The island contracts with the Congolese Panza

Al -Jazira club football company announced its contract with Congolese striker Simon Banza to close “Abu Dhabi’s pride” the list of foreign players before the summer transfer market was closed.

The company stated on its official account on the social media platform “X” that it has completed the contracting procedures with the international player Simon Banza from Sporting Braga, Portuguese, while she did not reveal the contract period and the value of the deal.

The Portuguese newspaper “Record” confirmed that Panza moved to the island for 9 million euros compared to 80% of the rights of the player’s contract, with the addition of two million euros as infections related to performance.

It is noteworthy that Simon Panza, 27, started his football career in France via the Lens Academy, before he left to Portugal, where he emerged remarkably with the Famalikao club, to grab the eyes of Sporting Braga, who contracted him in the summer of 2022. And during his career in the Portuguese league, Panza was distinguished by his scoring capabilities and physical strength, recording striking numbers One of the most prominent attackers in the competition, knowing that Simon Banza played last season with Turkish Trabzon Sport, and appeared at a distinguished level: participated in 31 games in the Turkish League, as he scored 19 goals and played 4 assists.

Panza participated with the Democratic Republic of the Congo on several occasions, stressing his position as one of the important names in the national team’s attack. As he moved to the island, the Congolese striker hopes to open a new page in his career, and to contribute to his European experience in strengthening the aspirations of “Abu Dhabi’s pride” during the coming period.

Al -Jazeera has five foreign players in its list: the Egyptian Mohamed Al -Nani, the Brazilian Willian Rocha, the Egyptian Ibrahim Adel and the French Nabil Faqir, and finally the Congolese Simon Banza, while agreed to the transfer of Argentine Ramon Meris to victory during the current transfer period.