Antunes, former players of Malaga and Getafe, ends with his career

Antunes VitorinoLeft to the edge and current captain of Paços de Ferreira (PortugalII League), announced this week that he will finish his career as a footballer. Confirmation comes after achieving club maintenance in the II league, in an exciting play-off in front of BeneNenses that ended with a global score of 3-2. The self Antunes He is the opponent of the match by marking one of the decisive goals.

“Finish the career? Perhaps yes. A cycle will close it. It will end my career as a player. Everything is ending, but I’m sure a new phase will start, and I will do everything possible, as I did as a footballer, to be up to the height of this new path,” he confidently expressed during the postpartid interview on ‘Sport TV Portugal’

With 38 years, Antunes closes a long and successful trajectory that began at Freamunde And that led him to defend the national and international club t -shirt like Paços de Ferreira, Rome, Lecce, Leixões, Livorno, Panionios, Malaga, Dynamo ng Kyiv, Getafe and Sports. In the last four seasons, the side returned to the club where he lived his first steps in professional football, which became a reference and leader in the locker room.

In this last season, Antunes He played a total of 36 official matches, where he signed six goals and two assists, contributing to the team’s permanent being. In addition, its palmraés include remaining titles: a League And one League Cup with Sportsa Italy cuptwo lUkrainian Insiga UKRAINE CUP And one UKRAINE SUPER CUPReflex of his quality and perseverance throughout his career.

The farewell of Antunes marked the end of a stage for Portuguese football, especially for Paços de FerreiraClub where he has maintained a strong link since it started. The former player has not been decided to continue linked to football at this new phase, with the same promise and desire that introduced him throughout his career.