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Ciro Immobile retires at 36 after 17-year football career
Former Italy and Lazio striker Ciro Immobile has retired from professional football at 36, Paris FC said on Friday. He joined the French club from Bologna earlier this year and made 12…
The Story in Brief
Former Italy and Lazio striker Ciro Immobile has retired from professional football at 36, Paris FC said on Friday. He joined the French club from Bologna earlier this year and made 12 Ligue 1 appearances, scoring twice, according to Sportstar. Telangana Today reported two goals and two assists during his six-month spell.
Immobile scored 17 goals in 57 Italy appearances and was part of the Euro 2020-winning squad. At Lazio, he became the club’s leading scorer with 207 goals in 340 matches, winning one Coppa Italia and two Italian Super Cups. The outlets give different career totals: Sportstar lists 306 goals in 599 club matches, while Telangana Today reports 350 in 656 appearances. He won the European Golden Shoe in 2020 after scoring 36 Serie A goals.
The Indian Opinion
The easy story is either that Immobile was merely a Lazio specialist or that his statistics alone place him among Italy’s greatest strikers. Both claims miss the record. He won the European Golden Shoe, scored 207 times for Lazio and helped Italy win Euro 2020, though his international goals total was modest. The conflicting career figures should be checked against official records before comparisons with other forwards are made. Which total will Paris FC and Italy’s records finally confirm?
Sources (2): sportstar.thehindu.com, telanganatoday.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
