Aldosivi legend Jorge Carranza announces his retirement 🧤 | OneFootball

It is often said that the goalkeeper is the coach on the field. And if his career already makes him a reference point, even more so. Jorge Carranza, who started at Instituto de Córdoba and has had a long journey in world football, leaves the goal after keeping Aldosivi, the last club he played for, in the First Division. El Tiburón remains in the elite of Argentine football with 31 appearances by the Cordoban, during which he conceded 42 goals. He retired on the field, as a starter, captain, alongside his son and achieving the main objective. He was even the oldest player ever to play in a match, surpassing even the great Hugo Orlando Gatti.

Although Carranza was no exception to the team's struggle for consistency during this difficult year, he started and finished as the starting goalkeeper, also serving as captain. His continuity was only interrupted at the end of Andrés Yllana's tenure. Then, with Mariano Charlier, he returned to his original position.

“That moment has come. That damned moment, as the song says. That instant that those of us who dedicate ourselves to this wish would never arrive. I choose to say goodbye this way: happy and proud of the career I managed to build,” Carranza said in a heartfelt statement he posted on his Instagram account.

The now former goalkeeper placed special emphasis on these words to Instituto de Córdoba, considering it his “great love” and not forgetting Aldosivi, with whom he was promoted to the First Division and then helped remain in the same division. “Thank you, Tiburón. You will always have a special place in my heart” concluded the former goalkeeper.

Carranza played for Instituto, Rivadavia de Lincoln, Godoy Cruz, Atlético Rafaela, Ferro, Colón, Olimpo, San Martín de Tucumán, Boca Unidos, O’Higgins of Chile, and Correcaminos of Mexico. His near future will be in coaching, for which he already has his qualifying license.

Jorge Carranza broke Hugo Gatti’s record

At the beginning of June, Jorge Carranza started in Aldosivi’s win over Estudiantes in the Copa Argentina and achieved a historic record. At 44 years and 25 days old, he became the oldest player ever to play an official match for a First Division club.

The previous record was held by none other than Hugo Orlando Gatti, at 44 years and 23 days. El Loco, who passed away this past April 20, had held this record since September 11, 1988, when he ended his glorious career wearing Boca’s jersey against Deportivo Armenio.

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