“The time has come”, ex-FC Porto man calls time on his career | OneFootball

Brazilian Fernando Reges, a midfielder who began his successful career in Europe with FC Porto, where he played for the club 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 program Resenha ESPN, where he explained that physical issues ultimately led to this decision. “The time has come. Nobody wants to reach that moment, but my time has come. Everyone [here] knows how difficult this decision is. With cartilage wear in the knee, but that’s part of it. My 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. Over the course of his European career, he won the Europa League twice, was Portuguese champion four times, won the Portuguese Cup on three occasions and five Cândido de Oliveira Super Cups. In England, he won the EFL Cup and, in Turkey, he was a two-time national champion and also lifted the Turkish Cup.

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