To his 36 years, Nolito has decided to withdraw like professional footballer. The already ex forward announced that it had arrived the moment to "say goodbye to the passion that has been my life during so many years: the football", explained. The also international Spanish in 16 opportunities remembered to his familiar and mates and wanted to give them the graces in his networks.
"Appreciate especially to my family for supporting me from the first to the ultimo day. Also appreciate to all the people that has formed part, of one or another form, of my career. To all my excompañeros and workers of all the teams in which I have had the pleasure to form part", aimed. Nolito Finishes like this a way of 18 years, where between the varied teams in which it played was the FC Barcelona.
Good memories for Nolito like culé
The one of Sanlúcar de Barrameda arrived to the Barcelona entity to add to the filial culé in the summer of 2008, where would keep by three seasons, leaving free to the Benfica in 2011. Like footballer of the second Barcelona team lived the promotion of Third Division to second in the course 2009/10, being headline in the six meetings of the playoffs.
Already regarding general numbers, Nolito participated with the filial of the Barça in 107 meetings, annotating 29 goals and with the peculiarity that did not add any assistance. Where himself did it was in the first Catalan team, where debuted on 3 October 2010 in a tie 1-1 in front of the Mallorca, replacing to Pedro Rodríguez in the minute 78 of that meeting.
A career that was growing when it left the Barça
Nolito Would finish playing five meetings with the FC Barcelona before going out to the Portuguese football, annotating a goal, in a goleada in Glass by 5-1 in front of the Ceuta, and giving an assistance. Later it would happen three years in the Celtic of Vigo, where annotated 52 goals between 2014 and 2017, for later leave to the Manchester City, where was a year, and return to Spain to play in Seville, Vigo again and finish his career in the Ibiza.