Giovani Dos Santos will be playing professionally in Mexico for the first time in his career.
Club America announced on Saturday that dos Santos has officially joined the Liga MX outfit. The 30-year-old Mexican forward last played in Major League Soccer with the L.A. Galaxy, totaling 26 goals in 77 league appearances from 2015-18.
Dos Santos move to Club America comes a day after ESPN reported that the deal was close to being completed. A winner of 106 caps with El Tri, dos Santos scored 19 goals and won three Concacaf Gold Cups in his international career.
He’s also spent time with Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur, Mallorca, and Villarreal.
Club America finished won the Apertura title in 2018-19 before being eliminated in the semifinals in the Clausura by Club Leon. dos Santos will wear the No. 10 jersey for the club, joining the likes of Renato Ibarra, Mateus Uribe, and Diego Lainez in attack.
Good for him, nice to see him land on his feet. It had to be very frustrating to be injured to much. I know he wanted to be there for the Galaxy but simply could not. All the best to him in the future.