• Joaquín. Three goals in 20 minutes

Real Betis Balompié has announced this Thursday the renewal of its captain Joaquín Sánchez , who has signed for one more season until June 2021, when he will be a few days after his 40th birthday (07/21/1981).

Through a video broadcast by social networks in which the player of El Puerto de Santa María is the protagonist and later in a statement, the club reported the extension of the player's contract, which ended next June. "The Real Betis Balompié has renewed its captain Joaquín Sánchez. The portense end, symbol of the beticismo, will continue linked to the discipline of the Real Betis Balompié until 2021", indicates the writing, that adds that the end, of 38 years, " arrived to the Verdiblanca quarry at age 16 to become one of the most important soccer players in Spanish football during the last two decades. "

"His formidable football, commitment and love for the 13 bars have elevated him to a prominent place in the history of the club, a legend that can continue to increase with this extension of the contract that binds him to the Heliopolitan entity," the statement said.

The Seville entity emphasizes that the player is "an icon for different generations of Betics who will continue to enjoy Benito Villamarín with his inexhaustible talent".

Joaquín became on December 8 the protagonist of the sixteenth day of LaLiga Santander after achieving a triplet for the first time in his career, at Benito Villamarín against Athletic Club (3-2), when in the first 20 minutes of Game was the author of the three local goals.

The Portuguese had never managed to score three goals in a game in his already long career as a professional who started at Betis (2000-2006) and had stages in Valencia (2006-2011), Málaga (2011-2013) and Fiorentina Italian (2013-2015) until returning in 2015-16 to the Verdiblanco team.

Joaquin, who already has six goals this season , was also awarded the record of being, with the 38 years he turned on July 21, the most veteran player to score three goals in a Spanish League match, qualifying in which he uprooted the historic Alfredo di Stéfano.

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