Rafinha Alcántara says goodbye to football. The former player, who played for FC Barcelona, Celta and Real Sociedad among others, announced this Monday through his social networks that He hangs up his crampons at 32 due to serious knee injury that he suffered last year.
“I made the decision to retire. After some time away from the fields and after a long convalescencethe time has come to make something important to me public,” Rafinha announced in the document. The Hispanic-Brazilian I hadn’t been able to play for over a year. Due to a serious injury, he was left without a team and his last club was Al-Arabi SC, from Qatar, which he joined in 2022.
“A little over a year ago, I suffered a knee injury which unfortunately prevents me from competing at the highest level again. It was difficult to accept that I couldn’t continue,” continued Rafinha, whose retirement comes a year and a half after his brother Thiago (34) hung up his boots.
“Football has been my life for as long as I can remember, and Understanding that I could no longer devote myself to it as I always had was a difficult process.. But over time, I also saw how beautiful the journey was,” he says.
The youngest of the Alcántara family played in the FC Barcelona, Celta de Vigo, Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Sociedad, Al-Arabi SCand played 2 matches with the Brazilian national team.
“Thank you to my family for always being there, to everyone for their love and support. Thank you, football, for making me who I am. We see each other forever“, concluded the moving video of Rafinha, who won a Champions League, three Spanish Leagues, a French league, a European Super Cup, two Spanish Super Cups, five Copas del Rey, a French Cup, an Olympic gold medal and a Qatar Cup.
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