Football
Ari: “Russia is as much my native country as Brazil”
Ari / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Vitaly Timkiv
The former striker of Krasnodar, Spartak and Lokomotiv Ari admitted that he misses Russia.
— I miss Russia! I love this country, it is as dear to me as Brazil. For two years my wife and I were not there, all my relatives – Russians ask me when we will return. Very soon I will come to Russia and Moscow – I miss my second homeland. As soon as I return, I’ll immediately go to football, I want to visit one of the derbies in the RPL, ”Ari told Sport24.
Ari as part of the railway workers became the champion of Russia. In July 2018, the Brazilian received Russian citizenship. He has two matches for the Russian national team.
Source: Sportbox
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