The story of the new experience in the First Category of the former Monza and Fiorentina striker. And on the purple market: “Fiorentina should take two players to be complete.”
41 years old, but he really doesn’t want to hang up his shoes. And from what his performances say, albeit in amateur championships, he does well. Reginaldo Ferreira da Silva, or simply Viola for fans Reginald, he made his debut on Saturday, complete with goals, in the Calabrian First Category with his Catonareturning to tread the green mantle and savor the joy of playing football after the stop following the experience with Real Casalnuovo in Serie D. We contacted him to tell us about his new adventure in Calabria and to give us some opinions regarding to the season and the transfer market of Fiorentina, as well as of another former team of his which will be the Viola’s next opponent in the championship, Monza. Here are his words.
On the new experience with Catona
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“It’s a new experience and it’s nice, because in any case I came to a place where I know people and people love me. I don’t care if it’s the First Category, I wanted to continue having fun even when I stopped with Real Casalnuovo, but several teams were afraid that I could no longer play in Serie D due to my age even though I had made 31 appearances, 10 goals and 5 assists. At that point I had this chat with some friends of mine, good people here from Reggio Calabria, and I found an agreement to try to help Catona move up in category, given that they wanted to try to go to Excellence, even if it’s not easy. I accepted this new adventure very seriously and I hope to give my contribution to this team which, I must say, does not seem first class in terms of how it is organized and the quality it expresses. I’m very motivated, also because for me football is joy and fun, I like being around the kids, laughing and joking, and I’m very happy with the opportunity that Catona has given me. I really want to get back into the game, even if in the First Category, which is a championship, among other things, not as easy as you think. Even on Saturday, for example, we met a team that gave us a hard time, and in which there were people who knew how to play football (Catona drew 1-1 with RC Gallina Calcio, with a goal from Reginaldo (ed.)”.