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The fight against injuries, finally, led to the Colombian attacker Jackson Martinez to officially announce his retirement from football on Monday. ‘Cha cha cha’, 34, played his last professional match on July 27 with the Portimonense, that that day he said goodbye to the first division of Portugal.
Martínez arrived at that club after experiencing an ordeal of almost three years, in which he suffered a lot to recover. On November 12, 2015, in the match against Chile, valid for the 2018 World Cup qualifier in Russia, Jackson was injured: the situation was treated as a standing neck sprain. Jackson was out of court for a month and a half.
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By then, Martinez was in the Atlético de Madrid. At the beginning of 2016, the Spanish team received an offer from Guangzhou Evergrande, for 42 million euros, and sold to the Colombian. A couple of months after his transfer, in April 2016, ‘Chachachá’ had another relapse.
Jackson played his last game for Guangzhou Evergrande on October 26, 2016, in a 2-0 win over Jiangsu Suning. But before that, many times he played with the pain in his left ankle, until he couldn’t take it anymore. He underwent surgery in November 2016, to cure him of the problem. The initial time of disability was six months. But when he was in recovery, the pain persisted.
The club sent him to the United States. There they discovered that Martínez had a spur, which is a kind of bone formation that occurs in the heel area. That forced him to undergo surgery again, in July 2017.
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He finally returned to the courts on October 1, 2018, with Portimonense, where he played his last two seasons as a professional. Before that, he had performed in Independiente Medellín, Jaguares de Chiapas and Porto, where he built the career that led him to the Colombian National Team, with which he played 40 games and scored nine goals, two of them in the World Cup. Brazil 2014, against Japan.
This is Jackson’s farewell message:
“I want to share with you that I have decided to end my career as a professional footballer, a difficult decision to make but at the same time the wisest.
“Since my ankle injury between 2015/2016 a fight began giving everything of me to return to play in favorable conditions this sport that I am so passionate about And although I return to the courts after two years, it was very difficult to perform as I wanted.
“I thank God who through his holy word has been my strength and support.
“Thanks to the clubs, coaches, teammates, the Colombian National Team, for everything you’ve experienced.
“Thanks to my family, to everyone who has followed and supported my career, every fan, journalist, etc.
“Thanks to the physiotherapist doctors who participated in all the treatments done.
“I would like to write so many things but I would not finish. Just Thank you 🙏🏿
“Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good, that is, for those who are called according to his purpose.
• Faith is not the absence of problems, true faith is applied despite problems.
Blessings
#ThanksGod #ThanksFamily #ThanksFriends #ThanksFootball #ThanksHinchas #ThanksAll “.
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