UEFA blooper: the organization mistook Giovani for Jonathan dos Santos

According to the TUDN MEX, the official UEFA Europa League account wanted congratulate ‘Gio’ on his birthday. However, the page spread images of the younger brother of the Saints. The post was deleted hours later

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According to information reviewed by Fernando Vázquez

of the TUDN MEX portal, the official account of the UEFA Europa League had a small error when differentiating between Mexicans Giovani and Jonathan dos Santos . The tournament account was intended to congratulate and commemorate Giovani on his birthday number , However, in the post they alluded to the footballer’s brother, Jonathan .

UEFA confuses Giovani with Jonathan dos Santos https://t.co/BD3Fz8RsrD # UEFA | # UEL | # EuropaLeague pic.twitter.com/8S1UeUnThP

– TUDN MEX (@TUDNMEX) May 05, 2021

Clearly the account was intended to commemorate one more year of life of the footballer of the Águilas del América , but in a small oversight, they got the ‘Santos’ wrong. Fortunately, everything stayed in the family, since the message was explicitly written for the youngest of the Saints, visual will be taken by the other brother . In the first instance, the followers of the account showed their dissatisfaction with the publication. However, just hours after the post was published, the official UEFA Europa League account removed the content of their social platforms .

# LigaBBVA # J 22

Villarreal vs Granada

Giovani and Jonathan Dos Santos will be substitutes with the yellow submarine pic.twitter.com/34 OwnCc 33 p

– TUDN Live (@TUDNLive) February 7, 2015

‘Gio’ and Jonathan played the tournament

Obviously, both players have played the UEFA Europa Legue , complicated things for the person in charge of congratulating the birthday boy. Jonathan dos Santos I participate in 27 matches in this competition. In all his presences he wore the shirt of Villarreal from Spain.

Jonathan dos Santos substitute at Villareal vs Sparta Prague in the fourth leg of the # EuropaLeague pic.twitter.com/ghPtuT2Voc

– TUDN Live (@TUDNLive) April 14, 2016

On the other hand, Giovani had the opportunity to play this competition with three different clubs: the Villarreal , Tottenham and Galatasaray . However, his participation was not frequent, since he could only be on the court during 13 matches.

Giovani dos Santos was among the scorers in a 3-0 @ SpursOfficial win. # UEL pic.twitter.com/H6uP4JOpLN

– UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) February 29 , 2016