On August 4, Cassie announced his decision to retire on social media. After suffering a myocardial infarction in May 2019, Casillas has recovered, but has not played for Porto in official competitions. Previously, Cassie's attitude toward retirement was also relatively hazy, and once after recovering from heart surgery, he said that he would continue to compete in the green field. However, due to his physical health, Cassie still had to make the decision to leave.
Cassie social media screenshots
In a retirement statement on his personal social media account, he said: "What matters is the path you have traveled and the people who accompanied you, not the end. The effort and dedication along the way has taken you to where you are now. I did not hesitate to say that I chose the path of my dreams and reached my dream destination. The picture shows Cassie standing in the passage of the Bernabeu stadium looking at the stadium.
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Igor Casillas Fernandez (born 20 May 1981 in Madrid, Spain) is a 39-year-old Spanish footballer who plays for Porto FC in the Portuguese Premier League and is one of the "Grand Slam" players in football.
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In 1990, Casillas entered the Real Madrid Football Club academy. In 1999, Casillas was promoted to the first team of Real Madrid. In the summer of 2010, Casillas succeeded Raul Gonzalez as Captain of Real Madrid. During his time at Real Madrid, Casillas made 725 appearances in all competitions, led the team to 18 trophies including three Champions League titles and five La Liga titles, and was named the World's Best Goalkeeper for a record five consecutive years from 2008 to 2012, and was selected for both FIFA's Best Team and UEFA Best Team. On 12 July 2015, Casillas moved to Porto. In the 2017-18 season, Casillas helped Porto win the Portuguese Premier League.
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In 2000, Casillas was selected for the Spanish national team. He became the captain of the national team in 2008 and did not concede a single goal in the knockout stage of the European Cup. In 2010, Casillas did not concede a single goal in the knockout stages of the World Cup, conceded 433 consecutive minutes without conceding goals to help Spain win the title (including blocking Alger Robben's single knife ball with his foot in the final), and personally winning the World Cup Golden Glove Award. At the 2012 European Championship in Ukraine, Poland, Casillas did not concede a single goal in the knockout stage of three consecutive tournaments (10 matches), and did not concede a goal in the final round of the European Cup for 509 consecutive minutes, and led the team to complete the three consecutive championships. In 2015, Casillas became the first player to keep a 100 clean sheet on the national team.
Casillas is the second most appearance in the history of the Spanish national team, with 167 appearances and 101 clean sheets.
In Cassie's career is indelible to Real Madrid, and in the history of Real Madrid for more than a hundred years, Cassie is also indelible. As real Madrid's most iconic goalkeeper and captain, Casey's importance to Real Madrid is self-evident.
Imagine that 21 years ago, Casillas, who was not yet 18 years old, was first promoted to the first team of Real Madrid and started his career. On 12 September of the same year, at the Stade San Mamés (home of Spanish side Athletic Bilbao), the 18-year-old Casillas made his first real Madrid first-team debut for Real Madrid in the Spanish First Division.
It was also because of The presence of Cassie that Heynckes, then the manager of Real Madrid, abandoned his compatriot Irgna, who was at his peak, and trusted the young Casillas instead. And Cassie did not live up to the trust of the marshal.
After many seasons of experience, Casey began to enter his own mature period in the 06-07 season, winning the La Liga title and being selected for the best team in Europe.
In 2008, Casillas was named World Goalkeeper of the Year by IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics), the first time Casillas has been voted the World's Best Goalkeeper. In the same year, Icarillas was also selected for fifa all-team and UEFA all-team, and Casillas entered the peak of his career.
From 2008 to 2012, Cassi led the Spanish national team to three consecutive championships as captain, and he won the honor of the world's best goalkeeper for five consecutive years. But then due to the relationship with Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho, Casey began his own gray Real Madrid career. Until 15 years away from Real Madrid, heading to Porto.
In his 25-year real Madrid career (including his youth training years), Casillas has won a total of 18 titles for Real Madrid, including 5 La Liga titles, 2 Copa del Rey titles, 4 Spanish Super Cups, 3 Champions League titles, 2 UEFA Super Cups, 1 Club World Cup and 1 Toyota Cup.
He has played 725 times for the Whites, second only to Raul's 741 in history, completed 2144 saves, and made 150 Appearances for Real Madrid in the Champions League, just one less than the single club European appearance created by Xavi. The number of appearances in casio's championship has reached 180, a statistic that no one can match.
The young teenager who had flown in a plane with Hierro, Raúl, and Redondo, and was so nervous that he did not dare to drink water, had also reached the age of retirement. The man who was once impregnable in front of the door also looked so powerless in the face of the attack of time.
Before announcing his decision to retire, Cassi also announced through social networks that he was running for president of the Spanish Football Association.
We are also looking forward to Cassie's magnificent turn from the green door god to the president of the West Football Association.
Let's bless Cassie, the eternal "Saint-Cassie"!