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ANOTHER VETERAN RETIRES FROM PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL!

ANOTHER VETERAN RETIRES FROM PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL!


Claudio Bravo, Photo by :IMAGO



41 year old Chilean goalkeeper announced his retirement from professional football. He now join the likes of former Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos  who reitred at 34 and another goalkeeper  Wojciech Szczęsny who recently departed Juventus an hung his gloves at 34.


The Chilean goalkeeper's career spans over 20 years having made his professional debut in 2003 in the colours of Chilean Colo-Colo.


Bravo would later move to Real Sociedad in 2006 on a €1.2m tranfer. He spent 8 seasons with Sociedad before FC Barcelona snatched him for €12m in 2014. 


Bravo spent 2 seasons at Barca before he completed yet another €18m transfer to Manchester City in 2016. He spent 4 seasons at City before he returned to Spain to join Real Betis Balompie in 2020 where he spent 4 seasons before he retired.


His trophy collection includes 2 Copa America trophies ,1 UEFA Champions League trophy, 1 FIFA Club World Cup trophy, 2 English Premier League trophies, 2 Spanish League trophies, 1 UEFA Super Cup trophy, 1 English FA Cup trophy, 3 Spanish Cup trophies, 1 Spanish Super Cup trophies , 2 English Super Cup trophies, 2 Chilean League trophies and 1 Spanish LaLiga 2 trophy.


He kept 222 clean sheets in 614 career games for both club and country.  

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