Defender Penetra leaves AZ, joins Turkish side Corum on season-long loan

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/penetra/Wd3tmbHR/"]Alexandre Penetra[/a], 24, spent three seasons at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/az-alkmaar/2RxOow1i/"]AZ[/a] after arriving from Famalicão. The Portuguese defender has played 136 games for AZ, with whom he won the KNVB Beker last season.[/p][p]Penetra has been a mainstay in the Alkmaar defence, starting 33 of 34 league games last season and only missing one due to a suspension for an accumulation of yellow cards. The centre-half was absent during AZ's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/az-alkmaar-2RxOow1i/psv-M9UEHJWi/?mid=z1be3eh3"]4-0 win over PSV[/a] in Sunday's Johan Cruyff Shield.[/p][embed guid="fe13aeab-7e30-4c1f-8551-96ab68227311" url="https://x.com/AZAlkmaar/status/2084353214883774961?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The former Portuguese youth international has signed a season-long loan deal with newly-promoted [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/corum-fk/0vne21BK/"]Corum FK[/a]. Corum beat Erokspor in the final of the Turkish promotion play-offs and will play in the Turkish Super Lig for the first time in club history.[/p][p]Corum will face reigning champions Galatasaray in their first game of the Super Lig season on Friday, August 14th.[/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/transfer-news-live-tracker-updates/8QqUWm3n/"]Follow the latest transfer news LIVE via Flashscore[/a][/h2][image alt="Alexandre Penetra's career statistics" id="a82933d5-d707-48e9-a229-f1871f21633b" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="830e7d5e-0cfc-41e0-92b2-fea3b6fca634" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /]