Recently, according to foreign media reports, the 42-year-old Uruguayan star Diego Fran will return to football. Fran will sign with Uruguay's reserve league team, Old Boys Old Girls Club.
Fran is one of Uruguay's most famous stars in history, and his career has played for a number of European clubs, including Manchester United, Villarreal, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan.
The world-class star has also made brief appearances in Asia, leaving a footprint in the leagues of Japan, Hong Kong and India.
On 4 January 2018, Hong Kong Premier League side Jacey FC officially announced that the team signed Uruguayan star Diego Fran.
On 12 March 2015, Fran announced his retirement from the national team, ending his career with the Uruguayan national team. He is the player with the most appearances in the national team. He played 112 games for the Uruguayan national team, scoring 36 goals.
Among them, he represented the national team in the World Cup three times. At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Fran led Uruguay to the top four of the World Cup for the second time in 40 years, and he also won the Golden Ball Award of the tournament for his outstanding performance.
He was also one of Uruguay's heroes in winning the 2011 Copa America.
It is worth mentioning:
Fran's grandfather won the Copa America in 1959 and as player and manager of the Uruguayan national team in 1967.
Fran's father also won the 1967 Copa America as a player.
Fran led Uruguay to the Copa America in 2011.
"One discipline and three masters", looking at the history of world football, this is also a legendary story.
In August 2019, Fran announced his retirement, after making 583 career appearances, scoring 221 goals and assisting 73 times, but with Fran's comeback, the record will continue to be rewritten by himself!
After retiring in 2019, the Uruguayan did not leave football, but took charge of the coaching whip, successively coaching Penarol and San Carlos Athenians two teams. In the 23 games of his coaching career, he achieved a record of 8 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses.
It is reported that the team Fran joined the old boys and girls club, founded in 1914, is also a "century-old brand". The league that Fran returned to, called "Liga Barriola", is a league in Uruguay for players aged 35 to 45.
Veterans do not die, I hope that Fran with this love of football, continue to run in the green field!