September 15, 2024, 3:50 PM
September 15, 2024, 3:50 PM
It’s official! Lucas Chavez has signed his name and has become a new player for Al Taawoun, a club that plays in the first division of Saudi Arabia. He arrives from Bolivar on loan, but with an option to buy. The Bolivian striker is expected to make his debut on Wednesday against Al-Khaldiya SC of Bahrain, in a match corresponding to the AFC Cup.
“The happiness of the president and the newcomer, Lucas Chavez,” says the post from Al Taawoun, accompanied by two images where Chavez appears wearing the shirt with the number ’19’ next to the club’s boss.
Chavez, who was recently called up to the Bolivian national team and started the match against Venezuela, did not have a good performance and was replaced in the second half. Later, against Chile, he did not play. His goal is clear: to recover his best version, the one he showed in 2023 in Bolívar before suffering a fracture in his collarbone that kept him off the field for several months.
At 21 years old, the winger played 13 games with Bolívar this season, where he only managed to score one goal, far from the numbers he achieved in 2023, with five goals in 32 games.
The challenge for Chavez in his first foray abroad will be to prove he is up to the task of competing in a league that is growing by leaps and bounds.
In recent years, Saudi Arabian clubs have invested many millions of dollars in signing world-class players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, N’Golo Kanté, Karim Benzema, Sadio Mané and Riyad Mahrez, among others.
The 2024-2025 season of the Saudi Professional League has just started; only three rounds have been played and Chávez’s new team is in fifth place out of 18 teams, with six points, the result of two wins and one loss.
