Farewell game at Internacional
The 28-time Argentina international Andrés D’Alessandro has announced the end of his more than 20-year professional career. The 40-year-old playmaker will see his farewell in the first home game of the new season against Fortaleza at SC Internacional Porto Alegre on April 17, the Brazilian top division club announced.
D’Alessandro, Hunt & Co.: These players ended their careers in 2022
Andrés D’Alessandro (Last club: SC Internacional)
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On D’Alessandro’s performance data – most games for: SC Internacional (368); highest market value: 11 million euros
Laurent Koscielny (Last club: Girondins Bordeaux)
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On Koscielny’s performance data – most games for: Arsenal (353); highest market value: 22 million euros
Aaron Hunt (last club: Hamburger SV)
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Hunt’s performance data – most games for: SV Werder Bremen (286); highest market value: 7 million euros
Almog Cohen (last club: Maccabi Netanya)
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On Cohen’s performance data – most games for: Maccabi Netanya (154); highest market value: 3 million euros
Jermain Defoe (last club: AFC Sunderland)
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On Defoe’s performance data – most games for: Tottenham Hotspur (362); highest market value: 18 million euros
Fabricio Coloccini (last club: Club Atlético Aldosivi)
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On Coloccini’s performance data – most games for: Newcastle United (275); highest market value: 10 million euros
Davy Proepper (last club: PSV Eindhoven)
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On Pröpper’s performance data – most games for: Vitesse Arnhem (162); highest market value: 17 million euros
Thomas Vermaelen (last club: Vissel Kobe)
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Zu Vermaelen’s performance data – most games for: Arsenal FC (150); highest market value: 18.5 million euros
Internacional leaves club icon D’Alessandro. The left-footed player was only interrupted by a loan to youth club CA River Plate in 2016 and a move to Club Nacional in Uruguay in 2021 for the traditional club. D’Alessandro won the Copa Sudamericana with the Porto Alegre club in 2008 and the Copa Libertadores in 2010. That same year he was named South America’s Footballer of the Year.
D’Alessandro became known in Germany through his time at VfL Wolfsburg, where he was under contract from 2003 to 2007 and scored 13 goals and prepared 19 goals in 75 games. With a fee of 9.5 million euros paid to River Plate, the 2004 Olympic champion became the record purchase of the “Wolves” at the time.
With Wind, Kruse & Co.: The most expensive additions to VfL Wolfsburg
26 Andrés D’Alessandro | 03/04 by River Plate | Transfer fee: €9.5 million
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As of March 4, 2022
23 Jakub Kaminski | 22/23 by Lech Poznan | Transfer fee: €10 million
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Coming in Summer 2022
23 Ridle Baku | 20/21 from Mainz 05 | Transfer fee: €10 million
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23 Josip Brekalo | 16/17 by Dinamo Zagreb | Transfer fee: €10 million
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21 Wout Weghorst | 18/19 from AZ Alkmaar | Transfer fee: €10.5 million
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21 Obafemi Martins | 09/10 from Newcastle | Transfer fee: €10.5 million
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19 Jeffrey Bruma | 16/17 by PSV | Transfer fee: €11.5 million
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19 Landry Dimata | 17/18 by KV Ostend | Transfer fee: €11.5 million
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15 Max Kruse | 15/16 from Gladbach | Transfer fee: €12 million
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15 Luca Waldschmidt | 21/22 by Benfica | Transfer fee: €12 million
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15 Smellingly Bazoer | 16/17 by Ajax | Transfer fee: €12 million
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15 Jonah Wind | 21/22 from Copenhagen | Transfer fee: €12 million
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13 Yunus Malli | 16/17 from Mainz 05 | Transfer fee: €12.5 million
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13 Simon Kjaer | 10/11 from US Palermo | Transfer fee: €12.5 million
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12 Yannick Gerhardt | 16/17 from 1. FC Cologne | Transfer fee: €13 million
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11 Sebastiaan Bornauw | 21/22 from 1. FC Cologne | Transfer fee: €13.5 million
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8 Daniel Ginczek | 18/19 from VfB Stuttgart | Transfer fee: €14 million
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8 Ignacio Camacho | 17/18 from Malaga FC | Transfer fee: €14 million
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8 Andrea Barzagli | 08/09 by US Palermo | Transfer fee: €14 million
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7 Xavier Schlager | 19/20 by Red Bull Salzburg | Transfer fee: €15 million
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6 Diego | 10/11 by Juventus | Transfer fee: €15.5 million
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5 Luis Gustavo | 13/14 from FC Bayern | Transfer fee: €16 million
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4 John Anthony Brooks | 17/18 by Hertha BSC | Transfer fee: €17 million
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3 Kevin De Bruyne | 13/14 from Chelsea | Transfer fee: €22 million
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2 André Schurrle | 14/15 from Chelsea | Transfer fee: €32 million
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