{"id":2618,"date":"2021-12-15T14:34:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/?p=2618"},"modified":"2021-12-15T14:34:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:34:12","slug":"aguero-retires-from-football-due-to-heart-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/?p=2618","title":{"rendered":"Aguero retires from football due to heart condition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sergio Aguero, one of the most prolific strikers of his generation, is retiring from football at the age of 33 because of a heart arrhythmia.<\/p>\n

“I have decided to stop playing football, it is a very difficult moment,” the tearful forward said. “I decided around 10 days ago after having done everything possible in case there was a chance… but it wasn’t to be. It’s taken me time to digest it.<\/p>\n

Doctors initially told Aguero to follow a conservative therapeutic program for three months, but further tests this week determined the issue was severe enough to bring a premature end to his career.<\/p>\n

Aguero, who joined Barcelona from Manchester City on a free transfer, suffered from breathing problems while playing in La Liga on Oct. 30. He was hospitalized shortly after and diagnosed Nov. 1.<\/p>\n

Aguero played just five times for Barcelona because of a previous calf injury.<\/p>\n

A winner of 15 senior titles, Aguero is best remembered for his heroics in the 94th minute of the 2011-12 Premier League season finale, which clinched Manchester City’s first top-flight title since 1968.<\/p>\n

He also made his mark at Atletico Madrid and Independiente, won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, and lifted the Copa America with close friend Lionel Messi last summer.<\/p>\n

In all, Aguero scored 427 goals in 786 matches for club and country.<\/p>\n

Alex Caparros \/ Getty Images Sport \/ Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Initially, the prolific striker denied reports that a heart condition had forced him to retire.<\/p>\n

“Always positive,” Aguero said Nov. 12. “There are rumors going around, but I’m following the club doctor’s opinion, and we’ll see how I am in 90 days.”<\/p>\n

He was substituted and taken to hospital for tests after experiencing dizziness in the first half of a 1-1 draw with Alaves. Aguero motioned to his chest and throat when medics approached him on the pitch.<\/p>\n

In January, Aguero tested positive for COVID-19 and required more than a month to recover, disrupting his final season with City. He spent a decade with the club, winning 12 titles and becoming its all-time leading scorer with 260 goals in 390 appearances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sergio Aguero, one of the most prolific strikers of his generation, is retiring from football at the age of 33 because of a heart arrhythmia. “I have decided to stop playing football, it is a very difficult moment,” the tearful forward said. “I decided around 10 days ago after having done everything possible in case […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-premier-league"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}