A regional Portuguese football club paid tribute to a seven-year-old boy who died during a training session last September, presenting his family with a commemorative jersey.
Panteras Negras FC honored Dinis and his parents during halftime of their weekend match against Gatões. The game was part of the Série 5 of the AF Porto First Division, a regional league considered Portugal’s fifth tier.
The club presented Dinis’s parents with a checkered jersey bearing the number 28. This was the number the boy wore when playing for Boavista FC’s Under-8 team.
Nuno Fonseca, president of Panteras Negras FC, expressed profound respect for Dinis and his parents. Fonseca noted the young player “loved this jersey.”
Dinis tragically passed away at age seven while attending a training session with Boavista FC’s Under-8 squad last September.