Mifielder Ivo and football businessman César Soler renew visas and are scheduled to travel back to China

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Midfielder Ivo traveled from Teutônia (RS) to São Paulo (SP) on the morning of Wednesday (1) to visit the People's Republic of China General Consulate to obtain his visa to enter the Asian country. After just over a year since his last match for Henan Songshan Longmen-CHI - which has already been called Henan Jianye-CHI -, the number 10 is ready to return to Asia to play for a few more seasons. Football businessman César Soler, who has been working with the athlete for over a decade, was also at the Chinese authority to renew his travel documents.

Currently president and executive manager of Ivo10 Brazil Football Academy-RS in Teutônia (RS), in addition to being the founder, Ivo landed at Guarulhos International Airport (SP) accompanied by coach Serginho Almeida and young Chinese athlete Jeff Chio. The player, the first exchange student in the history of Ivo10, trained at the Macau unit by executive manager William Gomes, had good performances – and won titles – in the South Brazil and has already made a name for himself in Brazilian football. He arrives already transferred to a team club of São Paulo’s countryside. The defender has been in Brazil since November 2022.

With renewed visas, businessman César Soler and midfielder Ivo will travel to China next week to analyze proposals for teams from the first and second Chinese divisions. With almost 10 years of experience in the country, the number 10 with a career managed by CSR Sports is an idol there, especially in Henan, a team that played for six seasons. In Chinese fields he also played in Beijing Renhe-CHI, the team that he helped in the return to Chinese Super League in 2017.

Olívio Rosa, who football taught us to like simply as “Ivo”, was born in Palmitinho, in Rio Grande do Sul, in the south of Brazil, on October 2, 1986. As a child he moved to Teutônia, in the same state, city that he adopted as home and that sees his family grow. Even after 20 years of football, he is still active as if he were debuting. His most recent club, which he defended from 2015 to 2021, is Henan, from China. There he was not only the number 10, he was also the captain and leader of his teammates on and off the field, in addition to being the idol of a passionate crowd.

He started at AERC Juventus de Teutônia-RS (2005-2006). Then he went through Juventude-RS (2006-2010), Palmeiras-SP (2010), Portuguesa-SP (2011), Incheon United-South Korea (2012/2014), Criciúma-SC (2013), Henan-China (2015 -2016/2018-2021) and Beijing Renhe-China (2017-2018).

At Portuguesa-SP, he was one of the leaders of the team known as “Barcelusa” (Barcelona + Portuguesa), which won the unprecedented national title, the 2011 Brazilian Series B Championship of conquest. He also holds the 2013 Catarinense Championship title for Criciúma-SC.

In 2020, in partnership with fellow football player William Gomes, who plays for Ching Fung-Macau, and football businessman César Soler, from CSR Sports, Ivo started the Ivo10 Brazil Football Academy project with units in Macau and Teutônia (SP) .