About to turn 36, Mark Hamsik said goodbye. This Thursday, the most iconic soccer crest announced his retirement after almost 20 years of being active. He did this through a statement in which he wanted to show his love and gratitude to the seven clubs where he played -Jupie FSMH, Slovan Bratislava, Brescia, Naples, Dalian Pro, Göteborg and Trabzonspor-, his family and friends and , of course, the fans.
“As a child I dreamed that one day I would have a successful career as an elite soccer player and I fulfilled it to the letter”, read the emotional note of a Hamsik that this Saturday he will play his last game against those who have been his fans for the past two years. will do this to Trabzonspor-Alanyaspor corresponding to the penultimate day of the Turkish Super League which will take place at the Medical Park Stadyumu. On Tuesday, in the field of Istanbul Basaksehirthe Slovak will say goodbye to football, which he defined as his “love, passion and work”.
An unforgettable trident with Lavezzi and Cavani
Hamsik hang up his boots with more than 700 games behind him -between clubs and national teams- and being a living legend of Naples. Even if he Brescia the team that plucked him from his native Slovakia and made his Serie A debut at just 17 years old, it was at the former San Paolo that he reached stardom. Next to Ezequiel Lavezzi and edinson cavaniled a Naples unforgettable, that by the hand of Walter Mazzarri he was crowned Coppa Italia champion in 2012 after a 25-year drought. included Rafael Benitez on the bench, Hamsik He won two more titles: another Coppa in 2014 and a Super Cup in 2015.
But his idyll with the ‘partenopei’ group was much more. He is the player with the most appearances in the club’s history -520- and the third highest scorer with 121 goals, surpassed only by Lorenzo Insigne and dried mertens, with 122 and 148, respectively. After 12 years on Vesuvius, Hamsik He had a two-year stint in China before heading to Turkey, where he extended his record even further by proclaiming himself champion of the League in 2022 and the Turkish Super Cup this year. Goodbye and thank you very much, score.
Source: La Verdad
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