Jeonnam Dragons 2025 Season Captain's Announcement... Valdivia Appoints First Foreign Captain!
Jeonnam Dragons 2025 Season Captain's Announcement... Valdivia Appoints First Foreign Captain!
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Jeonnam Dragons announced their captaincy for the 2025 season.
Jeonnam appointed Valdivia as captain of the 2025 season and Kim Kyung-jae, Kim Ye-sung and Park Tae-yong as vice-captain.
Valdivia, who joined the team ahead of the 2023 season, emerged as an ace in the team, winning the 2023 season MVP and the 2024 season BEST 11. Valdivia, who is loved by fans enough to be called "Jesus in the Gwangyang," is the first foreign captain to be officially appointed in the club's 31-year history. In fact, Valdivia has worn the captain's armband several times in the past two years, but this is the first time that he has made an official captain. As such, the trust and expectations of the club and head coach Kim Hyun-seok in Valdivia are high.
Valdivia, who joined the team in 2023 and became the captain in his third year, said, "I am happy and grateful to be appointed as the captain. I am in a position of great responsibility, but I want to help the team and do well. Just as Brazilian players like me like Cesinha (Daegu FC) and Wandelson (Pohang Steelers) have done well as captaincy in the K-League team, I want to dedicate myself to the team and lead well," expressing his determination to appoint the captain.
Kim Kyung-jae (born 1993), Kim Ye-sung (born 1996) and Park Tae-yong (born 2001) have been appointed as vice captains. From veterans to young players, vice captains have been set up for each age group to strengthen communication within the team and listen to various opinions. "I returned to Jeonnam after seven years as a veteran, and I feel a lot of responsibility for giving me the vice captain position. Together with Yesung and Taeyong, I will help the captain Valdivia well to serve as a bridge between the coaching staff and the players, and I will do my best to achieve the promotion of the K League 1 that fans and the team aspire to," Kim said. 토토사이트
On the other hand, Jeonnam started the second winter training in Bangkok, Thailand from 1/16 (Thursday), and started the second training smoothly with a 1:1 draw in the first practice match against Seoul E-Land FC on the third day of training.