Forward Yuri Alberto, new player Corinthiansit’s already working with actors and coach Vitor Pereira. The coach, however, is not the first Portuguese he has worked with in his career. In his presentation conferencelast Friday at Neo Química Arena, he spoke about this coincidence in his short trajectory.
“The guy (Vítor Pereira), who has received me very well, gives me a lot of touches during training. In 2020 I had a job with Jesualdo (Ferreira), he also taught me a lot, he was a guy who gave me a lot. sequences. play with him, I had a lot of sequences, I started scoring goals like a pro because I was still a kid”, he started laughing, using an expression that VP uses with young Timão players.
“From the games I played with him, I matured a lot and then moved to Inter. I hope Vitor Pereira will help me and I can also help the team a lot. I prepared a lot, on vacation I continued to work. because I knew it could happen. I could stay for a long time, but I prepare a lot so that, God willing, on the 20th I can debut and be physically healthy,” he added.
Yuri Alberto is only 21 years old, but he has already managed to visit two major Brazilian clubs and one European club, Zenit, from where he came on loan for a year. Before heading to Russia, he was trained in the youth ranks of Santos, where he reached the professional level and worked with Jesuado Ferreira. He has scored in seven official games from 2019 to 2020.
Without renewing his contract with Peixe, he went to Internacional, a club with which he had many relationships and even tried to return to this window. Colorado had 85 caps and 31 goals between 2020 and 2021.
Finally, in Zenit, the forward played only 15 matches, 11 in the Russian Championship and two in the Russian Cup, 11 of them in the starting lineup.
Closer to his family, which was one of the reasons he decided to return to Brazil, he pointed out that Vitor Pereira was also one of the differentiators in choosing Corinthians at the time.
“He (Vítor Pereira) was one of the main reasons I came here. He’s a guy I want to learn a lot from, he’s lived in Europe and he’s already won great titles. I hope to help him and he will help me.” , it’s finished.
Yuri Alberto is still unable to make his debut for Corinthians. This can only happen when this is published regularly in the CBF Daily Newsletter (BID) when the transfer window opens on July 18th. The next meeting will take place in Coritiba on 20 July in Ithaquera.
Corinthians’ next match will take place this Sunday at 16:00 (GMT) against Flamengo in the 16th round of the Brazilian Championship at the Neo Quimica Arena.
