jersey retirement is a cultural phenomenon in the professional sports circle, which often means the highest respect for a player's career. It has become a trend in the basketball world represented by the NBA, and the recent retirement of Kobe's jersey is also the best compliment for his legendary career. Although it is not very popular in football, many players have won this honor, especially in Italy.
△Maldini and Baresi Two generations of legends
AC Milan sealed the No. 3 jersey for the Maldini family. Only players from this family can wear the No. 3 jersey of the Red and Black Army, which shows their recognition of Cesare and Paul, who are loyal to Milan and have become part of the club's history. Milan also sealed the No. 6 jersey as legendary defender Baresi. He is a witness of Milan's glorious era in history and devoted his 20-year career to Milan.
△ Sanetti and Facheti are in history
The same long-standing Inter Milan also has such a tradition. Recently, the team's honor is the No. 4 "young player" Sanetti. He has played for Inter Milan for 19 seasons and has become a legend in the history of the club. Inter Milan's No. 3 was also sealed after the death of former team defender and club chairman Fachetti to express his contribution to his life.
△ Maradona , Baggio and Toti are all football legends
In addition, Naples will seal the No. 10 jersey as the king of football who led the team to win the Serie A championship by himself. Naples led by him won the only two Serie A titles so far. Now in Serie B, Brescia has also sealed No. 10 for the retired Italian legend Robert Baggio , bringing the end of the career of Baggio. The legend who recently enjoyed the treatment of retired jerseys in the Serie A is "Wolf King" Toti, which is also the glory he deserves just retired this year.
△Zola is still remembered by the Blues
△Gigs voluntarily gave up his chance to retire his jersey
There are also examples of jersey sealing in the Premier League. The most classic is that Chelsea sealed his No. 25 jersey for Italian Zola. In that era when the Blues had not yet taken off, Zora, who had joined the top league Serie A, conquered the fans with his gorgeous footwork, which allowed him to win this honor. Manchester United legend Giggs also had a motion to retire the No. 11 jersey when he retired, but Giggs himself chose to decline and personally supported the award of the jersey to the future star of the team at that time, Yanuzai .
△Two ancient gods
. In other leagues, Eredivisie giants Ajax sealed the No. 14 jersey as the "Ball Saint" Cruyff, who left a brilliant mark for the team as both players and coaches. The New York Universe team in the US sub-league attracted many superstars to retire in the 1970s, and the No. 10 jersey was sealed for Bailey, who left the last part of his career here. It is worth mentioning that this era is the beginning of football players with exclusive fixed numbers. Previously, the athletes who started the game were all assigned 1-11 according to their positions.
△Cameroon team pays tribute to Vivian Fu
The special jersey retirement situation occurred to Cameroon player Mark Vivian Fu. Because he died suddenly while playing for the 2003 Federation Cup, he died young at the age of 28 and became a major tragedy in football. The Lyon team, 17, Manchester City team, 23, Lens team 17 and Cameroon team 17, were sealed for him. However, since international competitions often require a number between 1 and 23, the number 17 of the Cameroon national team has been reused, but this respect is enough.
△ China League One Beijing Enterprises retired Tiot jersey
June 5, 2017 China League One Beijing Enterprises foreign aid Tiot died suddenly during training at the age of 31.On June 24, in the 15th round of the China League One match against Zhejiang Yiteng at home, the club held a silence ceremony for Tiot and announced the retirement team's No. 24 jersey. Although the scene is warm and moving, the real meaning of the commemoration lies in the hope that such regrets will stay away from the stadium and not let the tragedy happen again.
△Schalke 04's No. 7
. Speaking of the situation where the jersey retires and is unblocked, this is not uncommon. Juventus once sealed the No. 7 jersey for the team's legendary defender Pesotto , but this number has been re-published by Zaza and others. Now the owner of this number is Quadrado. Roma's No. 6 was sealed for Brazilian defender Aldale, who had played for the club for 13 years, and the joining of Dutchman Stroman made the team re-activate this number and was recognized by "Pluto" himself; and Bundesliga Schalke 04 retired the No. 7 jersey for Raul, who played here, but later unblocked the Royal Blue Sky talent Max Meier.
△Shandong Luneng retired for fans this year
The jersey number on the football field is not only sealed for players, but also for fans. In the first team of Bayern Munich, No. 12 has never appeared; and Bayern 12 has become a number dedicated to fans, comparing fans' support to the 12th player of the team. In addition, Turin , Feyenoord, Fenerbahce and domestic Shandong Luneng also used this to seal the club's No. 12 jersey.
△Legends such as Raul did not do this in Real Madrid
After talking for a long time, why didn’t you see the Spanish team? In fact, the reason is not complicated. The Spanish Football Association requires players who register for their professional teams to wear jerseys of No. 1-25, and No. 1 and No. 13 must belong to goalkeepers. This strict ban makes it difficult for the retirement of jerseys to occur in Spain. After all, the team does not want to lose one first-team registration quota because of this, right?
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