Pablo Aimar wants to retire in a way that his career deserves: on a field. And what better way to do it in his native Río Cuarto and in the club of his origins, for the circle to close in the perfect way.
The desire of the star who shone in River Plate in the late 90s is about to come true. Yes, Pablito will officially play football again for Estudiantes de Río Cuarto, the team where he played in the youth divisions, in a Copa Argentina match against Sportivo Belgrano de San Francisco.
Pablo Aimar, after playing for Estudiantes de Río Cuarto in the friendly against Belgrano de Vicuña Mackenna, confirms that he will officially play for Copa Argentina against Club Sportivo Belgrano next Tuesday.
- Acción Deportiva (@adeportivaok) January 17, 2018
"It is a pending account to play a match for points with this shirt and I will try to make it happen. It's nice that my farewell is not in a friendly match. The pending account was that, playing for something. It's a challenge," said Aimar
At the same time, the club from the south of Córdoba published on its social media part of Aimar's training, who joined the practices as one more player and got ready to play again, at least for a few minutes.
Welcome back to your origin Pablo!!!!!
- A. A. Estudiantes (@EstudiantesRio4) January 16, 2018
Aimar is currently the coach of the Argentine U-17 soccer team and would make his comeback as a player on Tuesday, January 23, when Estudiantes receives Sportivo Belgrano de San Francisco in Río Cuarto.
The 38-year-old footballer played in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups with the Argentine National Team, and had stints at Valencia and Zaragoza in Spain, Benfica in Portugal, Johor Darul Takzim in the United States, and returned to River Plate in 2015, where he played his last matches.
It is not known whether the return of the former River Plate player will be only for one match, and to make his official debut in the first team of the club, or if he will continue participating in other games throughout the year.
(Télam)