{"id":26862,"date":"2025-02-08T17:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T16:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=26862"},"modified":"2025-02-08T17:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T16:28:25","slug":"former-real-madrid-left-back-marcelo-retires-at-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/former-real-madrid-left-back-marcelo-retires-at-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Real Madrid Left Back, Marcelo Retires at 36"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Real Madrid player, Marcelo announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 36.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spanish left-back spent 16 years at Madrid, winning six La Liga titles and five Champions League trophies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his career in Spain, Marcelo became really close friends with Christiano Ronaldo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pair both played and scored in Madrid\u2019s 2014 final victory over Atletico Madrid and ended a 12-year wait for their 10th European Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ronaldo shared a heartfelt message about Marcelo on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy brother, what an incredible career! We have lived a lot together, it has been years of achievements, victories and unforgettable moments,&#8221; He said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the greatest left-backs in Real Madrid and world football history, and we had the privilege of watching him for a long time,&#8221; said Real Madrid president Florentino Perez in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Real Madrid player, Marcelo announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 36.&nbsp; The Spanish left-back spent 16 years at Madrid, winning six La Liga titles and five Champions League trophies.&nbsp; During his career in Spain, Marcelo became really close friends with Christiano Ronaldo.&nbsp; The pair both played and scored in Madrid\u2019s 2014 final victory over Atletico Madrid and ended a 12-year wait for their 10th European Cup. Ronaldo shared a heartfelt message about Marcelo on Instagram. \u201cMy brother, what an incredible career! We have lived a lot together, it has been years of achievements, victories and unforgettable moments,&#8221; He said. \u201cOne of the greatest left-backs in Real Madrid and world football history, and we had the privilege of watching him for a long time,&#8221; said Real Madrid president Florentino Perez in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former Real Madrid Left Back, Marcelo Retires at 36 - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Brazil defender Marcelo has announced his retirement from football at the age of 36. 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