NEWS FROM THE AZORES

Kitty Bale

2009-11-27 20:41:42

27 Nov 09 - Football: Santa Clara eyes reinforcements

A month ahead of the transfer season, Santa Clara has already begun looking at possible reinforcements, like midfielder Ryan Maduro, a 23-year old Portuguese-American player from Providence College.

Maduro is on trial with Santa Clara, as in Godwin Antwi.

Ghanaian-Spanish central midfielder Antwi, 21, was born in Ghana and moved to Spain at 14 where he joined the youth setup of Real Zaragoza.

Spotted by Liverpool in 2005 Antwi was offered a contract by the club aged only 17.

He was then loaned out on to several British Football League clubs before being released by Liverpool in June this year.

In 2006, Antwi was called up to train with the Under-19 Youth setup of the Spanish national team.

Santa Clara coach Vitor Pereira says he is keeping a close eye on the progress of these two players.

Although both players are only on trial, Pereira doesn't rule out the possibility of strengthening the team. The coach said that some adjustments could be made within the squad but that he is relying on current players to achieve the club's objectives.

This week, it was revealed that in the first nine days of the Liga Vitalis championship, Santa Clara was the team which had to undergo the most drugs tests, namely on 4 separate occasions.

Only four other teams were tested twice.

However Vitor Pereira's conscience is clear and he has no doubt that his players - and himself - would test negative every single day.

Today, Santa Clara trained for the last time before receiving Beira Mar on Sunday. por: Kitty Bale

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Kitty Bale is European with Belgian and Polish roots, a British heart and a French passport. Born in France, Bale left the hexagon at 17 and moved to the UK where she graduated in German. Her passion for journalism dates back to her first ever job at the BBC. She instantly fell in love with Portuguese and the Azores in October 2007 and then spent a year splitting her time between the UK and São Miguel. In December 2008, she finally settled down in Ponta Delgada. Currently, Bale works as a freelance journalist within the RTP Azores multimedia team adapting regional news into English. Besides appearing on the portal in Portuguese and in English, her pieces will also be published in English on this blog, News From The Azores.
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Kitty Bale é europeia com raizes belgas e polacas, um coração britânico e um passaporte francês. Nasceu em França e viveu lá até aos 17 anos quando foi estudar no Reino Unido, onde se licenciou em Alemão. Trabalhou na BBC e apaixonou-se pelo jornalismo. E depois enamorou-se pela lingua portuguesa e pelos Açores, onde escolheu radicar-se. Viajou pelo arquipélago desde Outubro de 2007, fixou-se em Ponta Delgada desde Dezembro de 2008. Actualmente é colaboradora do Multimédia da RTP Açores no âmbito de um projecto que visa traduzir para inglês a actualidade da região, publicando-a na Internet, em texto e em vídeo. Os seus artigos surgirão no portal, em português e em inglês, e serão agregados, em inglês, neste blogue, News From The Azores.
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