Forward Mario Gomez, who became the best Bundesliga player in 2007 and top scorer in the German and Turkish league, announced his retirement from professional football after achieving promotion to the top flight with Stuttgart in that has militated in the last two seasons.
International in 78 games with Germany, with which he scored 31 goals, was third in South Africa 2010 and runner-up in the Austria-Switzerland Euro 2008, said goodbye to the club where he started.
After breaking into and staying nine years at Stuttgart, he moved to Bayern Munich, with which he played for four years. He then went to Italy, Fiorentina and then Besiktas, where he stayed for a year before returning to Germany, Wolfsburg and facing the final stretch again at Stuttgart.
He left the field of play in the 82nd minute of the match against Darmstadt. His last game. He scored the only goal of his team, which he lost, although he fulfilled the objective of the promotion.
“It was always my dream after such a long race to give something back to Stuttgart at the end of my career that ends here. I am very grateful to Stuttgart and it is the best to be able to say goodbye with this success. It was my last mission. There were one or two moments when tears came to my eyes. The emotional explosion was huge despite the coronavirus and that the fans could not be in the stadium“said the 34-year-old forward, who won the Champions League with Bayern in 2012.
“I would like to thank the fans because they have supported me in recent years. It is the right time to say goodbyeadded Gomez, league champion once with Stuttgart and twice with Bayern in Germany, and another in Turkey with Besiktas.
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