A Tigers you have to face Ulsan Hyundai Club World Cup quarterfinals, team South Korea, a country that is not unknown to cats, because There played two elements that left their mark on the club, one to be very good and the other to be one of the most criticized strikers in recent years.
It’s about Juninho e Itamar Batista, Brazilians who came as reinforcements to UANL, but they fled with different luck; they both had in common that they played in South Korea.
Itamar was the longest in that country, it practically started there, from 2003 to 2004 it was with Chunnam dragons, in 2005 became Pohang Steelers and from 2005 to 2006 in Suwon Bluewings.
After that South Korean adventure, Itamar arrived in Mexico with the Jaguares de Chiapas, where he remained only in 2008-2009, Tigres signed it at his request Daniel Guzman; However, in 2011 he asked to leave, he did not feel well at the club due to criticism, lack of confidence from his coach Ricardo Ferretti, in addition to being attacked for his nightlife and poor performance, with 23 goals in 54 games.
He emigrated to Qatar, where he stayed in 2011-2012 with Al-Rayyan, to later arrive in 2012 at Flamengo; finally retires in 2017 with Londrina Esporte Clube.
Juninho was in Brazil at the beginning, from 2002 to 2004 in Coritiba, he went to Botafogo from 2005 to 2007, in 2008 with Sao Paulo, 2009 back to Botafogo, until then in 2010 live the adventure in South Korea with Suwon Samsung Bluewings, where he played only 11 games, since Tigres saw him and brought him as a reinforcement for the 2010 Apertura, where he remained as the defense leader, team captain and historian, as, with 35 goals, he is the club’s greatest defender.
While at retire in 2018, happened to be technical assistant of Tuca. Now, Cat fans see that in the future, Juninho could be Ferretti’s replacement at the helm.
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