“As a player, I already gave everything I had. Inside my heart, I gave everything, and that leaves me calm,” he explained.
The Argentine scored for the last time in May 2021 in a classic against River Plate for the League Cup
After putting his career on hold in May 2021, Carlos Tevez, 38, announced his definitive retirement from football with the phrase: “I’m already retired, it’s confirmed.”
“They always asked me why I stopped playing and one day I answered: because I lost my number one fan (his father passed away in February 2021). There was a silence. I was eight years old and the one who came to see me on the courts was him. What else for? So I got up and said I don’t play no more. It was the only time I thought of myself & rdquor ;, expressed the ‘Apache’ in a television interview for América TV with tears in his eyes.
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Explaining the decision made when he decided to close his third stage at Boca Juniors, Tevez stated: “My last year playing was very hard because he was brain dead. I wake up one day and tell Vane (his wife): ‘I don’t play anymore’. I call him in the afternoon Adrian Ruocco (his representative) and I tell him: ‘Look, I’m not going to play anymore. I retire’. I call Riquelme at night and tell him: ‘Tomorrow I need the club to hold the conference. I don’t play anymore’. Then came what came, I didn’t play anymore and that’s when the family realized that I didn’t play anymore. There they fell & rdquor ;.
Carlos Tevez he scored for the last time in May 2021 in a classic against River Plate for the League Cup. Just two weeks later, he confirmed his removal from the courts due to family issues at a press conference.
“As a player, I already gave everything I had. Inside my heart, I gave it all, and that leaves me calmilo. Everything was there, we’ll see. They offered me many things. I had an offer in the United States, but it was a very important change for my family. In Argentina there were also proposals on a lot of sides… but that’s it & rdquor ;, confirmed the former Boca Juniors, Corinthians, West Han, Manchester United, Manchester City, Juventus and Shanghai Shenhua soccer player.
Regarding your future, You look he clarified: “I am enthusiastic about a project that I am doing with my brothers and with ‘Chapa’ Retegui. I made the decision that I am going to lead. We have been working for four or five months, putting together a good and comprehensive project. I’m thinking about that. I think of the work focused on the human side of the player, on the personal part & rdquor ;.
Tevez, with 30 titles, is the fourth most successful Argentine player in history behind Lionel Messi (40), Ángel Di María (32) and Luis ‘Lucho’ González (31).