Peter Olayinka completes Red Star Belgrade transfer
Nigerian 🇳🇬 international forward Peter Olayinka has been unveiled by Bulgarian side Red Star SC Belgrade after leaving Slavia Prague as a free agent, last week, Felele247.com.ng understands.
The versatile forward signed a three-year contract with the former European champions.
“I already had the opportunity to visit the stadium and I am delighted with Maracana. It’s great to be in Zvezda, I feel great, everyone welcomed me and I can’t wait to play,” Olayinka told the club’s official website.
“I watched several Zvezda matches during the spring, I saw that we have a lot of quality players and a great team. Coming to Zvezda is a big step for my career.
“I am aware that it is a step forward, and change, although it is not easy, goes with the job of a football player. This is a new challenge that I have set before me
Red Star Belgrade is the most successful club from the Balkans and Southeast Europe, being the only club to win both the European Cup and Intercontinental Cup, having done so in 1991, and only the second team from Eastern Europe to win the European Cup.
With 34 national championships, 27 national cups, 2 national supercups, 2 national champions leagues and one league cup between Serbian and Yugoslav competitions,
Red Star was the most successful club in Yugoslavia and finished first in the Yugoslav First League all-time table, and is the most successful club in Serbia. Since the 1991–92 season, Red Star’s best results were reaching the UEFA Champions League group stage, the UEFA Europa League round of 16 and the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup round of 16.
