SAO PAULO – Former Liverpool or Lazio Roma midfielder Lucas Leiva has ended his career. The reason is the heart problems of the thirty-six-year-old Brazilian football player. Reuters reported about it.
Leiva said goodbye to his career in the jersey of his mother Grémio, where he returned last year after 15 years in Europe. But he hasn’t played since December after doctors discovered heart problems during a regular check-up.
“I end up where I wanted, but not the way I wanted. But health comes first,” said Leiva, who played for Liverpool from 2007 to 2017 and won the League Cup with them and reached the Europa League final. He then won the Italian Cup with Lazio. He played 23 matches for Brazil.
Heartbreaking Lucas Leiva was very emotional when announcing his retirement, due to heart problems. I don’t know about you, but the intern here cried with him
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