Carlos Tevez retires from football: "I stopped because I lost the number 1 fan"

The Argentine striker announced the end of his career at the age of 38, about a year after leaving Boca Juniors and winning dozens of titles: "There were many offers, but there was no point in me continuing"

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04/06/2022

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Argentine Carlos Tevez announced tonight (Friday-Saturday) his retirement from football.

At the age of 38 and after a glorious career during which he starred in Boca Juniors for three terms, Corinthians, West Ham, Manchester United, Manchester City, Juventus and also in Shanghai, he hung up his shoes.

Tevez in recent months has not played football, took the time for himself to think, to deliberate, to visit the various clubs in which he played in Europe and also to mourn the death of his father.

"I stopped playing football because I lost my No. 1 fan," he said tonight in an interview in South America, where he actually retired.

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We will miss him.

Carlos Tevez (Photo: AP)

Tevez left Boca Juniors about a year ago and has not played football since, but there have been occasional reports that he may return to the pitch.

Now, also in order not to disappoint the many fans around the world who were hoping for his arrival, he announced his retirement with dozens of titles - in the focus of championships in Argentina, Brazil, England and Italy, winning the Champions League with Manchester United, winning a double with City and a gold medal with Argentina Olympic Games in Athens 2004. In the uniform of the senior Argentina national team he scored 13 goals in 76 appearances between 2004 and 2015.

"I had many offers, but I officially retired," he said, "I was a player who gave his all, I gave my whole heart and that's what keeps me calm after I announced my retirement. In the morning, I called the heads of Boca Juniors and the people close to me and told them I was quitting. Everyone asked me why I was quitting and I replied that I had lost my No. 1 fan. "I thought of myself. Without him, I have no point in continuing."

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