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Fernando Torres announces retirement from football

Madrid: Spanish football legend Fernando Torres, 35, has announced his retirement. "I have something very important to announce. After 18 exciting years, the time has come to put an end to my football career. Next Sunday, the 23rd at 10:00 am, local time in Japan, I will have a press conference in Tokyo to explain all the details," commented Torres on a social media post on Friday. The striker, known as "El Nino" (the kid), began his career with Atletico Madrid, before moving to Liverpool, Chelsea and AC Milan, reports Xinhua news agency. He left Atletico for a second time at the end of the 2017-18 season to finish his career playing for Sagan Tosu in the Japanese J-League. Torres scored a total of 260 goals in 760 career appearances. Eighty one of those goals came with 142 games for Liverpool, prompting Chelsea to pay a then British record transfer of 50 million pounds (63.5 USD) to sign him in 2011, although he struggled to recapture his goal-scoring form at...