The Barcelona defender surprised Gerrard Pique His fans announced his retirement from football at the age of 35 on Thursday, noting that he will play the last match next Saturday.
“Saturday’s match (against Almeria in the league) will be my last at Camp Nou,” said the world and European champion in a video posted on his social networks.
“Football has given me everything, Barcelona has given me everything and you Catalans have given me everything. Now that this boy’s dreams have come true, I want to tell you that it is time to end this journey.”
“I have always said that there will be no team after Barcelona. Sooner or later I will come back.”
Pique arrived in Barcelona at the age of ten before leaving Catalonia In 2004 he joined the Manchester United Academy, with which he won the national championship and the European Champions League in 2008, before returning in the same year to the club he sponsored as a child.
With Barcelona he has won eight La Liga league titles, the Champions League three times (2009, 2011 and 2015), the King’s Cup seven times, as well as other titles.
Pique played for the Spanish national team between 2009 and 2018, winning the 2010 World Cup and the 2012 European Cup before retiring from international football after the last World Cup in Russia.
Off the pitch, he has been linked to Colombian-Lebanese singer Shakira and they have two children, and the couple announced their separation last June.
