Deportivo Pereira surprised on Saturday night, after tying against Atlético Bucaramanga as a visitor, announcing that, by mutual agreement, Fernando Uribe He stopped belonging to the institution. The news was unexpected, because although he was recovering from an injury, he only returned from retirement in July to wear the shirt of the team that made him known.
“We appreciate the wisdom and honesty of Mr. Fernando Uribe in terminating, by mutual agreement, the signed contract. with the institution as a professional soccer player. The experience and trajectory was notable during the time he belonged to the team, giving results that led the Matecaña team to score important points in the BetPlay Dimayor 2024-II League,” reads the team’s statement.
Uribe, 36, had announced that he would leave football at the end of 2023, when he was defending the colors of Millonarios. However, after feeling the “desire” to be on the field again, he signed for the Risaraldense team in July of this year, contributing with a goal in six games played.
“My body asks me to stop”
Uribe published a message on his Instagram account in which he said goodbye to the team that gave him the opportunity to return to the fields and, in turn, with which he ended his career. The Pereira native alluded to the constant physical inconveniences as one of the reasons for making the decision.
“Today with great sadness, with resignation, but with great awareness, I make a difficult decision in my personal and professional life.. After going through several injuries, trying again and again to overcome the pain, doing everything possible physically and mentally to be in a position to compete, today my body asks me to stop.”Uribe began writing.
“I do it out of respect for those who opened the door for me to return, out of respect for those around me on a daily basis, the coaching staff, the medical department, the props, and above all out of respect for my teammates, who give themselves every day to achieve a goal that we set at the beginning of the season. Today more than my physical health I take care of my mental health, and I thank the @corpereira club headed by Don Álvaro López for understanding and accompanying me in this decision,” concludes the former player, who played for teams such as Millonarios, Once Caldas, Santos de Brasil, among others.
In this way, Fernando Uribe puts an end to a career in football in which He scored 189 goals in 484 games at club level. The team for which he played the most games was Millionaires (138)while the one who converted the most was Toluca from Mexico (61). He won 10 titles and was twice the top scorer in the Colombian League. Likewise, he defended the team’s shirt on two occasions. Colombia National Team of Seniors, in the friendlies against Peru and Bolivia in November 2010.
