This archive report was first published on 7 August 2019.
Diego Forlan, the former Uruguay captain and English Premier League winner with Manchester United, has officially retired from football at the age of 40.
Forlan, born on 19 May 1979 in Montevideo, Uruguay, had been without a team since a brief spell last year with Kitchee Sports in Hong Kong.
"I've decided to stop playing professional football," Forlan said in a statement made to local television station Teledoce and picked up in daily newspaper El Observador on Tuesday.
Forlan's illustrious career spanned over two decades, during which he played for several top-tier clubs, including Independiente in Argentina, Manchester United, Villarreal, and Atletico Madrid in Spain, Inter Milan in Italy, and Penarol in his home country.
He won the Copa America in 2011 and was named the best player at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where Uruguay finished fourth.
Forlan scored 36 goals in 112 matches for his country and won the English title in 2003 and the FA Cup in 2004 with Manchester United.
