Richard Porta

Richard Aníbal Porta Candelaresi ( born August 1, 1983 in Fairfield City ) is a footballer with Uruguayan and Australian citizenship.

Association

The Canguro ( German: Kangaroo ) above, 1.84 m tall striker Porta, who moved with his family at the age of two years from Australia to Uruguay, began his career in 2001 with River Plate in Montevideo. At the age of eleven he had joined the youth team this association. Since his family lived at that time in Toledo, he needed three hours a day for the driving distance to course participation. At age 17, he then made ​​the jump into the first team. After with 19 goals, he was top scorer in the 2007/ 08 season, he moved in January 2008 for a transfer fee of 3.7 million U.S. dollars for AC Siena in Italy ( other sources mention a transfer fee in the amount of five million dollars). Porta, of a five -year contract signed with the Italians, but completed only one game after Siena had undergone a coaching change.

In the 2009/10 season he was on loan at Belenenses Lisbon rows and arrived there at eleven inserts ( one goal). There he fell out with the coach what the Portuguese club came to meet because of the loan contract for such a case provided for a financial compensation clause. For the season 2009/10 he returned - also on loan - to River back, completed 20 games ( three goals) in the Primera División and was in five games (two goals) of the Copa Sudamericana 2009, at the place where the River Plate to the semifinals penetrated and there eventually failed to Liga de Quito. Also as part of the Liguilla Pre Libertadores 2009 Porta ran three times (one goal ).

Porta joined the following season by a further loan to league rivals Nacional Montevideo. For the Bolsos he played in the two half- series a total of 18 games in which he scored five goals and was able to celebrate the win of the Uruguayan championship in the end. He also ran in three games of the Copa Libertadores competition 2011. The following season he came in the Apertura to five other Erstligaeinsätzen with three Torerfolgen before he left the club.

There was a hapless commitment on loan at Diego Maradona's club Al Wasl Arabian trained, which ended with the dissolution of his contract. Only one goal he scored during this career phase. In February 2012, his return to the Nacional was announced. With 14 goals in eleven Clausura inserts in 2012 he exhibited there again his marksmanship to the test.

Porta be adopted early in July 2012, again in the direction of the Persian Gulf. He signed, despite an existing offer from England, a financially lucrative two-year contract with million salary at the Dubai Club in the United Arab Emirates. For the Dubai Cultural Sports Club was founded in 1996, he met then for the first time in the Emirates Cup on 18 September 2012 in the recovered 2-0 encounter at Al Shaab Sharjah. In the first nine games for the Arab club, he scored nine goals.

For the season 2013/14 he returned to Uruguay and joined Nacional Montevideo. The Bolsos he graduated in the current season so far (as of March 21, 2014) 13 La Liga games, scoring four goals. He also came in the Copa Libertadores 2014 twice (no gate) to the train.

National

Porta participated with the U-20 national team of Uruguay in the U-20 South American Championship 2003. In 2006 he was appointed by the then national coach Gustavo Ferrin also in the national team for a friendly against the selection of Saudi Arabia. For those game but Ferrin renounced nominations working abroad professionals. However, to use a Portas it was not on that account, because the international match was canceled due to visa problems. Once again, he was called up for the conducted on 12 September 2007 Nations match against South Africa the national team. Coach Oscar Tabarez Washington limited his participation in the international game but on the composition of the team benches.

2011 drew the coach Holger Osieck the Australian selection - as already Pim Verbeek its predecessor - so consider to use Porta for the selection of the Socceroos. As early as 1999 Porta had taken part in a U-17 training camp of the Australian selection.

Meanwhile Porta has given up the hope to use in the Celeste and declared the end of 2012 his willingness to play in the future for the Australian team.

Achievements

  • Uruguayan champions: 2010/11
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