Former Spain and Arsenal playmaker Santi Cazorla retires at 41
- On Thursday, former Spain and Arsenal playmaker Santi Cazorla announced his retirement from professional football at age 41, concluding a two-decade career with his boyhood club, Real Oviedo.
- Cazorla won the 2008 and 2012 European Championships with Spain and secured two FA Cups with Arsenal during his six-year London tenure, also playing for Villarreal, Malaga, and Al Sadd.
- Despite severe injuries, including a gangrene infection that nearly required amputation, the midfielder continued playing for nearly a decade after seeking specialist care from Dr. Mikel Sanchez in Spain.
- Returning to Oviedo in 2023, Cazorla earned the league's minimum salary and donated all image rights to the club, requesting that 10 percent of jersey sales support the youth academy.
- Cazorla stated, "Now that everything is ending... everything fits together, because the ending wasn't just anywhere-- I was at home," while Real Oviedo confirmed its doors remain open for his future involvement.
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After the announcement of the withdrawal of Santi Cazorla from the Real Oviedo, a team he was captaining and of which he had already become a symbol, many wonder what will happen to the footballer. The 41-year-old midfielder has decided to "hang the boots" after more than 20 years of race divided between Oviedo, Villarreal and the Spanish National Team, among others. The news has not taken Carbayones by surprise, because in the last few months h…
Santi Cazorla Retires After Two-decade Career, Bows out with Boyhood Club Real Oviedo
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. The 41-year-old called time on his playing days after helping his boyhood club, Real Oviedo, secure promotion to La Liga, completing an emotional full-circle journey at the club where his football story first began. Sports News | Santi Cazorla Retires After Two-decade Career, Bows out with Boyhood Club Real Oviedo.
It is the emotional end of an impressive football career: Santi Cazorla explained in a video on Instagram that he will hang his football shoes on the nail. The two-time European champion will then receive a series of reactions! "The end was at home with me, exactly where the magic began. Because there are stories that never end but stay forever. Like an eight, like infinity, Cazorla explains on the occasion of his career end. Most recently, the …
The former game leader of Arsenal and Spain, Santi Cazorla, announced on Thursday that he would retire at the age of 41, putting an end to a career of more than twenty years marked by two European titles with the Roja.
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