Gerard Pique has announced his retirement from professional football, the 35 years won 29 major trophies; ” “I’ve always said that there would not be any other team after Barca – and that’s how it will be”. He posted a video on social media and stated” sooner or later I’ll be back” while looking at the president podium. and sources claim that nobody was aware of his retirement, the 35 years old man won English League Cup – 2006
Premier League – 2008
Champions League – 2008 (Man Utd), 2009, 2011, 2015 (Barcelona)
La Liga – 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Copa del Rey – 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021
European Super Cup – 2009, 2011, 2015
Club World Cup – 2009, 2011, 2015
World Cup – 2010
European Championship – 2012.
Pique played 102 matches for Spain (12th most cap) and helped them to victory in the 2010 world cup and 2012 European championship. However the Spaniard started that the reason why he retired was because he was unable to compete in a higher level of football. Pique played 616 matches for for Barcelona, after announcing his retirement Barcelona describe him as a player – who was born in the city and whose grandfather was on the club’s board – as a “member since birth.
Pique came from la maisa but made his debut for Manchester united after moving to Old Trafford in 2004 Pique won the League Cup, Premier League and Champions League under Sir Alex Ferguson but made only 23 appearances during his four-year spell in England and eventually returned to Barcelona under the newly-appointed Pep Guardiola. In 2018 Pique retired from international football after Spain were kicked out from the world cup in round of 16.
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