Sergio Aguero announced, that at the age of 33 years ended his football career due to heart disease.
Manchester City record scorer, who moved to Barcelona in the summer for a free transfer, had to be replaced during the October draw 1:1 with Alaves after that, who received medical help on the field to treat chest pain and dizziness.
The Argentine striker was taken to hospital for heart tests, after which he was expelled for three months.
However, Aguero did not manage to return to the pitch, as announced on Camp Nou on Wednesday, that his playing career is over.
Emotional Aguero said: "This conference is to be announced, that I decided to stop playing football.
“Je to veľmi ťažká chvíľa. Decision, which I did, I did for my health, this is the main reason for the problem, ktorý som mal pred mesiacom a pol.”
"I was in good hands with the medical staff, who did the maximum and they told me, that it would be best to stop playing.
“Takže som sa tak rozhodol asi pred týždňom a chcem všetkým povedať, that I did everything for it, to have hope, ale nebolo toho veľa.”
City manager Pep Guardiola was one of several representatives of the former Aguera clubs, who attended Wednesday's press conference, while the club paid tribute to its former striker on social networks.
“Každý v Manchestri City by rád využil túto príležitosť a poďakoval @aguerosergiokun za jeho neuveriteľný príspevok k nášmu úspechu v poslednom desaťročí a zaželal mu veľa šťastia v jeho dôchodku,” napísal City na Twitteri.
In November, Aguero responded to rumors of his retirement and wrote on Twitter, that he feels "positive" and makes "progress" in his health.
After his first match at the head of the club against Espanyol in November, Barcelona coach Xavi said, that the attacker's situation is uncertain, but that the club will "follow the development of it, what he had ”and hopes, that he will be able to "continue to play football". .
Aguero agreed to move to Barcelona in May and, after leaving the City, signed a two-year contract with a ransom clause of 100 million (86 million pounds).
However, he was not allowed to play for the club until the end of August after that, which rules of financial fair play in Spain prevented the La Liga team from registering new players.
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The attacker then suffered a calf injury, which eliminated him until October, after which he could debut for the club as a substitute for the win 3:1 against Valencia.
He scored his first goal for Barcelona against Real Madrid in his debut in El Clasic 24. October.
Aguero began his career at the Independent Club in Argentina, where in years 2003-2006 shot 18 goals and then transferred to Atletica Madrid.
He enjoyed a fertile period in the Spanish team, v 230 he scored 100 times in all competitions and won with the club in addition to the UEFA Super Cup 2010 and the European League.
City signed a contract with Aguer of Atlética in 2011 and made a name for the club, when in the last match of the season 2011/12 scored dramatically with a late winner against QPR, to secure the team's first Premier League title.
Aguero stayed in the City 10 seasons and broke Eric Brook's record and became the club's top scorer of the year 2017.
He shot for the club 260 goals in 390 matches and won a number of awards, including five Premier League titles, six trophies in the League Cup and the FA Cup.
The attacker was also prolific at the international level, when he shot 41 goals in 101 matches for Argentina, which makes him the team's third top scorer behind Lionel Messi and Gabriel Batistut.
Aguero was part of the Argentina team, who won Copa America 2021.
Aguero is retiring as a Premier League legend
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If Sergio Aguero stayed in English football for only one season, his place in folklore would still be certain. Goal against Queens Park Rangers, who won the title back from rival Manchester United, is destined for it, to repeat until then, until it is played.
But that was the goal of the Premier League number 23 like this 184.
He is the winner of five Premier League titles.
Here are some more numbers. Aguero has not only beaten all other players since his Premier League debut, but it is not very close either. Harry Kane is still there 17 behind him, but the next man on the list is Jamie Vardy - he loses about the Argentine about 57 goals.
He shot Aguero at that time 12 hetrikov, which is four more than Kane, twice the suicide of Luis Suarez and three times the last 10 years of Premier League football.
If these statistics are slightly skewed in time frame, which covers his entire career in Manchester City, while others have appeared recently, consider Aguer's strike rate compared to his opponents. It shows, that he scored not only more, but also more often.
Aguero shot his 184 goals in the Premier League at a rate of one each 108 minutes. Kane scored every goal 128 minutes, Mohamed Salah everyone 127 minutes. No one can really compete. By any metric, he is the best striker of the competition in the last decade.
There were typical Aguer's goals. Arrow to the nearby pillar. Efforts made into the corner. But his longevity was like that, that it is impossible to assign it to several surface treatments.
Few would think, that it boasts one of the best left feet in Premier League history, and yet he found a network with her 34 times, which placed him among 10 top left-handed shooters since the sensational double-goal debut against Swansea in August 2011.
This game contained an outrageous blow from 30 yardov. It followed 20 others from behind the sixteen, which means, that only Christian Eriksen has scored more goals since Aguera's debut.
As for the headers, Nevertheless, že sú 5’8″, bol počas svojho pôsobenia v Anglicku medzi poltuctom najlepších strelcov hlavičkových gólov – päť mužov nad ním malo priemernú výšku 6’4″.
Did not know, that it will last so long. As with other big names, who arrived at Etihad Stadium at that time, was the assumption, that he will just go through. But while the language was not born easily, he felt at home on the pitch.
The arrival of Pepa Guardiola in time, which proved to be the exact center of his career in Manchester City, was a boost for the club, but also a challenge for the star striker. There were doubts about his ability to adapt to the requirements of the new coach.
He could have left as a club legend then. Instead, he increased his status even further and showed his value by doing so, that he reached the limit 20 goals in each of the first three seasons led by Guardiol. Aguero was the City's top scorer in their consecutive titles.
Injuries and illness limited his influence towards the end of his tenure in England and there was no famous final - his last appearance for the City after the final defeat of the Champions League against Chelsea at Porto. It was the only trophy, which escaped him.
However, Aguero ends up as an Premier League icon, the shooter has more goals in the competition than any other overseas player. Man, who scored her most famous goal of all.
427 career goals in numbers
Aguero has a staggering record: 427 goals from 786 matches for clubs and country - which corresponds to the career average 0,54 per match.
His peak returned in City blue s 260 goals from 390 zápasov – okrem toho, that during his decade on Etihad recorded 16 with 18 hetrikov in career.
The Argentinian netted 28 or more goals in seven of the eight seasons in all competitions of the year 2011/12 to 2018/19, taking in season 2016/17 recorded 33 highest goals in his career.
Injuries often shortened the game time, but Aguero kept his score 0,60 goal per match in all but one campaign 10 years from 2010 - with a career maximum 0,82, when City in season 2013/14 won the Premier League title.
Aguero scored 302 of their 427 catches your favorite real shoe, but others 74 strelil ľavou a prekonal svoj 5’8″ rám so 48 gólmi v hlavičke – zatiaľ čo jeho schopnosť rozpútať veľkolepú scénu priniesla 35 goals from a distance.
The decade in England has taken place 184 Argentina's Premier League goals - more than double that, which he produced during his five years in La Liga - with others 41 interventions on the scene of the Champions League.
Use the interactive table below to scroll through them all 427 goals to his very first for Independiente against Estudiantes De La Plata in November 2004.