Sporting Crystal is second in the final tournament League 1 Betsson 2022 with 14 points. Despite their good season, the sky blue team suffered from a lack of goals from their forwards throughout the season.
However, a foreign forward who was part of Rimense’s squad last year has excelled in a South American league.
Is about Markus Riquelme, who is the top scorer in the Clausura of the Bolivian League and has an impressive goal average. In this competition, the Argentine has scored nine goals in the same number of games with Always Ready.
So far this season, the ‘9’ has made 26 appearances between Highland Football and the Copa Libertadores, in which he has converted 15 goals and provided three assists.
How did Marcos Riquelme fare at Sporting Cristal?
Markus Riquelme signed for Sporting Crystal at the beginning of the 2021 season as the successor to Emanuel Herrera. The attacker failed to show his best level in the Rimense team and left the team at the end of the year.
In total, the Argentine took part in 26 duels with the light blue jersey league 1 and the Copa Libertadores, in which he scored just seven goals and provided three assists.
Before joining the beer team, the artilleryman went through clubs such as Palestino, Audax Italiano, Universidad de Chile, Bolívar, among others.