East Barcelona And Croatia Midfielder Ivan Rakatik on Monday announced his retirement from football at the age of 37.
Rakitić was last playing for Hadjuk in his motherland after a brief mantra in the Saudi Pro League Al Shabab,
“Football, you gave me more than as much as I ever imagined,” he wrote in a post on social media that he was hanging his shoes.
“You gave me victory, defeat, lesson and friends for life. You told me a unique way and a thousand stories. You gave me a beautiful family and moments that I will take me to my heart forever.
“Now it’s time to enjoy you from another point of view, you always live with the same passion, always with a grateful heart, stand, from offices, from home, or wherever life takes me.”
Born for Croatian parents in Switzerland, Rakatik came to FC Basel before joining the German side Shalke 04 in 2007.
Four years later he left Sevilla In 2011, where he now met his wife, for the first of the two mantras with the Spanish side, which booked six highly successful years in Barcelona.
Along with Barca, he won 13 trophies, including four Laliga Title, four Kopas del re And one Champions League,
He enjoyed great success with Croatia, held 106 demonstrations before retiring from international football in 2019, one year after reaching the World Cup final with his country, where he lost France,
In Sevilla, meanwhile, he won two Ufa eur europea league Topic.
“With Sevilla, I discovered another house and found the love of my life,” he said. “My daughter was born in that city and I won my first major title. We cried together and celebrated with passion. Sevila is eternal.
“Barcelona gave me everything. This is my dream club. I achieved all my goals there, playing with the world’s best players and win everything as a team.
“With Croatia, we made history. With our first game in 2007 in the 2018 World Cup final, where we dreamed millions of dreams and felt proud of their roots. Sharing a dressing room with our national team companions has been one of the biggest gifts of my career.”
