The Argentinian Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero announced this Wednesday that it will withdraw from professional soccer, forced by heart problems that make it difficult for him to continue his career as an athlete.
“This conference is to inform you that I have decided to stop playing professional soccer. It is a very hard time but first is my health. You know that I made this decision because of the problem I had a month ago“, he claimed.
The 33-year-old man, a Barcelona player, had to retire after suffering a cardiac arrhythmia last October 30 in the middle of a match for his team. At minute 40 of the meeting with Alavés, the player fell to the ground and grabbed his chest, for which he was removed from the field and taken to hospital.
Although at first it was believed that he would be out for only three months, his retirement ends a soccer career that he began at 15 years old.
However, although Agüero will no longer be in the big stadiums playing with Barcelona or the Argentine national team, he will not completely abandon the world of sport that has given him so much joy.
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Agüero will continue to be linked to sport, but this time from the electronic world, as the player created more than a year ago Krü, your own team of e-sports.
The ‘Kun’ created Krü Esports in June 2020 and the team is already shaping up to be one of the most important on the sports scene. electronic sports.
According to its official website, the objective of this organization, of which Agüero is CEO, “is to bring your experience in the world of professional traditional sports to the universe of electronic sports and new digital media”.
The goal is to bring his experience in the world of professional traditional sports to the universe of esports
“We accompany the growth of our players, coaches, analysts, managers and streamers with tools so that they can develop and show the whole world their potential,” the website reads.
According to ‘Kun’, the idea is to join the sports world to help destigmatize the vision around the video game.
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In fact, the team already has triumphs in esports. He was recently third in the Valorant World Championship.
Now that he has retired from professional football, it is expected that ‘Kun’ will continue to lead the e-sports project, in which players and coaches highlight his contribution to professionalize the world of video games.
“The difference between Krü and other teams I have been in is that it was born as a company and not as an undertaking,” Rodrigo ‘Onur’ Dalmagro, coach of Krü Esports, told EFE.
“I feel lucky to be in this team because being created by Kün, a professional player, he knows the things that athletes need. He always gives support saying that we enjoy this, which is the most important thing to enjoy,” added the Chilean. Juan Pablo ‘Nagzet’ López, player of the team, according to the newspaper ‘El Uncover’.
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