Ex Juventus and AC Milan striker, Mario Mandzukic has officially retired from football at age 35.
The ex-Croatian playmaker showed up at Juventus from Atletico Madrid in 2015, and after a spell in Qatar got back to Italy to show up for AC Milan in January 2021.
Mario Mandzukic won 4 league titles and 4 Coppa Italia, and furthermore won a Champions League and two Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich. He was additionally part of the Croatia squad that lost to France in the 2018 World Cup final.
Declaring his retirement on Instagram, he said:
”Dear little Mario,
While you put on these boots for the first time, you can’t even imagine what you will get to experience in football. You’ll score goals at the biggest stages and you’ll win the biggest trophies with the biggest clubs. Proudly representing your nation, you will help write the history of Croatian sports.
You’ll succeed because you’ll have good people around you – teammates, coaches, fans, and family, agent and friends who will always be there for you. You’ll be forever grateful to all of them!
Above all, you’ll succeed because you’ll always give your best. At the end, that’s what you’ll be most proud of. You’ll sacrifice a lot, but you’ll know it was worth it because of all the amazing moments.
You’ll recognize the moment to retire, to put these boots in a cabinet and you’ll have no regrets. Football will always be a part of your life, but you’ll look forward to a new chapter.
Enjoy!
Your big Mario
P.S. If you happen to play vs England in the World Cup, just be ready around 109th minute ?”
Checkout his post below;
In other news, famous footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo has taken to social media to show off his Guinness World Record certificate in the wake of becoming the very first footballer in the world to score 111 international goals.
He accomplished this accomplishment in Portugal versus Ireland’s FIFA World Cup qualifiers on Wednesday, September 1, where he scored two goals for his beloved country.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Guinness world record of most elevated number of goals by an international player was accomplished within the time span of 2003 and 2021.
As Ronaldo showed off with the declaration, he offered his thanks for being given the honors as the world record breaker in global football.
Cristiano Ronaldo took to his Instagram page and shared a picture of himself and the record certificate with caption;
”Thank you to the Guiness World Records. Always good to be recognized as a world record breaker. Let’s keep trying to set the numbers even higher!”