Rafa Márquez announces his withdrawal of the football in active

Rafael Márquez or the Kaiser of Michoacán, as it knew him from his starts in the football, announced his withdrawal of the football in active. To his 39 years of age, the one who went player of the FC Barcelona obtaining a spectacular list of winners hangs the boots after falling deleted of the World-wide of Russia in hands of Brazil.

Of this form Márquez hangs the boots after leaving 20 titles in his list of winners, 12 of them obtained with the T-shirt of the FC Barcelona. The Mexican was a key player for the team since it arrived in the season 2003-2004 until the 2009-2010 in which it left the team. During this period, even won two Champions League, one with Frank Rijkaard in the bench and Ronaldinho of mate. Another, directed by Pep Guardiola.

In this way, Márquez will be remembered by the barcelonismo for being a player with an exceptional defensive potential and an exquisite technician. In fact, it consecrated like titling since it arrived to the team, alternating the positions of central defence and mediocentro defensive, and only the arrival of Gerard Hammered to the Barça separated him of the titularity.

The letter of farewell of Márquez

Márquez expressed his goodbye by means of a moving letter: "Already they have happened some weeks from my last party like professional footballer and have wanted to give me this time to digest all the feelings that formed in is this last meeting. They have been twenty-two years of career in which I seat me very satisfied to having done a lot of sacrifices, efforts, errors, tarpaulins and like result of them caused sadnesses, in occasions disappoint, but in his majority, a lot of joys".

Also it wanted to remark that always it encouraged for defending to his teams: "No me arrepiento of at all, since the tarpaulins and more the errors, taught me to be better each day with day, to not having fear to make a mistake me and have like habit always give the maximum, to leave the skin in each played and sweat the T-shirt of all the teams that represented".

Finally, it wanted to appreciate to his fans the affection offered: "I Appreciate to all the fans that have showed me his affection during all these years; they are and they will keep on being my motivation to continue giving my maximum effort, do what do and was where was. This is not a goodbye, but until prompt. Football: you have given me so much that there is a lot for giving back you; it is impossible to move me away, by which always will be tied to you".

Simply Graces!! #4ctitud pic.twitter.com/zwb3y6su8h

— Rafa Marquez (@RafaMarquezMX) 21 July 2018