Adelaide United's signing Cristiano is A-League's brightest star
Adelaide United last signing Cristiano is intended to be one of the A-League of bright stars, according to United coach Aurelio Vidmar.
Cristiano signature was obtained over the weekend, hot on the heels of Socceroo Bruce Djite decision to leave Adelaide for Europe.
At 26, Cristiano is still in the prime of his career, and has a fine record of the goal to mark a decade of stints including clubs Roda JC and Willem II in the Netherlands and the Swiss giant FC Basle.
Vidmar said he would bring a new level of capability-Unis.
"It is extremely good news, Cristiano bring with it another level of our game, it will be very exciting," said Vidmar of China, where the Reds are preparing for Wednesday Central Asia Champions League fight against Changchun Yatai.
"He played in high quality competitions in Europe for 10 years, has played in Holland and has scored against all major clubs.
"There will be a real big star of the A-League, with its power and speed and know where are the goals."
His signature complete any Adelaide-Brazilian file overseas for the next season, which also includes Diego, Cassio and other Alemão new signature.
Each of these actors is in the age group 24-29, in the wake of the Organization of the policy of selecting players with more than two years of football ahead of them.
"It has been our policy since we signed Cassio in search of guys who are 26-27, which means they are young and they are of high quality, but they are not necessarily the guys with stars in eyes to go play a great European club, "said Vidmar.
"We are therefore more likely to get four, five, six very good years on them.
"It also means they are here, they have some experience and strength to add to the club based on where they originate."
Adelaide began to look some time ago, it became clear that Djite looking for a claiming European and Cristiano arrival coincides perfectly with his departure, even if they are far from identical players.
"We had a feeling like a club on Brucie and so we began to look around and think about how the team might look to the future," said Vidmar.
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