The front Argentine Gonzalo Higuain, who plays in the Inter Miami of the MLS, announced this Monday that he will leave professional football at the end of this season.
“It is time to communicate a piece of news that I have been processing, analyzing and preparing for this decision for some time. The day has come to say goodbye to football”, said a very emotional Higuaín at a press conference on Monday.
‘El Pipita’ said he felt “privileged” for having enjoyed football, “with its good and not so good moments”.
The 34-year-old former Real Madrid player began his professional career in River Plate before making the leap to Europe at a very young age.
With a great career that includes other outstanding teams such as Juventus, Chelsea o Naples, Higuain He was also a very important reference for the Argentine national team, with which he scored 31 goals in 75 games.
The Argentine debuted in the MLS in September 2020 in the final stretch of the first season of the Inter Miami.
Higuaín has scored 14 goals this season with Inter Miami and is ending the regular season in extraordinary form as he has scored 12 goals in his last 14 games.
The forward will be key in the aspirations to play the ‘playoffs’ del Inter Miami, that this week has two key games to certify its pass to the knockout rounds: on Wednesday against Orlando City and on Sunday against Montreal.
