Andrés D'Alessandro announced his retirement from football: when will he play his last match at Inter Porto Alegre

On April 17, just two days after his 41st birthday, Andrés D'Alessandro will play his last match as a professional footballer. This was announced by Cabezón through a video that was broadcast on the official account of Inter Porto Alegre, a club to which he returned at the beginning of the year to complete its third cycle in Brazilian football.

“Hello torcedor colorado. D'Ale here. It's probably the last time I'm talking to you as an athlete, with the red mantle on my body. I wanted to ask you that on April 17, in the game of the second round of Brasileirao, at our home, at Beira Rio, against Fortaleza, you can be in a moment that will be very important for me in my career within the club, in these 14 years of Inter, and a very important moment in my life, in our relationship,” said D'Alessandro at the first part of the images that were recorded in the stands of the Beira Río.

The Porto Alegro team presented D'Alessandro's farewell match as La Última Boba, the move that Andrés patented, which includes a double tread with amague. It should be remembered that this technical gesture was named this way by Eduardo Coudet when Chacho was his teammate in River.

The left-hander, from an extensive career that began with the River Plate jersey and then followed for German football at Wolfsburg (2003-2007), also had steps through England (Portsmouth FC), in the Spanish league (Real Zaragoza), San Lorenzo de Almagro, Montevideo National and a brief return to the Millionaires in 2016.

“It's going to be the last game of my career, my last game at Beira Rio. I'd like to share it with you. People shared so many good moments, titles, conquests, not so good moments. But it was all based on respect, empathy, that people created, and the affection I have for you. More than that, I would like to share that moment with you. I thank you for all the love I received in all these years and I hope we can be together in that match”, concluded the Argentine player.

D'Ale's story with the red jersey marks the importance of his time at one of the most important clubs in Brazilian football. In Inter, he won 12 championships: eight of them were state championships and four were international, among which were the 2008 Copa Sudamericana and the 2010 Libertadores, the second in the history of the institution.

D'Alessandro left his mark on the Porto Alegre team with 56 goals and 74 assists. But more importantly, he will retire from football as the second most played player in Inter history with 524 appearances.

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