“The time has come”, former FC Porto man calls time on career | OneFootball

Brazilian Fernando Reges, a midfielder who began his successful European career with FC Porto, where he played between 2008/09 and 2013/14, announced this Friday that he is retiring at the age of 38.

The announcement was made on the ESPN Resenha program, where he explained that physical problems ultimately led to this decision. “Our moment has come. No one wants to reach that moment, but my turn has come. Everyone [here] knows this decision is very difficult. With cartilage wear in the knee, but it’s part of it. The knee won’t let me continue anymore. It finished me off. If I could, I would stay at Inter a while longer. But now it’s time to look for other things,” the former midfielder said.

In Portugal, besides his spell at FC Porto, Fernando also spent a season on loan at Estrela da Amadora. After the Dragons, he also played for Manchester City, Galatasaray and Sevilla, which he left in 2023. Throughout his European career, he won the Europa League twice, was crowned Portuguese champion four times, won the Portuguese Cup on three occasions and five Cândido de Oliveira Super Cups. In England, he won the English League Cup and, in Turkey, he was crowned national champion twice and also lifted a Turkish Cup.

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