11 hours agoThese are football players who pulled out of active football this year.
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)In addition to the quiet situation regarding pandemic, 2020 will remain long in the memory of football players and as a year of major retirements. Many footballers decided to hang their shoes on nails, giving up their green field experience. Iker Casillas can also be considered the most exciting retirement [...]
Iker Casillas may also be considered the most expensive retirement of this year, also affected by the Spanish goalkeeper's health. World and European champion, as well as many other major trophies, decided to give up at the age of 39.
Porto was his last team, but earlier it was activated by Real Madrid, where he caught sight of the smell and tear, being protagonist even at winning 18 trophies.
His friend in the Spanish national David Villa made the same decision. The 39-year-old withdrew after a successful experience with Vissel Kobe in Japan. In his career, he was activated by many teams, including Valencia and Barcelona, where he won 15 titles.
Another champion who decided to end my football career was Rome's midfielder icon Daniele de Rossi. Italy decided to withdraw at the age of 37 when it was part of Boca Juniors.
Javier Mascherano is another football player who ended his football career this year, 2020. The midfielder withdrew at the age of 36.
Vincent Company is another name that will lack green fields, but not training. Belgu withdrew at the age of 34 focusing completely on direction from the Belgian Anderlecht team's bench.
These are some of the other names that were withdrawn this year: Aritz Aduriz, Mario Gomez, Fernando Gago, Gabi, Pablo Zabaleta, Alexander Hleb, Claudio Pizarro, Giampaolo Pazini, Stephan Lichtsteiner and Alessandro Matri.
