He chose to leave FC Steaua Bucure\u0219ti for three very lively reasons and for his wife, Andreia. He was the captain of the Romanian side, but his family was living permanently in Portugal.<\/p>\n
Apart from football motives, PAOK offered Fernando Varela the opportunity to be together with his loved ones and not just on Skype. Thessaloniki is now their home and the \u201cDouble-Headed Eagle\u201d the team of the Varela boys.<\/p>\n
Fernando isn\u2019t the only Varela sporting a PAOK shirt. His acquisition meant also new signings for PAOK Academy. Gustavo and Tomas left the famous youth ranks of Sporting Clube de Portugal and joined the \u201cDouble-Headed Eagle\u201d. The former is a striker for the U12s and the latter will play for the U9s.<\/p>\n
The Varela boys responded to paokfc.gr\u2019s invitation and held their first joint session in Toumba Stadium. After recovering from an initial stage fright, the youngsters gave their father and role model a tough time, scoring past him again and again. They have a great future. Minnow Louren\u00e7o will have to wait a bit, since he is just three years old. Until then, he will watch his father from the stands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He belongs to the category of footballers who settled into matrimony really early. At the age of 18 he was already married and had his first son, Gustavo. Since then, Fernando Varela\u2019s clan welcomed two more sons, Tomas and Louren\u00e7o.","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":325141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1520,5],"tags":[2346,6471,6540,2438,779,779,2434,2346,2438,4293,4293,6540,8316,8316,8347],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n