The midfielder of Begur, Gio Carreras, announced yesterday that he will hang up his boots at the end of the season. After a long career that she started at a very young age at the club in her hometown, the Empordà native will retire at the age of 32 as a player for PSV Eindhoven. The league in the women’s first division of the Netherlands ends on the penultimate weekend of May and their team will face theExcelsior Barendrecht on the 20th.
“It’s time to dump her and move on I will stop being a football player. It is a decision that I make after meditating on it for a long time, I make it because I feel that the time has come to close this magnificent and beautiful chapter of my life, ”he explained in a statement. Carreras started chasing a ball for the first time at Begur, his hometown club, and then played for Estartit and Girona before signing for Espanyol, with whom he would make his debut in the top division of state women’s football. . In addition, he has worn the shirts of Atlético de Madrid, San Gabriel and Valencia. The Valencian club was the one that enjoyed it the most for years, with a total of seven, and it became a whole che icon.
Carreras’ last adventure, which in turn represented his retirement, was in the Netherlands. The Begur native joined PSV Eindhoven in the summer of 2020, a club with which she won the Dutch Cup last year after winning the final against ADO Den Haag (0-1). He ends his contract next June, which will be when he finally closes his career as a footballer.
“I would like to thank, first of all, all the colleagues who previously opened the doors for us, who paved the way for us and laid the first stone to make it possible for women’s football to become a reality today.” commented Carreras thanking “all the people who have been part of these more than 27 years of my path” and especially his family for supporting him “when he was only 5 years old and moving heaven and earth always to make my dream possible ”.
Carreras, who will turn 33 in June, said that “I have learned over the years that football is not just about goals, it’s not just about winning, it’s much more”: “These are the values that are transmitted and shared. union, it is camaraderie, it is a feeling. It’s about feeling part of a group, starting a family, and fighting for a common goal. It’s falling and getting up after a bad match, it’s living 24 hours a day to be the best version of yourself, are the hard moments during the injuries and the happiness when you feel like a footballer again ». “I feel really privileged to have enjoyed this sport so much. And she is very proud of everything she has experienced, ”he added.
The Begur midfielder did not detail his plans for the future, but insisted that “now is the time to start a new chapter in my life and I will face it calmly, with desire and enthusiasm”.
