The former Brazilian striker revealed the reason that led him to leave Universitario de Deportes to defend the Alianza Lima shirt in its centenary year.
Eduardo Esidio revealed why he left Universitario to play for Alianza Lima | JOHN CARLOS ESTEVES
Eduardo Esidio is a soccer player who wrote his own history in Peruvian soccer. In 1997 he came to our football to defend Alcides Vigo’s shirt and after standing out for his goals, Universitario de Deportes did not hesitate to hire him as its brand new striker and he became one of the symbols of the ‘cream’ club in the last decade of the century. past.
With the creams he lived one of the most outstanding moments of his career. He reached the remembered three-time championship in 1998, 1999 and 2000. He was also a Peruvian soccer scorer and the one in charge of scoring the first goal in an official match at the Monumental Stadium.
For the 2001 campaign, Eduardo Esidio surprised the fans when he decided to leave Universitario to defend the Alianza Lima jersey, a team with which he also won the national title.
Esidio told the reason that led him to leave the University to play with the ‘compadres’, and assured that the then president of the ‘U’ did not have it in his plans and he was convinced by the project presented to him by the blue and white team, which was going to to celebrate its centenary that year.
“Much was said, the fan is passionate. When I sat down to renew my contract, the ‘U’ didn’t want me anymore because they took Alfredo out. The other president gave me the finger”pointed out Esidio to ‘Goles of the memory U’.
“You are a professional, you have a family and the bills arrive. I went to Brazil, before the trip they approached me to talk about the centenary, they wanted the best players in each position. They presented me with the work plan, from there I went to Alianza Lima. I am part of the history of a shirt as important as Alianza’s“, pointed out the today retired attacker.
Eduardo Esidio and his affection for Universitario
Despite his time at Alianza Lima, Eduardo Esidio assured that he is a fan of Universitario de Deportes. The former player fondly remembers his time in the cream box.
“I am a fan of the U. (I am) in love with football”expressed Esidio for Diario El Diez, at which point he stated that if the creams manage to hold a great Copa Sudamericana, they would gain international respect.