The Barranquilla midfielder, Macnelly Torres Berrio, after a semester where he could not play in any team in Colombian professional soccer, made the decision to retire from active soccer at 37 years of age, being one of the most successful creation midfielders in soccer. Colombian and who was left with the frustration of not playing a soccer World Cup with the Colombian team.
Is a CRACK retired? ⚽️ Macnelly Torres confirmed that he put an end to his stage as a professional footballer.
“The Liberators with @nationalofficial it was the most important thing in my career “, he told us @ Macne10 https://t.co/Tq34qnio0U pic.twitter.com/xV1pDdEyMn
– Our Sports (@ Nuestrodporte2) December 21, 2021
“El mago” as he is known in the world of soccer, achieved 16 titles in 18 years of career, being Atlético Nacional where he managed to leave a mark of his talent, since he achieved 10 titles, including the Copa Conmebol Libertadores 2016 and the Recopa Conmebol 2017, being one of the most important players in the history of the purslane team where he also achieved 34 goals and 59 assists in 3 stages.
He made his debut in the Junior de Barranquilla, then in the Cúcuta Deportivo where he achieved the only title of the motilón team and then he was part of the Colo Colo de Chile and then he ventured into Mexican football with the disappeared San Luis, after his second stage with Nacional he received a Arab soccer offer that was decisive for its immediate future.
Saudi Arabia’s Al Shabab made a tempting offer which the player without a second thought accepted. Decision that did not like the coach of the purslane team at that time, Juan Carlos Osorio, and the controversy transcended, when the iconic Carlos “Pibe” Valderrama declared that by going to Saudi Arabia, Macnelly would put his participation in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil at stake Indeed, the coach of the Colombian team, José Néstor Pekerman, excluded him from the final list of 23 summoned for said competition.
Torres, returned to Junior then returned to Atlético Nacional to consecrate himself and later he went to teams like Libertad de Paraguay where he was champion and his last team as a player with Alianza Petrolera de Barrancabermeja.
One of the winners of Colombian football retires and the memory of his great feats as a player remains.
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