On Wednesday evening Hernan Crespo finally brought his adventure in European football to an emotional end. The player’s career in Europe is bookended by spells at provincial club, Parma, and is in fact almost a palindrome: Parma, Lazio, Inter, Chelsea, Milan, Chelsea, Inter, Genoa and Parma. Things didn’t start off that well, though, for the … Continue reading
After the final round of the 2011 Apertura on December 11th, Juan Sebastian Veron announced his retirement from professional football*. In a seventeen-year career starting at his hometown club Estudiantes, La Brujita has gone on to play with Boca Juniors, in Italy with four different clubs (Parma, Sampdoria, Lazio, Internazionale) and in England with two Premier League … Continue reading