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For: EFE Updated 11 Feb 2022, 08: pm EST
The former Uruguayan international player Diego Forlán, who in August 2010 announced his retirement from professional activity, will take down his boots to compete in the traditional University Sports League (LUD) of Uruguay.
The athlete will be part of the category for over 40 years of the Old Boys & Old Girls Club, an institution with more than 100 years of history.
“Hi Diego! Welcome @DiegoForlan7 back to the University Sports League. You are at home”, reads a publication on the LUD Twitter account.
Founded in 1914, this competition’s mission is “to contribute to the formation of university students towards life and society through amateur sports competition”.
Diego Forlán will play the season 2022 college football team More 40 from @OBCyOGC ⚽️🙌
— University Sports League (@LUD_Oficial) February 10, 2022
Interviewed by the local radio station Sport 890, ‘Cachavacha’ stated: “The idea is to have fun and share with friends. I haven’t played football since my farewell match”.
That match you referred to was played at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo on 15 from December to 2019 and ended with a 6-6 tie between Forlán’s friends and the Uruguayan team.
After his retirement, Forlán began his coaching career and took charge of Peñarol and Atenas SAD, club from which he left in September 2021.
Days ago, the who won the Golden Ball at the World Cup in South Africa 2010, began working at Durazno FC in the Third Division of Uruguay, although this is not as technical director, but within an investment group that will accompany the team and will be in charge gará of the formation of young people.
Forlán had an extensive and award-winning career that includes great teams such as the Argentine Independiente, the Spanish Atlético de Madrid and Villarreal, the English Manchester United or the Uruguayan Peñarol.
Winner of individual titles as the top scorer in the Spanish League in the season 2008-2009, the UEFA Golden Boot and the EFE Trophy in 2005, the Uruguayan left a legacy for local and South American football.
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