Oravec is a „black panther“ – he transferred to Boavista

Zdroj: Korzár, Tomáš Petro

The career of football player Tomas Oravec has accelerated in the last months. At first he transferred to Ružomberok, then to Viktoria Žižkov and then, in a short time, he changed three clubs. From the Czech Republic he transferred to Admira Vienna in Austria. He hadn’t been there for a long time and he went to a Greek side Panionios, where he had been chosen by a Czech coach Josef Csaplár. The club wasn't successful nor Tomas goal scoring, so they decided to finish the contract earlier. He became a free player and Jozef Tokoš, his agent, was searching for a new club for him. Nowadays it is known that it will be another interesting club, for sure in the career of Tomas Oravec the most attractive one. “Tomas will be a black panther,” said after while Jozef Tokoš, licensed agent, who is representing Oravec and he added details: “Tomas has signed a contract with Boavista Porto until the end of this season with an option for the following two years. The contract was signed on Thursday in the evening, but he was officially introduced to club by representatives of Boavista in a press conference just on Monday in the evening. We signed the contract on Thursday evening directly in the stadium.” Boavista plays in their typical chess-board kits. Boavista is quite suffering at the moment. After 17 rounds, in the middle of the competition, the club is on the 7th place with 23 points. The last time they lost in the weekend derby against FC Porto 0:1. But in Portugal the best three teams will play in League of Champions and other two plus the winner of Portuguese cup in the UEFA Cup. Boavista is losing 7 points behind the sixth Sporting. “They would like to be in the top positions after the second part of competition, historically they haven’t been there. “The game the next weekend will be very important; also Tomas should play there, “said Jozef Tokoš. Boavista will travel to Setubal, which is on the fifth position and it has equal amount of 30 points, as the sixth Sporting. One of the best players of the club is the forward Joäo Pinto. The greatest hopes are also given to the talented central midfielder Diego Valente. By the way, according to the list at the beginning of the season, Tomas will have rivals in six forwards. Except already mentioned Pinto, it will be also Zé Manuel from Portugal and Guga, William Souza (both Brazilians), Fary (Senegal) and Cafú (Kapverd islands). The team plays attractive attacking football, but it scored just 21 times. The head coach of the team is Carlos Brito. By the way, native from Haniska near Košice can look forward to a beautiful home stadium Estádio do Bessa Séc. XXI, which has gone through a big re-construction. At present it has a capacity of 30 000 seats. „Beautiful and re-constructed stadiums are waiting for Tomas. He is staying in a hotel at the moment, approximately 200 meters from Atlantic Ocean. In the week he should get a flat just near the stadium, “ added Jozef Tokoš.