The 37 years old Spanish player announced his retirement as a professional soccer player, after almost one year playing for Vissel Kobe in Japan.
In a press conference made by the team Vissel Kobe, David Villa told the press that after thinking some time, he has decided that it’s the perfect time to retire from this beautiful sport. Why? Because we want to be able to dedicate his time in other activities. So, it’s official, he will retire when this season finishes.
David Villa said “I have decided that it’s the right moment. I have always said that I prefer to leave this sport because the soccer leaves me.”
He also made some posts in social media talking about this topic. He made all the fans know that he will put a final an end to his 20 years career. During these 20 years, “El Guaje Villa” was able to take part of the golden generation of the Spain National Team, where they were champions of the Euro twice and they won the 2010 World Cup against Netherlands.
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“I hope I can continue contributing this amazing sport with the Queens Club and with the academies that we have in different countries” mentioned David Villa.
The time has come. It’s time now.
The final day for David Villa could be next January 2nd, but this will happen just if Vissel Kobe is able to reach the Cup final. If this happen “El Guaje” could retire with a cup in his hands. In case this doesn’t happen, he will retire next December 7th in the last match of the season.
“If we are able to win the semifinals, my retirement day will be in January 2nd as a Cup Champion” said David Villa. Let’s remember that this player has played in important teams such as Valencia, Barcelona, Atlético del Madrid, Manchester City, and New York City.
What has David Villa won in this career?
David Villa will finish his career with great scores. Nowadays, he is the maximum goal scorer in the Spain National Team. Talking about all the teams that he has played, he was able to score 324 goals! This is an incredible amount, right?
Also, he won a lot of trophies in all his career. He was able to get the Euro twice and a World Cup as we said before. But he also won La Liga 3 times when we played next to Messi, he got a Champions League, a World Team Cup, etc.
So, pay some attention in this legend, he will play his last matches in the Japanese League.
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