{"id":38014,"date":"2026-07-02T18:25:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/former-spain-international-and-arsenal-playmaker-santi-cazorla-retires-at-the-age-of-41\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:25:28","slug":"former-spain-international-and-arsenal-playmaker-santi-cazorla-retires-at-the-age-of-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/former-spain-international-and-arsenal-playmaker-santi-cazorla-retires-at-the-age-of-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Spain international and Arsenal playmaker Santi Cazorla retires at the age of 41"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MADRID (AP) &#8211; Former Spain international Santi Cazorla will retire from soccer at the age of 41.<\/p>\n<p>Cazorla announced: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Post to Instagram<\/span>ending a successful career spanning over 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some stories never end&#8230;they live on forever,&#8221; the post reads. &#8220;Thank you for everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cazorla has been playing for his boyhood club Oviedo in Spain since 2023, helping them win promotion to the first division a season ago. The club suffered relegation again this season.<\/p>\n<p>He developed at Villarreal and Arsenal, where he was a mainstay under manager Arsene Wenger from 2012 to 2018. With Spain, the playmaker won the European Championship in 2008 and 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Cazorla has been plagued by serious injuries throughout his career, including one that prevented him from playing during Spain&#8217;s World Cup victory in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Soccer: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/santi-cazorla-retirement-spain-d29e0b359585f084bfa7fb56a02aaa1a\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADRID (AP) &#8211; Former Spain international Santi Cazorla will retire from soccer at the age of 41. 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