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Football fans may be familiar with the name Dario Conca. Even though 11 years ago, he had become the third highest paid footballer in the world, only losing to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
In 2010, according to SportBible, Conca’s name stole the attention of the football world while playing for Brazilian club Fluminense. The Argentine figure played a major role when Fluminense returned to being champions of Brazil since 1984.
His club title added to the shine of CV Dario Conca, who had previously signed for Fluminense in 2009. He, among other things, became the best Brazilian Serie A player chosen by the fans in 2009 and 2010, the best Brazilian Serie A player in 2010, and was named the 2010 Brazilian Serie A Team of the Year. .
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His actions in the Samba country made world clubs glance at Dario Conca. In the process, in 2011, the man who played as an attacking midfielder chose to join Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande.
Conca in China: Transfer record, great salary
Conca officially moved to Guangzhou Evergrande on July 2, 2011. The transfer value, say ESPNwhich amounted to 10 million US dollars at the time was a domestic record in China.
According to Sportbible, Conca signed a contract duration of 2.5 years with his new club. Guangzhou Evergrande gives him an extraordinary salary, which is in the range of 170,000 pounds (if currently converted, it is around Rp. 3 billion) per week.
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Dario Conca in a Guangzhou Evergrande training session. Photo: FIFA via Getty Images/Julian Finney – FIFA— |
“At that time just Messi and Ronaldo who pocketed a higher salary, with the pair playing for Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively.”
Dario Conca’s career with Guangzhou Evergrande was quite shiny. He made a total of 99 appearances in three seasons, scoring 54 goals. During that period, Guangzhou Evergrande, among others, also won three consecutive Chinese League titles and won the Asian Champions League in 2013.
In 2014, Dario Conca returned to Brazil to defend Fluminense. His salary has changed drastically to 8 thousand pounds (around Rp. 144 million) per week.
Praised like Messi
After a year with Fluminense, Conca was again tempted by Chinese football when Sven Goran Eriksson coached Shanghai SIPG. Conca joined January 22, 2015 and Eriksson lauded him sky-high.
“Conca is like Messi,” Eriksson said at the time.
“He’s got a similar physique, both left foot dominant, great dribbling, and he creates and scores goals. When I came here, he was the one player I wanted the most.”
 Dario Conca reached the pinnacle of his career with Guangzhou Evergrande. Photo: FIFA via Getty Images/Julian Finney – FIFA— |
However, Dario Conca’s career with Shanghai SIPG has not been as flashy as it was with Guangzhou Evergrande. He was loaned to Flamengo for one year starting January 3, 2017.
In 2019, Dario Conca was also recorded to have tried out the United States competition to defend Austin Bold FC. But he only played three times for the club before splitting up. A few days later, April 23, 2019, Dario Conca announced that he was officially hanging up his boots at the age of 36.
He ended his career without ever being called up to the Argentine national team, which is a far cry from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo who are still a mainstay in their respective national teams to this day. Even though Dario Conca was once just below the two megastars in terms of salary.
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