Sergio Aguero is one of the most famous players in the world, having joined Barcelona earlier in the season after a 10-year stint at Manchester City.
Barcelona striker Sergio Aguero announced he would retire early on Wednesday due to health problems.
After leaving the club in October during Barcelona’s clash with Alves in the Spanish league, the 33-year-old Argentine striker suffered a heart attack.
His condition has been assessed, and Aguero, who was crying at a news conference at the Camp Nou – which included Barcelona players and board members, family and former teammates – has decided to stop playing.
Sergio Aguero with tearful, wishes to be with the team for further but everything happens for a reason.
Sergio Aguero said he made the decision ten days ago. After his first heart test he was told there was a good chance but he would not play again.
He took a deep breath and nodded his head before announcing, then watched sadly as the highlights of his work were shown on screen.
Sergio Aguero is one of the most famous players in the world, joining Barcelona at the start of the season after a 10-year stint at Manchester City, where he became a key player in England.
Using his explosive movement and powerful shooting, Aguero scored City’s 260 goals and became a key player in the team’s development into a dominant force in England and Europe. He holds the record for 12 hat-tricks scoring 184 goals in the Premier League, is the most talked-about player and is the fourth-highest player in history.
He also scored the Premier League’s most famous goal, a surprise victory for Queens Park Rangers, who won City’s title on the final day of the 2011–12 season.
Sergio Aguero, who joined City from Atletico Madrid in 2011, suffered an injury in his last two seasons at City and missed the start of his first season at Barcelona due to a hamstring injury. He has played only five matches for the Catalan team.
After playing his first game in Argentina in early 2006, Aguero scored 41 points in 97 games – placing him third on the national team’s points list.
With Argentina Sergio’s Major title trophy from this year’s Copa América, where they have never been seen, and also won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Aguero was one of the youngest players to begin playing in the Argentine senior division at the Independiente at the age of 15. He said that he could finish his job at a club in Buenos Aires.
Source- The Indian Express