Official! Portuguese international and Benfica academy graduate returns | OneFootball

Rony Lopes is the new addition to Tondela. The Portuguese international was registered as one of the players in the update released this Monday, September 1, by the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP). The list is related to the closure of this transfer market.

Therefore, the 29-year-old forward will represent the Beira emblem, which occupies the 18th position in the Portugal League, with only one point. Last season, the athlete played for Farense in the second half of the Portuguese championship, after a first phase of the season at Alanyaspor in Turkey.

The player is not, therefore, a stranger to the national championship, considering that, in addition to having been trained at Benfica, Rony Lopes also served Braga during the 2023/2024 season. The athlete also played for Portugal on two occasions, against the United States and Croatia.

With a vast career in Europe, with stints at clubs such as Lille, Monaco, Seville, Nice and Olympiakos, the forward recently expressed a desire to return to Luz and to be coached again by Bruno Lage.

"I won't lie, I would very much like (to return to Benfica). They helped me a lot in my training, I spent five years there, it's a club for which I have a lot of affection and I would undoubtedly like to return, one day", said Rony Lopes, in statements to the newspaper A Bola, at the beginning of August this year.

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