By Edgardo Avelar
08 Nov 2024, 18:41 PM EST
After to announce his retirement from the fields With an impeccable 19-year career, the congratulations and congratulations for the Mexican international and five-time World Cup winner Andrés Guardado were immediate, both in the mexico soccer as in some of the European teams where he played.
The decision of the so-called “Little Prince” It caused teams such as Deportivo La Coruña, Real Betis de Sevilla and Bayer Leverkusen to publish messages of encouragement and recognition on their social networks for the performance and professionalism that made them leave their mark defending these shirts.
TIt seems like it was yesterday when a 19-year-old teenager He took to the field with the Atlas uniform on August 20, 2005 against Pachuca, to begin a career full of recognition that led him to place himself at the top of the international football scene to defend several jerseys of important teams from the Old Continent.
So after debuting in the 2006 World Cup against Argentina Leaving a career of more than 60 games at Atlas, he was surprisingly transferred to Deportivo La Coruña, when everyone assumed that he would reach the Dutch team PSV Eindhoven, which he would do years later.
after playing for the Galicians of La Coruña for 149 matches, He was transferred to Valencia, where he played no more than 66 games before joining Bayer Leverkusen, precisely where he had his lowest hours with just seven games, but which helped him reach PSV Eindhoven and there with 102 games played, he won over his fans. completely.
From there it happened to Betis de Sevilla to have his best moments that allowed him to establish himself as a key player, playing 218 games before arriving at León of Liga MX on his farewell tour of the fields and that will conclude this weekend with the visit that the Esmeraldas will make to Monterrey.
Precisely after the five-time World Cup winner officially announced his goodbye from the fields, the reactions were not wait like that of Deportivo de La Coruña by publishing the following message: “You defended #AsNosasCores with pride and passion, an example of professionalism on and off the field.”
Just like that of the Bavarian team from Bayer 04 Leverkusen who, despite not counting too much on his presence in their ranks, dedicated the following letter to him: “Thank you for everything, Little Prince. It was an honor to be part of your career in Europe, Andrés Guardado. Best wishes for the future.”
While that Real Betis published to highlight his farewell to the courts the following: “END. And this (nice) story is over”, with an illustration alluding to the famous story with the Mexican seeing new horizons.
In this way, these teams paid tribute and recognized the career of one of the greatest symbols of Mexican soccer, as he demonstrated by defending in 182 games the green T-shirt of the Tricolor.
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