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The 27-year-old has what it takes to perform for the Porcupine Warriors, according to the former club forward.
Former Asante Kotoko striker Eric Bekoe backs the club’s new signing, Michael Vinicius, to follow in the footsteps of fellow Brazilian Fabio Gama Dos Santos and win the Ghana Premier League.
Vinicius sealed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Porcupine Warriors last week, becoming the fourth Brazilian to join the club in the past 16 years after Fabio Gama Dos Santos last year, Gleisson de Souza Ferreira in 2005 and Hermes da Silva in 2013.
Last October, Gama moved to Kotoko amid questions about her quality, but a string of excellent performances at the GPL has apparently silenced many of her critics.
“Kotoko has made the perfect signing. If a car has an engine problem, we don’t buy a tire. Today we have seen videos of the boy [Vinicius]”Bekoe, a former GPL top scorer, told Energy FM.” When Gama came, people said all kinds of things.
“They said he is a carpenter, but for me, Fabio Gama is my toast of the season. Soccer is played by footballers and has a language.
“So it doesn’t matter if you’re from Kosovo or South America. If you understand the language of football, that’s it. People say Fabio Gama is weak and needs to be strong. This is how he’s made to play.”
Vinicius appeared for Fluminense and Criciuma in his homeland before leaving for Estoril in Portugal in 2016.
He then returned to Brazil, joining América Mineiro, and went on to also play for Resende and Cascavel before transferring to Linkoping City in Sweden in 2019.
“Fabio Gama may be weak, but what is his contribution on the field compared to those we think they are fit for. In Ghana, when you are muscular, that’s when people think you are fit,” Bekoe added.
“If you look at the [recent Caf Confederation Cup] Game against ES Setif, Kwame Poku was the only bulky player in Kotoko’s team, but look at Setif’s team, body wise, tactical wise, field discipline and all. We have a long way to go. “
Last year, he was on the books of the Japanese third division team Crane Marioka before returning to Sweden to join the Vasalunds.
Kotoko, a 23-time GPL champion, is looking to win the title for the first time since 2014. She ranks fourth in the league table in the middle of this season’s championship.
