It became a topic in Spain Mars! On Thursday (17/10), the Mundo Deportivo he wrote about the “yellows” as the team with them more Spaniards in Europe! As emphasized in the publication, “it is common to find Spanish players distributed in all the leagues of the world, although the case of Aris Thessaloniki is the most special. The Greek team has in its potential 11 Hispanic soccer playerswhich represent the 39.28% of the club. Two seasons ago there were only two, however their good performances led to signature of nine others!
These are all the Spanish players on the team: Julian Cuesta, Juankar, Hugo Mallo, Montoya, Fran Velez, Fattore (dual nationality), Monchu, Manu Garcia, Ruben Pardo, Loren Moron and Kike Saverio (dual nationality).
The potential of Mars includes only four Greek professionals: Three footballers and the coach, who are a minority in relation to the “flood” of Spaniards. Globalization has encouraged the arrival of players from all over the world. The Greek team, moreover, has more than ten different nationalities on the roster
Just a decade ago, almost the entire squad was made up of Greeks. In 2014, however, the club was relegated to the second division and slowly began to gets rid of the local footballers. Results improved, so the club began to look at players outside the borders of Greece.
Since the return of Aris to the first division in 2019, the team has followed the same line: To take foreign footballers and bet on the best from their country. Thanks to the Spanish players, the team is 4th in the leaguetwo points behind the leader PAOK».
Source: Sport Fm
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