Burkina Faso: final clap for the Stallion Jonathan Pitroipa
Jonathan Pitroipa with his Burkinabe teammates after his goal scored against Togo on February 3, 2013, during the CAN played that year in South Africa.
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Jonathan Pitroipa has announced the end of his professional football career.
The former international of the Stallions, soon 35 years old, hangs up his crampons not without emotions.
Paris FC will remain as the last club of the finalist and best player of CAN 2013.
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The circle is complete for Jonathan Pitroipa.
Almost 16 years after his professional debut in Germany, near Freiburg, the Burkinabè ended his life as a high-level footballer.
He announced it in a message posted via his Instagram account on Friday, February 26.
"
All good things have an end, and I am no exception,
" he announces in the preamble, before confirming that he has decided to end his career "
for personal reasons
".
His message is accompanied by a photo montage showing him with the different swimsuits he has worn since his arrival in Europe in 2004.
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Premature end of career at Paris FC
Trained in Burkina Faso on the side of Planète Champion, Jonathan Pitroipa, who will celebrate his 35th birthday in April, had been without a club for a month.
Recruited in 2018 by Paris FC, a resident of Ligue 2, the versatile striker - he has converted to midfielder with the Ile-de-France region - has experienced complicated last months.
While he was a major element of the PFC, the ex-international was removed from the workforce in early December.
According to the newspaper
Le Parisien
, Jonathan Pitroipa would have had words with the Parisian coach, René Girard.
Hence this sidelining which ended up leading to the official end of the collaboration between the club and the player, on January 26, while the latter's contract ran until June.
Finalist and Best Player of the CAN 2013
After Friborg and Hamburg, the native of the capital Ouagadougou saw his notoriety skyrocket in France when he joined Stade Rennes in 2011. His percussion abilities and his dribbling made him an important player for the Bretons and recognized in the League. 1. But like his club, Jonathan Pitroipa has had less good times during his three seasons in Rennes.
He then played in the United Arab Emirates for three years, first in Al-Jazeera, then in Al-Nasr.
In 2018, the Stallion played for a few weeks in Belgium, at Royal Antwerp, before ending his career at Paris FC.
Jonathan Pitroipa's record will remain blank.
With Rennes, he was beaten in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue by AS Saint-Etienne in 2013. A special year because a few months earlier, during the
CAN 2013 organized in South Africa
, he and his teammates Bakary Koné , Aristide Bancé and captain Charles Kaboré took the national team to the final for the first time.
The Nigerian Super Eagles, however, shattered their dream of a first continental coronation.
Jonathan Pitroipa consoled himself a little with the title of
Best player of this CAN
.
Jonathan Pitroipa, named best player of the tournament, upon his arrival in Ouagadougou, February 11, 2013. AFP PHOTO AHMED OUOBA
Author of 19 goals in 76 caps, the striker
retired from the Stallions
in December 2019, when the CAN 2021 qualifiers had just started.
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