Jose Luis Calderon retires from football

Argentine striker Jose Luis Calderon announced his decision to leave the active practice of professional football. The player of Estudiantes de La Plata took this determination to be relegated to the preferences of the trainer Alejandro Sabella and, curiously, his departure comes shortly before the click has to travel to Dubai to contest the Club World Cup.

Amagada Caldera had to retire after obtaining the Copa Libertadores, but the request of several of his teammates, and the technician Sabella, persuaded him to follow six months of operation. Calderón's intention was to retire playing, feeling important within the team, and that is not what is happening. "It was wrong to have followed more than six months," said forward today, when he publishes his decision, which involves getting out of commitment this week against Columbus and, more importantly, lost the World Club.

Endpoint for a great career, she had him playing on great teams like Napoli, America, Atlas, Independent and students and to integrate national team several times. At the individual level, a marked 266 goals and was crowned top scorer of the tournament twice (1995 with Estudiantes Apertura and Clausura 1999 Independiente).

Share this entry