This time it’s over: at 43, the former defender and captain Vitorino Hilton ends his professional career as he announced on Instagram.
The Brazilian, exemplary throughout his career, during which he wore the colors of Chapecoense, Parana Clube in Brazil, Servette de Genève, Bastia, RC Lens, Marseille and Montpellier in Europe, announced that the past season was his last. This was strongly felt after Montpellier’s decision not to extend it and the player therefore decided not to look to another challenge. He spent no less than 24 years on the pitch during his professional career, including 512 Ligue 1 matches, winning the Intertoto Cup with RC Lens in 2005 and 2 French championship titles, with OM in 2010 and Montpellier in 2012. From 2004 to 2008, he wore the Blood and Gold colors 122 times in Ligue 1 for 8 goals. We will long remember the cleanliness of his interventions and this unusual sense of timing that allowed him to be dominant in the air from the top of his 184 centimeters, facing attackers sometimes larger than him. Demonstrating an exemplary hygiene of life, he was able to last at the highest level until 43 years old, becoming the dean of Ligue 1 players. During the past season, he played 29 Ligue 1 matches including 24 in as a holder. He could now do his retraining in Montpellier. ” I would like to thank God first for all that I managed to accomplish in football and thank Chapecoense where it all started, Parana Clube, Servette, Bastia, RC Lens, Marseille and especially Montpellier, for whom I have a lot of respect and of which I am proud to have worn the jersey for 10 years », He comments.
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