This archive report was first published on 2 July 2020.
Published on July 2, 2020, by Reuters.
Spain's World Cup-winning captain Iker Casillas has ended his five-year spell with Porto after his contract expired on Wednesday.
At 39, Casillas suffered a heart attack during a training session in April 2019 and has not played competitive football since.
Although he was given a role on the team's technical staff at the start of the season, he was never named in a matchday squad.
Porto president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa had previously announced that Casillas would retire from playing to stand for election as president of the Spanish soccer federation, but he later withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Casillas, who led Spain to their first World Cup in 2010 and won European championships in 2008 and 2012, had a low-key farewell from the club he joined in 2015 after 25 years at Real Madrid.
He posted a picture on his official Twitter account from a recent 1-0 win at Pacos Ferreira with the caption 'the last trip.'
Porto released a video titled 'Always one of us' in tribute to the goalkeeper, who made 156 competitive appearances for the club and won the 2017-18 league title with them.
