When he is 40, tonight (between Tuesday and Wednesday) one of the greatest Uruguayan footballers of all time, Diego Forlan, announced his retirement from football.
"It's not easy and I didn't want this moment to come," he said in an interview with Talmondo. "But I knew it was going to happen sometime. I decided to quit playing professionally. Recently I had another offer to keep playing, but I was looking for excuses to put it off. I became more selective and it became too difficult. I knew the retirement moment was approaching and with the birth of the two children in recent years, My priorities changed. I had nothing left to prove. There were good and bad things and they made me who I am. I didn't feel like I was working but enjoying myself.
The striker, who recorded 112 appearances in the Celeste uniform, scoring 36 goals, began his professional career in the Argentine Indipendiente uniform after crossing the border at the age of 15. In 2002, he made a loud fanfare to Manchester United and his first hair in the Red Devils uniform only scored eight Months against Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League. His time in England was a major disappointment and he ended it with a championship and a trophy, but everything changed with joining the Villarreal in the summer of 2004.
In the yellow submarine Forlan began to flourish and won for the first time in Europe's golden shoe and after three wonderful years, it was purchased by Atletico Madrid for 21 million euros, where he was part of the European League and European Supercap in 2010, winning the gold shoe again in 2009 And in the King of the Spanish League goals.
From the Colchonros, he went on to Inter Milan, as Samuel Eto’s replacement, and after a year began to tour, first to the Brazilian International and then to Sarzo, back to the homeland and youth club Penyarol to help win the championship, to Mumbai City Indian and dessert, to Kitchi of the Hichli Hong Kong League In career, in three different leagues. In 2013, even a report surfaced stating that he was a candidate to bolster MS. Ashdod, but of course it didn't work out. In total, Furlan recorded 693 appearances in his uniforms and scored 273 goals.
With the team, Furlan appeared in three World Cups (2002, 2010 and 2014), where in South Africa he finished as the scorer after a dreamy summer and also won the tournament title and was included in the tournament team. Uruguay finished fourth in the tournament and a year later, with Furlan, winning the box office America.
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