Fernando Torres Announces Retirement After Glittering 18-Year Career

Fernando Torres

Fernando Torres has announced his retirement from football after a glittering 18-year with major career at Liverpool, Chelsea and Atletico Madrid.

The 35-year-old Spaniard who last played in Japan for Sagan Tosu after leaving Atletico Madrid last year made the announcement.

Torres, a  World Cup winner with Spain in 2010 won the Champions League, Europa League and FA Cup with Chelsea.

Torres shared the news on Twitter: 'I have something very important to announce. After 18 exciting years, the time has come to put an end to my football career.'

Torres who moved to Liverpool in July, 2007 and scored  81 goals in 142 games for the Reds. He later made a £50million deadline-day switch to Chelsea in January 2011 and won the Champions League final with the blues in 2012.

He also enjoyed loan spell at AC Milan from Chelsea and then returned to Atletico in January 2015 before he made his move to Japan last July.




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