Former great hope of Mexican football, Giovani Dos Santos is today far from the football fields. At 35, the man who was once considered a rising star of FC Barcelona has found a new vocation… in the oil industry. A transition as surprising as it is lucrative.
Revealed at 17 in the Blaugrana jersey, Dos Santos aroused great hopes. Promising when he made his debut in 2006, he never really confirmed the potential that made him one of the most talented players of his generation. After Barça, he moved through clubs, from Tottenham Hotspur to Villarreal, via the United States with the LA Galaxy, before ending his professional career in 2021 at Club América in Mexico.
Giovani Dos Santos has converted to petrochemicals
His time at Club América, marked by injuries, including a serious intervention during a Clásico Nacional in 2019, gradually sealed his sporting decline. His last appearance was in April 2021, but Dos Santos never officially announced his retirement.
While some expected him to stay close to football, Giovani Dos Santos took a completely different direction. As reported by the media Of courseit is now associated with Procura México, a partner company of Pemex, the giant of the Mexican petrochemical industry. According to recent reports, this new role would earn him between $400,000 and $500,000 per year.
Dos Santos embodies the unfulfilled dream of Mexican football: a fanfare debut under the Camp Nou spotlight, followed by a career marked by instability. Despite his flashes of genius and an honorable record – including a Gold Cup victory and an Olympic gold medal with Mexico – he never reached the expected heights.
Today, the ex-footballer seems to have turned the page on sport to devote himself fully to his new activities. If some regret the absence of an official report on his sporting career, others welcome his ability to reinvent himself in a sector far removed from football.
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