Fluminense announces the return of Yony Gonzalez

Following the search for reinforcements in this mid-year window, the Fluminense announced this Thursday, the 6th, the hiring of the Colombian Yony ​​Gonzálezwho already had passages through Corinthians,Ceará and by Tricolor itself in Brazil. The striker arrives for free after seeing his contract with the portimonensefrom Portugal to end.

At the age of 28, Yony returns to Fluminense to end a beautiful story he built, in the best phase of his career so far. Having spent 2019 at the Rio de Janeiro club, he played 62 games with 17 goals scored and another nine assists, all under the command of the coach Fernando Diniz.

“I am very happy with my return. Fluminense is a club that I love a lot, where people have always helped me. I want to help the team achieve all of their goals for the year. I was very happy here, so my family and I are very happy right now. Now it’s work“, declared the player to the official website of the club.

Hired by Benfica the following year, he arrived at Corinthians shortly afterwards, but the club’s financial problems in the pandemic made the management give up on the deal, and returned the athlete with few matches played. After that he still ran around Los Angeles Galaxy, Ceará, Deportivo Cali and the portimonensewhere he stayed until the middle of this year.

Already training with the squad, Yony González will wear the number 15 shirt, and is preparing to debut for the team as soon as possible. In addition to the Colombian, Fluminense also signed left-back Diogo Barbosa and midfielder Danielzinho in this window, who are also already integrated and available to Diniz.