Gerard Pique has announced that he will retire from professional football after playing his last game for boyhood club Barcelona on Saturday evening.
The seven-time La Liga winner announced the end of his 18-year spell in the game in a video on his social media accounts on Thursday evening.
"Football has given me everything. Barca has given me everything," said the 35-year-old. "You, culers [fans], have given me everything. And now that all that kid's [himself] dreams have come true I want to tell you I have decided that now is the time to bring this journey to its end."
