The Italian Fabio Quagliarellawho currently does not have a team, announced his retirement from football at the age of 40 because he found himself in an “unacceptable physical condition to play.”
“I’m going to retire, I’m obliged to do it. I’m a free agent, but I’m in an unacceptable physical condition to get out on the field. I’ll have a lot of time to think about what I’m going to do next now, ” he declared in ‘Sky Sports Italia’confirming his withdrawal.
His last club was Sampdoriawhere he left after the team’s relegation to Serie B last season, and his last game on June 4 against Naples, at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. A special rivalry as it happened in his city, in front of a fan who cheered him on for two seasons (2009-2011) and said goodbye to football with loud applause.
International including Italyparticipated in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the 2008 Euro Cup and the 2009 Confederations Cup.
Besides, Quagliarella He scored a total of 242 goals in his career in the shirts of Fiorentina, Chieti, Turin, Ascoli, Sampdoria, Udinese, Naples, Juventus and the Italian team.
‘Capocannoniere’ in 2019
His final eight seasons were played in the ‘Samp‘and he was the top scorer in Serie A in the 2018/2019 season with 26 goals wearing this shirt.
The Juventus, a team where he spent four seasons, bid farewell to the legendary Italian player with an emotional message. “Have you noticed how much public applause Juventus reserved for Fabio Quagliarella every time he returned to Turin as a rival of the ‘bianconeri’? Unfortunately we are speaking in the past tense because Fabio announced his retirement, ” said the Juventus club.
“True champion, real person, supreme talent. Fabio is one of those players that stays in the heart. For his goals, which are always between beautiful and impossible, for the effort he puts in every shirt that he wears “added of Juventus.
Source: La Verdad
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