Atlético Ottawa Signs Defender Jesús Del Amo
Ottawa finally get their man after a delay in the announcement. The versatile defender can play left back, center back and right back.
Atlético Ottawa announced that the team has signed 25 year old, 185cm tall, Spanish defender Jesús del Amo till the end of the 2024 CPL season. Del Amo is a product of FC Barcelona’s academy. He most recently played in the fourth tier of Spain where he featured 30 times for Real Avilés.
"Jesus is a left-footed defender with good technical ability, his capacity to play in different positions in the defense will give us more depth in the line," said Carlos González, Head Coach, Atlético Ottawa. "We are happy to have him join us and that he can help us achieve our collective objectives."
Speaking on the move, Del Amo said: "I am very excited about this new challenge in my professional career, I feel very motivated by the club's project and I hope to help achieve all the objectives of this final stretch of the season."
When asked in the pre-game press conference for the game against Vancouver today about the delay in announcing the defender by the team compared to when the transfer window shut. Coach Carlos González, gave a smile and said that “that is a good question but I don’t have the answer”.
Coach Carlos González’s answer in the pre-game press conference might allude to what he had said previously during the post-game press conference for the game against Halifax. He said that he feels there’s been delays in players the club wants to bring in.
With the transfer window having closed on August 18th and the club just announcing the player today on August 29th over 10 days later, there must have been some delay registering the player with the league or getting all the required documentation, but this is just pure speculation. This isn’t the first time this season that the team has had to delay announcing players due to delays with the league.
The club now has 23 players on their senior roster, and 2 development players. Of those 23 the team has 7 international players.