Andrés Guardado confirmed his final retirement from football.

This Tuesday, Mexican soccer player Andrés Guardado confirmed his retirement from professional soccer after a 20-year career.

In the podcast "Por mis pelotas" with Raul "Pollo" Ortíz, "El Principito " announced that he will no longer continue his career as a soccer player, with León being his last team.

After his great time in European football, where he played for teams such as Deportivo La Coruña (2007-2012), Valencia (2012-2013), Bayer Leverkusen (2014), PSV Eindhoven (2014-2017) and Real Betis Balompié (2017-2024), Guardado returned to Mexico to play for the Esmeraldas (2024-2025). Andrés, who debuted in 2005 with Atlas, did not return to defend the red and black jersey due to differences with the board.

With the Mexican National Team, he played his last match in October 2024 in a friendly against the United States, despite having announced his retirement from El Tri in May 2023 .

Guardado played 182 matches with the Mexican National Team between 2005 and 2024. As a player for El Tri, he scored 28 goals and played in five World Cups (Germany 2006, South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014, Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022) and won the Gold Cup three times (2011, 2015 and 2019).

In Europe, he played a total of 542 matches, scoring 35 goals, while in Mexico he played 100 matches and scored eight goals.

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