Rumors that Sergio Aguero might end his career have been circulating since he was forced to leave the field due to tachycardia in the 12th round match of Spanish Examples with Alaves. At first, the striker was prescribed several days of rest in the hospital, but the next morning the recovery period increased to three months, and soon journalist Gerard Romero hinted that the newcomer of Barcelona would no longer enter the field. The Argentinean hastened to reassure the worried fans and denied this statement.

A week later, Kuhn called a press conference at which he announced his retirement with tears in his eyes.

According to the forward, it was hard for him to hang the boots on a nail, but after numerous examinations, doctors advised him not to risk his health.

Aguero added that football taught him never to give up, but now he prefers to think about the magical years that he devoted to the game, and not about not being able to return to the lawn.

RT recalls the major milestones in the career of one of the brightest players in the 2010s.

Updated Maradona's record

In big-time football, Aguero made his debut for Independiente at the age of 15 years and 35 days, breaking Diego Maradona's record and becoming the youngest player in the history of the Argentine championship.

By the way, even then on the striker's T-shirt in front of the surname there appeared a mysterious postscript Kun, which only relatives and friends knew about.

“I coined the nickname Kun when I was a kid because of the resemblance to my favorite Japanese cartoon character, who was actually called Kum-Kum,” Aguero told BBC Sport.

- My grandparents were the first to give me this name.

I think my nickname is different from most athletes, it is unique.

It's not every day that an athlete is named after a cartoon character! "

Became a legend of Manchester City

Aguero's first European club was Atletico, with whom the Argentine won the Europa League and the UEFA Super Cup in the pre-Symeonian era, but he spent the brightest and most successful years in England. Kuhn moved to Manchester City in 2011, when Arab sheikhs were just starting to squander money, thereby giving fans hope of dominance. A year before the arrival of the Argentine, the roster was joined by Edin Dzeko, Yaya Toure, Mario Balotelli, David Silva, Alexander Kolarov, James Milner and Jerome Boateng.

However, Aguero became the main star of that team.

He subsequently won a half dozen titles with City;

seven times named player of the month in the Premier League;

scored 20 or more goals for five seasons in a row;

completed 12 hat-tricks - more than Robbie Fowler, Thierry Henry and Harry Kane;

upset 32 ​​teams out of 33 with which he had to stop;

became the best footballer in the history of the league in terms of the ratio of time spent on the field to goals (it differed once every 108 minutes);

topped the list of the most scored foreigners (184 goals) and became the top scorer of Manchester City (260 goals).

Scored the golden ball into the QPR goal

In the course of his career, Aguero scored a lot of significant goals. That only cost a pent-trick against Newcastle in 20 minutes, a hat-trick against Bayern in the Champions League and the 50th anniversary goal in the Premier League against Manchester United. However, the most memorable for City fans for many years will remain the “golden” goal against QPR at the end of stoppage time in the last round of the 2011/12 season.

Six rounds before the end, the "townspeople" were eight points behind Manchester United, but they won the next five matches and overtook their fellow countrymen.

For their first league title since 1968, they had to beat the Queen's Park Rangers at home, which were struggling to survive.

By the 66th minute, the guests were leading 2: 1, and United beat Sunderland with a minimum score in a parallel match.

The denouement was stunning.

First, in the 92nd minute, Edin Dzeko restored parity, and after 125 seconds, Aguero made City fans happy.

Not reunited with Messi

Messi and Aguero are close friends.

The footballers met while still in the youth national team of Argentina, together they won gold at the 2008 Olympics and the 2021 America's Cup and almost became world champions in 2014.

And in 2009, Messi even became the godfather of the son of Aguero Benjamin, whose grandfather was Diego Maradona.

This summer, Kuhn and Leo had every chance of becoming teammates at the end of their careers.

Aguero moved to Barcelona.

However, by that time, Messi's days at the club were numbered.

A few days later, the main star of the blue garnet went to conquer Paris.

Aguero missed almost two months due to injury and made his debut for the Catalans only in mid-October.

And in the next round he scored his first and, as it turned out, the last goal for Barcelona - against Real Madrid.

Alas, a week after el classico, the Argentinian played the last match in his professional career.