Benfica Signs Ivory Coast Defender Marc Zoro
Portugal Primeira Divisão club Benfica signs Ivory Coast defender Marc Zoro. Zoro, 23-year-old join Benfica after his club Messina relegated from Italian Serie A. “I am going to play for Benfica next season,” said Zoro.
Marco Zoro is an Ivorian football player. Zoro has played in Italy throughout his entire career, started his career in the 1998/1999 season, joining Salernitana until June 2003. Zoro joined Messina on loan, and helped the Sicilian team to promotion to Serie A the following year. Messina signed him permanently in 2004.
Zoro garnered heavy interest when, on November 27, 2005, he attempted to stop the Messina-Inter Milan match by leaving the field with the ball, after being tormented by racist taunts from some Inter supporters. He was eventually convinced to keep playing by other players, notably Adriano. These facts then brought strong and unanimous condemnations by the whole football community within Italy, and even a 5 minute delay for an anti-racism display for all the matches to be played in the next week in the country.
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