All Whites defender Nando Pijnaker has signed a four-year deal with Portugese Premier League club Rio Ave.Young All Whites centre back Nando Pijnaker has scored a four-year deal with a club in Portugal’s Primeira Liga. The move is potentially bigger than All Whites and Wellington Phoenix left back Liberato’s Cacace’s shift to Belgium premier league club Sint-Truidense V.V. David Joseph / Phototek.nz/Stuff Eastern Suburbs centre back Nando Pijnaker (C) challenges two Waitakere United rivals in a New Zealand national league match in 2019. A 1.91m defender, Pijnaker played just two senior games for Grasshoppers, who also have young All Whites striker Max Mata on their books. Former Wellington Phoenix forward Tyler Boyd played at Vitória de Guimarães, and on loan to Tondela, between 2015 and 2018.

Source: Stuff August 30, 2020 00:56 UTC