Marcelo Barovero announced his retirement from football with a letter that makes everyone cry

On this Thursday afternoon, Marcelo Barovero announced his retirement from professional football. With a very emotional letter on his social networks, the former River player, who played his last games in Banfield, decided to communicate his decision to end “the unforgettable path to which today I decide to put an end”. In his text, the 40-year-old goalkeeper especially thanked the nine teams he played for, as well as his teammates, family and friends who accompanied him during his 20-year career.

Barovero finished the first half of this 2024 having played a total of 16 games with Banfield and, although he was evident in the Taladro goal, something that was demonstrated in the match against River at the Monumental, where he was the figure of the afternoon and the main person responsible for his team taking home a point; decided to put an end to it to a career in which he achieved a total of 14 titles.

“The archer’s dad.” I still feel those words from coach Ángel Rizzuto as if it were today and not that afternoon in the fall of 1998 when I was trying out and being chosen by Atlético de Rafaela without imagining that this unforgettable path was beginning that today I decide to put END.

Many years passed… football placed me in unique, unthinkable places and with the fortune of leaving unforgettable joys for the fans of each club (always together with the most valuable… my teammates). You gave me much more than I dreamedI will never say that this was a sacrifice, it was just an effort to do the job as it should. My grandparents, my parents and my children saw me play. I can not ask for more.

Thanks to everyone who joined methey guided and made me grow.

Also to you Sol, who gave me the peace of mind every day to leave knowing that you were going to take care of our children and you had the courage to transform each house into a home regardless of the place.

From now on I will begin to walk another path, excited about what may come, because I learned that life is like a game, no matter how much you imagine it in 1000 different ways it will always bring you some new story. Thank you.

Trapito began his career as a saver at Atlético de Rafaela, a club that in 2004, the year the goalkeeper officially debuted, was in the Primera B Nacional. There, he served for three years in which he played a total of 117 games, to later make the leap to the First A and sign with Huracán, a club in which he played throughout the 2007 campaign. After his time with the team from Parque Patricios, Barovero was transferred to Vélez, where won the first two titles of his career: Closing 2009 and Closing 2011.

After four years defending the Vélez goal, Barovero came to River in free status and, at 28 years of age, he took charge of the three suits of the Millionaire in what would be one of the club’s most important cycles. Rag He stopped during River’s first campaign in Primera, after promotion in 2012 and, little by little, he won the hearts of the fans.

In In 2014 he became champion of the Final Tournament with Ramón Díaz as a coach and, after this title, he became a cup-winning machine with El Millonario. The man from Cordoba became champion of the Final Tournament, Superfinal and Copa Sudamericana 2014, where he saved the historic penalty against Emmanuel Gigliotti; as well as the Copa Libertadores of 2015 and the Cup Winners’ Cup and Suruga Bank of the same year.

After his memorable time at River, Barovero decided emigrate to Mexican soccer. His first club in the North American country was Necaxa, a team with which he won the Mexico Cup in 2018 and where he played for two years. After his time at the Mexico City club, he was transferred to Monterrey. There, he saved in 85 games and achieved a total of three titles: Apertura de México and Concachampions in 2019, and Copa México in 2020.

At the beginning of 2020, Rag signed for him Burgosa team that was active in the Third Division of Spain and with which he managed to promote to Second Division, becoming champion. After a year in Europe, Barovero decided to return to Mexico, a country where he spent six of his 20-year career. On this occasion, the goalkeeper signed with saint Louis, a team in which he played for three years and did not win any title. Finally, the archer He returned to the country to stop in Banfield during the first half of 2024 and finish a glorious career in which he was a multi-time champion and a reference in almost all the teams he played for.