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Ronaldinho announces retirement

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Published: 05:06, 17 January 2018   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Ronaldinho announces retirement

International Desk: Former Barcelona midfielder Ronaldinho, who won the World Cup, Champions League, Copa Libertadores and World Player of the Year award, is retiring from the game, his brother and agent Assis said on Tuesday.

Ronaldinho has not played a competitive match since 2015 but had avoided calling a definitive halt to his career until now.

"He's stopped. It's over," Assis told the Rio de Janeiro newspaper O Globo. "We're going to do something pretty big, something cool, after the World Cup in Russia, probably in August."

The events, most likely farewell matches, will take place in Brazil, Europe and Asia, and could include a match with the national team, Assis said.

Ronaldinho, who will be 38 in March, began his career at Gremio and played for seven other clubs, including Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan, Queretaro and Brazilian sides Flamengo, Atletico Mineiro and Fluminense.

But it was at Barcelona between 2003 and 2008 where he spent his glory years, turning in some of the greatest performances ever seen by the storied Spanish club, perhaps most memorably in a 3-0 win over Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in 2005.

He helped guide the Catalan side to the Champions League in 2006, La Liga in 2005 and 2006 and won the Ballon D’Or in 2005.

Source: Agencies


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