Pedro Gonçalves, the jewel of the Champions League that Valencia let escape from its quarry
Pedro Gonçalves is another of those players who are attracting attention in the Champions League 2021-22. Mate how is the player known Sporting of Portugal, has stood out during his career as a player with the ease of scoring goals, something that has been accentuated with the impact of the Champions League. With two doublets in a row, his name is already pointed out by the greats of Europe. What is not well known is that Valencia had him in their quarry and let him escape.
Pedro Gonçalves, the Portuguese jewel that Valencia let slip
Pedro Gonçalves (1998) was the top scorer in the Portuguese league in the season 2020-21 with 23 goals in 32 matches. And all this despite not being a center forward as such. But nevertheless, many years before he emerged as a world-class footballer, in 2015, was in the quarry of Valencia. Mate, that at that time had 17 years, was between 2015 Y 2017 in the youth team of Valencia and coincided with the arrival of Nuno who also had him at his disposal at the Wolverhamptom.
Like other players who went through the Valencia quarry as Rafa Mir, Gonçalves he did not have the opportunity to shine in the first team of the Mestalla team with which he never debuted. “In my first year in Valencia I couldn't play because FIFA didn't allow it. We had to wait for it to comply 18 years. He could only train and play friendly matches with the youth team and the youth team. My second year, instead, it was good. I played all the games with the youth team and made my debut with Mestalla. But nevertheless, how did not renew, I did not play again in the second half of the season”, the soccer player admitted in an interview with the Portuguese media ‘A voz do Chaves’.
He coincided with some members of the current Valencia squad
Pedro Gonçalves coincided with some of the members of the current Valencia squad as well as with different players who are playing at a good level for Europe. Without going any further, he shared a youth team with Carlos Soler but also with Gonzalo villar (Roma), Álex Centelles (Almeria), Toni Martinez (Port), Fran Villalba (Sporting) and Fran Navarro (Gil Vicente).
