{"id":16850,"date":"2025-07-17T11:19:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/junior-firpo-returns-to-betis-key-reinforcement-for-the-verdiblanca-defense\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T11:19:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:19:32","slug":"junior-firpo-returns-to-betis-key-reinforcement-for-the-verdiblanca-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/junior-firpo-returns-to-betis-key-reinforcement-for-the-verdiblanca-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Firpo Returns to Betis: Key Reinforcement for the Verdiblanca Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Junior Firpo Returns to Real Betis: A Luxury Reinforcement Until 2028<\/h2>\n\n\nReal Betis Balompi\u00e9 has officially announced the return of Dominican full-back Junior Firpo, who signs a contract that ties him to the green and white club until the year 2028. This news marks the player&#8217;s return to the Seville-based club, six years after his departure to FC Barcelona.\n\nBorn in Santo Domingo on August 22, 1996, Firpo was trained in the lower categories of Betis since his arrival in 2014. His debut with the first team took place in 2018. During his first stage at the club, he played 43 official matches, scored 5 goals and provided 3 assists, establishing himself as a full-back with great projection in LaLiga.\n\nI&#8217;m coming home, to the place where I grew up as a footballer and as a person. I&#8217;m ready to give everything for this badge.\n\nAfter leaving Betis in 2019, Junior Firpo played for FC Barcelona, where he won the Copa del Rey, and later in the Premier League with Leeds United FC, gaining international experience in one of the most competitive leagues in the world.\n\nFirpo&#8217;s return represents a crucial reinforcement for Betis&#8217; defense. He is expected to join the team next week in Seville, joining the preseason under the direction of Manuel Pellegrini.\n\nAbsolute international with the Dominican Republic and U-21 European champion with the Spanish national team, Firpo has expressed his enthusiasm to return to the Benito Villamar\u00edn.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junior Firpo Returns to Real Betis: A Luxury Reinforcement Until 2028 Real Betis Balompi\u00e9 has officially announced the return of Dominican full-back Junior Firpo, who signs a contract that ties him to the green and white club until the year 2028. This news marks the player&#8217;s return to the Seville-based club, six years after his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[591,3663,1542,1619],"class_list":{"0":"post-16850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-defense","9":"tag-junior-firpo","10":"tag-real-betis","11":"tag-signing"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}