Carlos Alberto will be pulling on a Werder Bremen jersey in the future. All parties involved in the transfer met on Friday to finalise the deal on the Brazilians move to Bremen and over the next few days the formalities will be completed.
Carlos Alberto will be pulling on a Werder Bremen jersey in the future. All parties involved in the transfer met on Friday to finalise the deal on the Brazilians move to Bremen and over the next few days the formalities will be completed.
Carlos Alberto will be pulling on a Werder Bremen jersey in the future. All parties involved in the transfer met on Friday to finalise the deal on the Brazilians move to Bremen and over the next few days the formalities will be completed. Alberto passed his fitness test in Bremen on Thursday and signed on the dotted line on Friday afternoon. A ‘Visitors Pass’ will allow the 22 year old Brazilian to join his new team mates in their training camp and take part in friendly matches. Alberto and Werder general manager Klaus Allofs will travel to Bad Ragaz together on Friday, 14.07.2007 and take questions from the media in a 12:15pm press conference.
The midfielder with the full title, Carlos Alberto Gomes de Jesus, was born in Rio de Janeiro and is looking forward to getting into the Werder kit: “As I was playing for Porto, the name Werder meant something to me. I heard a lot about the club. Werder have a strong team, are successful and appear sympathetic in their attitude. I want to be happy here but I am aware that I have a lot of work to do and will have to train hard if I am to fulfil the expectations of the team, the trainer and the fans”, explained the Brazilian, who is not at all worried about the changes he is expecting to incur: “I was in Bremen for the first time this week and I liked it immediately. Everyone was really nice and friendly to me. I don’t think the integration will be difficult. I have played together with Diego and Hugo Almeida and I know Naldo personally too. We are friends.”
Werder is Alberto’s fourth club as a professional. The midfield man began in Fulminense in 2000 before moving to Porto in 2004. A year later he was signed by Corinthians but returned to Fulminense on loan in 2006.
In 2004 he won the Champions League with FC Porto and then the World Club Championship with Corinthians in 2005. In the Champions League final, the then 19 year old scored the opening goal for his club who then went on to beat AS Monaco 3:0. Last season he scored six goals in twenty games for Fulminense and won the Brazilian cup.
