Forward Mario Gomez, who became the best player in the Bundesliga in 2007 and top scorer in the German and Turkish league, announced his retirement from professional football after achieving promotion to the top flight from Stuttgart, in which He has been a militant in the last two seasons.
International in 78 matches with Germany, with which he scored 31 goals, was third in South Africa 2010 and runner-up in the Austrian Euro Cup Switzerland 2008, he said goodbye to the club where he started.
After breaking into and staying nine years at Stuttgart, he moved to Bayern Munich, with which he played for four years. He then went to Italy, Fiorentina and then Besiktas, where he stayed for a year before returning to Germany, Wolfsburg and facing the final stretch again at Stuttgart.
He left the field of play in the 82nd minute of the match against Darmstadt. His last game. He scored the only goal of his team, which he lost, although he fulfilled the objective of the promotion.
“It was always my dream after such a long race to give something back to Stuttgart at the end of my career that ends here. I am very grateful to Stuttgart and it is best to be able to say goodbye with this success. It was my last mission. There has been one or two moments when I was crying. The emotional explosion was huge despite the coronavirus and the fans were unable to be at the stadium, “said the 34-year-old forward, who won the Champions League with Bayern in the 2012.
“I would like to thank the fans because they have supported me in recent years. It is the right time to say goodbye,” added Gomez, league champion once with Stuttgart and twice with Bayern, in Germany, and another in Turkey with the Besiktas.
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