Brazilian forward Pedro Guilherme Abreu dos Santos, a Flamengo player, celebrated this Monday the inclusion of his name among the 26 called up for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with a marriage request to his girlfriend, broadcast live on the club’s television channel carioca.
The 25-year-old striker who began his career at Fluminense and went through Italy’s Fiorentina before becoming one of Flamengo’s main stars took advantage of the broadcast to, kneeling, present a wedding band to his girlfriend, Fernanda Nogueira, who immediately accepted the petition.
The attacker, champion and scorer of this year’s Copa Libertadores with Flamengo, was one of the nine strikers included by the Brazilian coach, Adenor Leonardo Bacchi ‘Tite’, in the squad for the World Cup, along with figures such as Neymar , Vinícius Júnior, Rodrygo and Richarlison.
“This is a day to be truly marked in history, very special. I made this day even more special. I fulfilled one of my childhood dreams and she has been helping me a lot to become a man of God and a great professional, ”said the soccer player when explaining his attitude.
“In difficult times she also helped me and that’s why I wanted to make this date even more special,” added Pedro, who has only played two games with the Brazilian team, in the last of which, a friendly against Tunisia in September, he scored a great goal that justified his call.
The now fiancée expressed her surprise and said that she did not expect the request.
In addition to the Copa Libertadores, which won on October 30, Pedro won the 2020 Brazilian Championship, the 2022 Copa do Brasil, the 2020 Recopa Sudamericana, the 2020 Brazilian Super Cup and the 2020 Brazilian Championships with the most popular club in the country. Cariocas of 2020 and 2021.
Another Flamengo player called up for the World Cup was midfielder Éverton Ribeiro, who had already been called up by Tite for other games and even for the Copa América but had been losing space in the national team.
Ribeiro, who could be Canarinha’s creative in Qatar, was called up after midfielder Philippe Coutinho, the coach’s favourite, suffered an injury last week.
Apart from the two Flamengo players, the only athlete from a Brazilian club called up for the World Cup was Weverton, goalkeeper for Palmeiras, who won the Brazilian Championship title last week. The other 23 play for European clubs.
