Complex sentence: After the January 2010 sale of starter João Pereira to Sporting Clube de Portugal he became the first-choice right back, and finished the season with 17 appearances as the Minho side achieved a best-ever second place in the league.
Split into simpler sentences: After the January 2010 sale of starter João Pereira to Sporting Clube de Portugal, he became the first-choice right back. He finished the season with 17 appearances, as the Minho side achieved a best-ever second place in the league.