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    Barcelona footballer, Gerard Pique announces when he will retire from football.

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    • Barcelona footballer Gerard Pique announces retirement from football.

    Barcelona footballer, Gerard Pique announces when he will retire from football.
    Barcelona footballer, Gerard Pique announces when he will retire from football.

    In an incredible career that saw him win everything at the club and international levels, Barcelona footballer Gerard Pique has announced when he will retire from football.

    The 35-year-old has made 615 appearances for Barcelona and has taken home three Champions League and eight La Liga trophies. With Spain, he also won the 2010 World Cup and the 2012 European Championship.

    The defender won the Premier League and the Champions League while playing for Manchester United between the time he began his football career at Barcelona and the time he returned in 2008.

    Although he has continued to play this season, he has already declared that Saturday’s La Liga match at home against Almeria will be his final at Camp Nou.

    Pique said in a farewell video posted on social media: ‘The last few weeks, months, lots of people have been talking about me. Until now I haven’t said anything. But now, I want to be the one talking about me.

    ‘Like many of you I have always been a Barca fan. I was born into a football loving family of Barca fans

    ‘From a very young age I didn’t want to become a football player, I wanted to be a Barca player.

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    I’ve been thinking a lot about that kid lately. About what little Gerard would have thought if he had bene told that all his dreams would come true.

    ‘That he would make it to Barca first team that he would win every trophy possible. That he would become European champion and World champion. That he would play alongside the bests players in history. That he would become one of the team’s captains. That he would make friends for life. It’s been 25 years since I joined Barca. I left and I came back.

    ‘Football has given me everything. Barca has given me everything. You, Culers, have given me everything. And now that all that kid’s dreams have come true, I want to tell you that I’ve decided that now is the time to bring this journey to its end.

    ‘I’ve always said that there would not be any other team after Barca. And that’s how it will be. This Saturday’s game will be my last at Camp Nou. I will become a regular fan. I will support the team.

    ‘I will pass my love for Barca to my children. Like my family did with me. And you know me. Sooner or later I’ll be back.

    ‘I’ll see you at Camp Nou, Long live Barca. Always.’