Nine Brera Pro Players Selected to Represent Their National Youth Teams of North Macedonia and Mozambique
September 06 2023 - 8:50AM
Brera Holdings PLC ("Brera Holdings" or the "Company", Nasdaq:
BREA) announced that nine professional Brera players have been
selected to represent their national youth teams. Of these, two
hail from Brera Strumica in North Macedonia’s First Division
League, while the other seven belong to Brera Tchumene—a top team
in Mozambique’s Second League.
Marko Alchevski, Brera Strumica's goalkeeper and captain of the
North Macedonia Under-21 national team—who boasts four clean sheets
in the first six League matchdays—will represent the team with
winger Vane Krstevski in away matches in Sweden on September 8,
followed by a home game against the Netherlands on September
12.
Brera Tchumene’s contributions to Mozambique’s Under-20
selection include defenders Atilio Henriques, Aylton Messias,
Shelton Zandamela and Cleyd Tropa, halfbacks Leonel Calção and
Julio Carrelo, as well as attacking midfielder José DJ Zavala. This
ensemble will compete in compete in a friendly away game against
neighbors Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) on September 6. Joining
these Brera players on the national team is Hassane Rachide—coach
of Brera Tchumene— who made his debut on the last matchday of the
championship with a convincing 10-0 victory over Clube dos
Amigos.
“The selection of nine players from our two Brera teams, to the
elite squads representing their countries (under-20 -21) is
proof positive of the exceptional young talent within Brera’s
system,” said Brera Holdings CEO, Pierre Galoppi. “This further
confirms the Player Development and Player Movement strategy of
Brera’s Multi Club Ownership model that we continue to develop.
Congratulations are in order to these talented young players and
our exceptionally dedicated technical staff.”
Brera Tchumene in action
ABOUT BRERA HOLDINGS PLCBrera Holdings PLC (Nasdaq: BREA)
is focused on expanding its multi-club ownership (“MCO”) for public
market investors. Through its social impact football (American
soccer) business, the company aims to develop a global portfolio of
emerging football and other sports clubs. This will increase
opportunities to win tournament prizes, attract sponsorships, and
provide a range of other professional consulting services related
to football and other sports. The Company seeks to build on the
legacy and brand of Brera FC, the first football club that was
acquired by the Company in 2022. Brera FC, known as “The Third Team
of Milan,” has been building a unique football legacy since its
founding in 2000. In January 2023 Brera FC became the first Italian
soccer team to list in New York with the groundbreaking IPO on the
Nasdaq of its parent company Brera Holdings.
In 2023, the Company made significant expansions across the
globe. In March, they established of Brera Tchumene in Mozambique,
where they introduced the team to the Second Division League in a
country of nearly 32 million people. In April, the Company acquired
90% of Fudbalski Klub Akademija Pandev—a European first division
football team in North Macedonia. Additionally, North Macedonia is
a country eligible to participate in two major Union of European
Football Association (“UEFA”) competitions. This expansion reached
other professional sports, where on July 31 the Company completed
its acquisition of a majority ownership in the Italian Serie A1
women’s professional volleyball team UYBA Volley S.s.d.a.r.l.
The Company is focused on bottom-up value creation from
undervalued sports clubs and talent, fostering innovation-driven
growth, and achieving socially-impactful outcomes. As such, on
August 31 the Company announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Brera Milano S.r.l. (“Brera Milano”), signed an exclusive Letter of
Intent (the “LOI”) with Mongolia’s Bayanzurkh Sporting Ilch FC
(“Bayanzurkh FC”) to acquire the club before the football season in
resumes in March 2024. Bayanzurkh FC, located in Mongolia’s
capital Ulaanbaatar, was founded in 2020 and was recently promoted
to the Mongolian National Premier League—the top-tier professional
football league of Mongolia. The LOI is subject to the club being
rebranded to include “Brera” in its name when the season resumes.
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FOR MEDIA AND INVESTOR RELATIONSPierre Galoppi, Chief
Executive Officer Brera Holdings PLC pierre@breraholdings.com
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