Diego Godín
, the footballer with the most appearances in the history of the Uruguayan national team, will put on his boots again almost seven months after announcing his retirement from professional football playing with the
Vélez
shirt .
The Uruguayan's last time on a playing field had been in mid-2023, when he played his last game as a professional against Huracán.
The club that will make him resume activity at 38 years old is nothing more than
Porongos de Flores
, a team belonging to the Interior Football Organization (OFI) of Uruguay, and that in April will begin its journey in the National Club Cup.
“Tick tock…he is coming,”
warned the club's account on its social networks, which accompanied the text with an image of an hourglass inside and some Egyptian pyramids in the background, linked to the defender's nickname,
The Pharaoh
.
it's coming... ⏳👀✍🏽 pic.twitter.com/nndYRC5KRI
— PORONGOS (@porongosoficial) February 19, 2024
According to the main media in the neighboring country, this Tuesday there will be the official presentation of Godín, who will be accompanied in his new club by his friend and Uruguayan football reference,
Gonzalo
Chory
Castro
.
The experienced forward decided to hang up his boots at the end of last year, but he regretted it, and is now ready to join this new adventure with his friend.
The club is one of the most popular football clubs in the Uruguayan region and is recognized for having been the first team from the Interior to compete in an international competition.
In '95 and after beating Peñarol in the final of a Liguilla, they entered the defunct Conmebol Cup.
Godín and Porongos de Flores will have the OFI National Cup as their main objective this semester.
The team from the city of Trinidad was champion of the 1988, 1994 and 1995 editions, but since then they have not won the trophy again.
The central defender, who emerged from Defensor Sporting, played for Cerro between 2003 and 2006 and Nacional between 2006 and 2007. He then began a journey through Europe that took him to Villarreal and Atlético de Madrid in Spain, Inter and Cagliari in Italy, and Atlético Mineiro in Brazil, before arriving in Vélez in August 2022.
With 161 matches,
El Faraón
is the footballer with the most appearances in the history of the Uruguayan national team, combined with the one who scored 8 goals, won the 2011 Copa América and participated in four World Cups: 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022.
The glories of the Interior tournament
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Godín joins a long list of Uruguayan icons who returned to the fields in the interior of the country.
Among the stars who will compete in the OFI National Cup are Sebastián Abreu, Alejandro Siles and Chory Castro, among others.