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Mascherano announces retirement from football
Argentine international, Javier Mascherano has announced his retirement from football today.
Mascherano who played for Liverpool and Barcelona took to social media to make the announcement.
He said: “I want to announce that today I am retiring from soccer professionally.
“I want to thank this club [Estudiantes] that gave me the opportunity to finish my career in Argentina.”
“I want to tell you that I’ve taken the decision to finish my career as a professional footballer.
“After 15 years of playing, I’m choosing this path with total calm and satisfaction. As everyone knows, I’ve lived some fantastic moments and I’ve enjoyed a career that I couldn’t have imagined in my wildest dreams as a child.
“I also had difficult moments, repeated injuries which affected me in these last few years, but at the same time they taught me and they made me the person I am today.”
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