Centurión joined Vélez and studied medicine: he will have a new opportunity at the club

Richard Centurion He will get another chance in football. Yes, history repeats itself. But this time with the intention that it could be the definitive one. The often controversial connection occurred Wednesday afternoon at José Amalfitani and attended the Department of Medicine to undergo medical studies. Ricky He will return to training professionally after a semester without touching a ball: he had received the call from Velez, who called him up for the pre-season with the aim of recovering him both on an athletic and personal level. And the player accepted.

The arrival of Gustavo Quinteros As coach of Fortín he opened a new door for Centurión, who will join the rest of the team and This Thursday morning he would have participated in his first training session at the Olympic Village. Then, starting from January, he will have to travel with the rest of the team to carry out the pre-season in Uruguay and once again respect the contract that binds him to the club until December 2024.

It may not be an easy task for Vélez’s new coach. The thing is Centurión has not played since being dropped from Barracas Central’s squad by Sergio Egg Rondina, in June 2023, for his lack of commitment. He only played ten games and after breaking off his relationship with Guapo, he never returned to train at Liniers.

However, Ricardo Álvarez He picked up the phone and one of the first decisions he made when he took over the leadership of the club was to call Centurión to let him know that he will become one of Vélez’s “reinforcements” for 2024. To do this, the institution plans to give him the necessary support from a personal point of view so that he can once again discipline himself in his profession.

Accordingly, in the Olympic Village Not only will he attend training sessions, but he will also work constantly with the medical staff. The intention is that he receives as much support as possible and that within himself he can give him the support he deems necessary.

Early February was the last time Centurión set foot in Vélez’s training centre, when he was training in a counter shift after being left out of the squad. And he didn’t have the best memory.

“You feel bad, they don’t even send you a doctor. And I came to the Olympic Village. You can see that the doctor was busy. Don’t forget that I am a person and that I am still your player,” the footballer wrote on his networks issues social, defending himself from the poor treatment he accused of having received at that time.

After being informed that he will be considered and with the club having launched an operation to obtain his help, Quinteros will have the presence of Centurión. He will try to take care of resuming the football career that Ricky seemed to have left aside.

From being close to terminating the contract to take into consideration

The elections held in Vélez in November gave way to the return of the former Racing and Boca striker. It was announced in September The former board of directors had initiated legal action to terminate Centurión’s contract.

The intention to end the relationship arose after several appearances of the relationship on social networks. He made some live broadcasts from his Instagram account in which he was seen drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes.

Even a few weeks ago his name was back in the limelight when he tested positive for cocaine at a police checkpoint and attempted to escape in his car.

However, The change of leadership and the personal call of Ricky Álvarez seem to have motivated him enough to feel able to enter a playing field again and enjoy what he likes most: playing football.

How have the last few years of Centurion been?

The story between Centurión and Vélez began at the beginning of 2020, when after having an argument with Eduardo Coudet in Racing, Gabriel Heinze felt he could sponsor him enough to revive his career. And it was there that we saw the last best flashes of quality from him.

His good performances led Fortín to deem it necessary to make use of the player’s right to buy out. However, due to the pandemic, indiscipline returned to the center of his daily life and he was removed from the team.

The one who showed interest in their services in 2021 was San Lorenzo. He arrived on loan, wore the number ’10’ and with some goals in the pre-season matches he thrilled the Ciclón fans. But once again he engaged in several acts of inappropriate behavior and the assignment was terminated.

Months later, without showing up for counter-shift training in Vélez, Rodolfo De Paoli called him as a driver for his Barracas Central. Centurión accepted, but with the arrival of Rondina and with only a couple of matches under his belt, Huevo also decided to exclude him from the team.

“He’s a great guy, but I need committed players. He’s a good guy, but I can’t make concessions. “We need people involved in everyday life”the Guapo coach then confessed.

Now, six months later and at the age of 30, Centurión once again has a new opportunity in the world of baseball.