Thrilling comeback in Galatea's Atletico de Bahia debut
At the dawn of August 29th, Atletico de Bahia defeated Da Gama 2-1 at home in the 26th round of the Barclays Premier League. Golat, a newcomer to Atletico de Bahia, made his first start in the match, scoring an accidental own goal and then a winning goal to help Atletico de Bahia win all three points at home. The goal was also Golat's first since joining the team, and he was named the best player of the match after the game.
Since naturalization in 2019 to date
Golat earns at least 400 million yuan
Golat has been in the spotlight during the naturalization exercise previously opened up by the national football team.After completing his naturalization in 2019, originally the NFF hoped that Golat would represent the national football team in the Asian qualifiers for the Qatar World Cup, but due to the fact that during his time at Guangzhou Evergrande (now Guangzhou), Golat was at one point loaned back to play in the Brazilian league. Therefore, despite his naturalization, Golat was unable to represent the national football team during the World Cup because he did not meet FIFA's requirement of five years of continuous residence in the country or region of his new nationality.
However, as Golat was born in 1991 and is younger than other naturalized players such as Aixon, Luo Guofu and Alan, many Chinese fans still expect Golat to play for the national football team in the next World Qualification Tournament. After all, he was elected AFC Foreign Player of the Year during the Chinese Super League, and has also won the honor of AFC Champions League Player of the Year, AFC Champions League Golden Boot, and Mr. National Footballer twice, so his personal strength should not be underestimated. Previously, many domestic media have reported that in order to make Golat, Ackerson, Alan and others naturalized, Guangzhou Evergrande spent 1 billion RMB at that time, of which Golat's signing fee and settling fee alone exceeded 100 million RMB!
In addition, due to the naturalized status, Golat also obtained a "fat contract". From the beginning of the naturalization in 2019 to the end of the 2021 season, the annual salary of 13 million euros, Golat's total salary during this period is as high as 39 million euros (about 267 million yuan)! Together with the various win bonuses and championship bonuses he has received at the club over the years, Golat's income has exceeded at least 400 million yuan after being naturalized.
Gollard was on top this morning
But he can no longer play for the national soccer team
However, for reasons that are well known, Golat, who was earning a lot of money in China, also gave up the rest of his high-paying contract and chose to go back to the Brazilian league after the Guangzhou club started owing him wages. He joined Barclays Liga club Santos at one point in January this year, when Santos offered him a monthly salary of just R$500,000 (roughly Rs. 680,000), compared to the Rs. 7.41 million he earned while at Guangzhou. In other words, Golat earned less than 10% of what he was earning in the Chinese Super League while playing for Santos, but for Golat, who has already achieved wealth freedom, it doesn't matter anymore.
During his time with Santos, Gallart underperformed, failing to register a single goal in 11 Barclays Premier League appearances. Eventually, he ended his contract with Santos and settled for Atletico de Bahia in the Barclays Premier League. At the beginning of August, Atlético de Bahia announced that he had signed a three-month short-term contract with Gallart. According to Germany's Transfermarkt and Football Gazette, Gallart has also recently regained his Brazilian citizenship. After leaving the Chinese Super League, he can no longer meet the five-year residency requirement and will not be able to play for the national soccer team in the future. This naturalization has lost its practical significance and amounts to at least 400 million RMB invested in him by the Guangzhou club.
After joining Atlético de Bahia, Gallagher has been on the bench for the previous 3 matches, contributing only one assist. In this morning's match against Da Gama, Golat also made his first start as a front man. In the 19th minute, when Golat was defending in front of the goal, he couldn't dodge the opponent's crooked header and accidentally made an own goal, which led to the team falling behind 0-1 at home. Later, the other player Quintero also gave a goal to Athletic Bahia. Golat made up for his mistake in the first half of stoppage time, when he received a corner kick and scored a header, giving the team a 2-1 victory and igniting the enthusiasm of the fans.
Gallagher puts in a header for a goal.
After the match, Golat was named the best player of the match, and the Brazilian media described his performance as "from hell to heaven in 20 minutes". Chinese fans should have mixed feelings about Golat, both happy that this player who used to play in the Chinese Super League can have an outstanding performance, but also because of the 400 million dollars he took away from the huge sum of money but can no longer play for the national football team and feel sorry.
