Colo-Colo announced the signing of Vozinha on the 24th.
But the Cape Verde national team goalkeeper kept postponing his trip to Chile.
Even a Moroccan club, Berkane, entered the race for the 40-year-old player.
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But the wait ended on Sunday night (2).
Josimar José Évora Dias landed in Santiago to finally make it certain that he will play for Colo-Colo.
And his arrival came with a warm welcome.
His new club even managed to get around the ban in Chile on players having nicknames on their shirts.
In other words: Vozinha will be able to keep wearing Vozinha, without having to use Josimar.
It is rumored that he has the second-highest salary at the club, which comfortably leads the Chilean Championship and is trying to return to the Libertadores.
The goalkeeper was one of Cape Verde’s standout players at the last World Cup.
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He made the difference in the historic qualification for the round of 32 after three draws (two of them against Spain and Uruguay), and also delivered a strong performance in the elimination against Argentina, which only came in extra time.
Vozinha had around 50,000 followers on Instagram until a CazéTV campaign helped him gain millions of new fans after his World Cup debut.
Today, he boasts 29.5 million. A number higher than that of any team in Brazil’s Série A.
And it is with that social media clout that he also arrives at Colo-Colo.
Photo: Reprodução/Colo-Colo
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