Sergio León, The Former Real Valladolid Player Who Plays For His Hometown Team For Free
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Eric Tejero
Sergio Leon He has gone from playing in the Second Division with Eibar to doing so in the Regional with the Palma del Rio Atlético CF. This is the team of his townwho fights for permanence. The Córdoba team is recently promoted to the Honor Division, although it is the leader of the category with 18 points.
After ending his contract with Eibar, the Andalusian striker had offers from abroad; in the end he prioritized be close to your family ahead of money. Still, if he gets an opportunity in the winter market that convinces him, he will leave. This season add three goalstwo of them from penalties.
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Sergio León has changed the elite for modest football, which implies many fewer comforts. One of the things that has surprised him the most is that he has to bring a towel to shower or wash clothes at home. Furthermore, in Palma del Rio play for freewithout charging anything.
The 35-year-old attacker has played more than ten years in professional football in some clubs like Osasuna, Betis or Valladolid. In these years he has scored 30 goals in the First Division and another 43 in the Second Division. Now he plays for his town’s team, which has about 20,000 inhabitantsand does the same life as any normal personas explained in an interview with Relief a month ago:
“I get up early, I have coffee with my wife, we prepare school things, we take the girl, we pick her up, we come to the bar to keep an eye on the business, we eat together, we take a nap, we watch series…”
