Former Man Utd captain Valencia announces retirement
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12/05/2021 - 23:08 Ecuador s Antonio Valencia, pictured in 2018, won two Premier League titles during a decade at Manchester United Paul ELLIS AFP 3 min
Former Ecuador and Manchester United skipper Antonio Valencia on Wednesday announced his retirement from football.
The 35-year-old, who was playing for Queretaro in Mexico, had been suffering from long-standing injury problems. I m ending my career in Queretaro, he wrote on Twitter. I didn t think this moment would come so soon, but my body has asked me to take this decision.
He spent a decade at United from 2009-19 and ended his spell there as club captain after Michael Carrick retired in 2018.
Former Ecuador and Manchester United captain Antonio Valencia on Wednesday announced his retirement from football.
The 35-year-old, who was playing for Queretaro in Mexico, had been suffering from a long-standing foot problem.
“I’m ending my career in Queretaro,” he wrote on Twitter. “I didn’t think this moment would come so soon, but my body has asked me to take this decision.”
Valencia first broke his foot in 2015 in the Manchester derby.
He spent a decade at United from 2009-19 and ended his spell there as club captain after Michael Carrick retired in 2018.
Originally a dashing and explosive right winger, Valencia later played as a full-back.
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