Kesän ehkä isoin siirto: Hulk siirtyy Venäjälle Pietarin Zenitiin. Siirtosumma ilmeisesti n. 50 miljoonaa mutta sehän ei tietenkään Gazpromilla tunnu missään.
Seuraavassa Google Translatella suoritettu englannistus Zenitin sivuilta:
Hulk - the "Zenith"!
Brazilian striker will continue his career in St. Petersburg - an agreement was reached the evening of 3 September. The agreement is for a term of 5 years. Player will play under number 29.
Zhivanildu Vieira de Souza (Hulk - footballer nickname given to him by his father in honor of the famous comic book character) was born July 25, 1986 in the city of Campina Grande Brazilian state of Paraíba.
In 16 years, began his career in club football "Vitoria" and in February 2005 went on loan to a Japanese "Kawasaki Frontale," speaking in the second league championship in Japan. There, for the year Hulk scored 25 goals in 38 matches, so moved to the "Tokyo Verdy", where in 55 games scored 44 times.
In July 2008, the forward moved to the "Port". The team he had three times champion of Portugal and the best scorer of the tournament, the Cup and the Super Bowl of the country, and also won the Europa League.
As part of the Brazilian national team debut November 14, 2009 and held in a team 14 games, scoring 5 goals. He took part in the Olympic tournament in London, winning silver medals at the games.
Hulk can act as a center forward, and right or left winger.
FC "Zenit" welcomes the Hulk and wants more victories in the St. Petersburg club!
Aika kova äijä Venäjälle.