26-Year-Old Minala Joins FC Liepāja

Cameroonian midfeilder Joseph Minala, 26, has inked a deal with FC Liepāja, a Latvian football club based in the city of Liepāja.

The team plays in the Virslīga, the top division of the Latvian league. Minala played last season in Serie C with the Olbia, making 12 appearances, before leaving as free agent at the start of the year.

FC Liepaja communicated the player’s membership through its social channels: “Official: Joseph Minala joins FC Liepaja! Welcome to Liepaja Joseph!” , reads the team’s instagram page.

It is all together a new challenge after two experiences in Serie C. The Lazio youth team graduate made his Serie A debut in the 2013-2014 season, then wore the shirts of Bari, Latina and Salernitana.

After several loan spells, Minala returned to Lazio in 2019, but he was not part of the project and after playing only in the Primavera (plus few minutes in the Italian Cup), he decided to leave Italy for China, precisely with Qingdao , in the Super league. League

Quizzed about his ambitions at the club, the cameroonian voiced: “Now is the time to restart. Don’t think about the past, one step at a time, strength and determination will remain “.