Unidos do Alvorada/IEK Botafogo Sub-15 represents Amazonas in the 2023 Brazil Cup

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The conquest came after a 2-0 victory over Abílio Nery/Abrantes, at Arena Amadeu Teixeira, in Manaus

Manaus (AM) — There is an unprecedented champion in Amazonian futsal. Unidos do Alvorada/IEK Botafogo will represent Amazonas in the Brazil Cup in the Under-15 category in 2023, after winning, last Saturday (21), the state title in the Men’s category. The conquest came after a 2-0 victory over Abílio Nery/Abrantes, at Arena Amadeu Teixeira, in Manaus.

Coached by the experienced Ivanildo “Careca” Alves, Unidos do Alvorada had star winger Christian Coelho, who scored two goals – one in each stage of the decisive match. The feat guaranteed the club’s classification for the Taça Brasil of the category.

The winning squad was composed of the following athletes: Adrian Saymon, Christian Coelho, Kevin Krauss, Guilherme Monte, Matheus Pantoja, Alexandre Santos, Guilherme de Lima, Vitor Farias, Fernando Rangel, Daniel Neto and Thiago Caleb.

The victorious commission for the Sub-15 was made up of Ivanildo “Careca” Alves (coach), Douglas Angiolli (assistant), Jairo Seixas (physical trainer) and Kid Araújo (assistant and president of IEK Botafogo).

Homage

At the end of the match, the club’s president, Kid Araújo, explained that IEK Botafogo is a tribute to the late teacher Érica Krauss, a supporter of the sport.

“The Erica Krauss Institute is named after my late mother, a warrior, sports enthusiast, teacher. Just thank God, it was a spectacle, the game was very even. The opposing team is very qualified, has an excellent coach, but our team trained for a year and was prepared”,

said the president of the IEK, Kid Araújo.

*With advisory information

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