This is the year of all the upheavals for Gerard Pique. While his story still shakes the Spanish press and all over the world, since he and Shakira announced their separation after more than ten years, the footballer has just to retire. The 35-year-old defender, winner of three Champions Leagues with FC Barcelona and the 2010 World Cup and Euro-2012 with Spain, announced this Thursday, November 3 this radical decision, in his life as a footballer . “Saturday’s game (against Almeria, editor’s note) will be my last at Camp Nou“, he announced in a short video posted on his Twitter account.
He explains himself in a video that has not finished moving the many fans of the Catalan club. “I wanted to tell you that I have decided that the time has come to end this trip“, he announces in this film of just over two minutes showing images of him as a little boy, with the Barça jersey or in the race for the autographs of the stars of the club, reports AFP. And his path stop there.”There will be no other team after Barça“, he let the supporters know, the culers. “I will become one more fan, and I will support the team and I will pass on my love for Barça to my sons.“, he explains. “And sooner or later I’ll be back“, promises Gérard Pique.
A radical decision after the separation with Shakira
It was at the age of 10 that Gerard Pique arrived at FC Barcelona. He only left Catalonia from 2004 to 2008 for the Manchester United Academy, where he won a first Champions League (2008), before returning to the club of his heart. Since then, Shakira’s former husband has won eight Spanish league titles, seven Copas del Rey (Spanish Cup) and above all three Champions Leagues, in 2009, 2011 and 2015. Star in Spain by virtue of his status as an international player, he has also been talked about because of his relationship with Shakira. The couple, now separated, had two children, (Sasha and Milan).