physical rockiness, becoming an increasingly complete defender day after day. Son of the football entrepreneur of the football entrepreneur and coach Mohamed Afzal, on the pages of Expresso he talked about the difficulties of those years and what happened after a particular photo he took and then shared on social media with a friend who had a Benfica scarf, considered a harsh affront in his time at Porto.
A selfie with a Benfica fan friend and the problems begin
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“I was a player in the youth teams of FC Porto and my championship was about to end with my father who had been the coach of Rui Vitoria, current coach of Benfica – declares a the Express– . There is an incredible rivalry between FC Porto and Benfica and that year, 2015/16, Benfica went to play the title match in Lisbon. I decided to go there by car with two friends who had a Benfica scarf. I was a bit naive and when one of them said to take a selfie I agreed, specifying not to publish it on social media because, given that I was playing with Porto, it wasn’t correct.
He assured me it was said it was to keep between us as a keepsake but, in the meantime, she sent the selfie to a friend and the photo started to circulate and spread. It was a very big problem, this photo ended up everywhere: the fans, the club and the people saw it as a lack of respect. I know what happened but it wasn’t my fault, it was an unfortunate situation. From that moment on things started to get worse and I no longer played with the team. My coach had also drawn attention to me from the first team but there was neither the renewal nor the transition to the senior team. I was forced to leave“, he concludes.
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