Claudio Marchisio said his career
had been a "dream" as he officially announced he was hanging up
his boots Thursday.
"It wasn't an easy night, I was looking for a word to sum
everything up, and that word is dream," said the 33-year-old
former Juventus and Italy midfielder at the Gianni and Umberto
Agnelli room in the Allianz Stadium in Turin.
"I've taken the decision to retire: an important, pondered,
very difficult decision," he said.
"This is a special place for me and I thanks Juventus," said
Marchisio, who spent last season at Zenit St Petersburg.
He also said he was looking forward to seeing Juve beat off
Serie A title rivals Inter to win their ninth straight scudetto
this season.
Marchision said he would also "love" to see Juve beat Inter
in the 'derby of Italy' on Sunday night, spoiling the
Nerazzurri's perfect start to the season and helping the
Bianconeri squeeze past them in the standings.
Marchisio is hanging up his boots after almost 20 years at
Juventus man and boy, and a year at Zenit.
The former Italy star won seven straight Serie A titles with
Juve from 2012 to 2018.
Turin-born Marchisio joined the Turin giants from Empoli in
2008 and played 269 times and scored 33 goals for them until
2018, also winning four straight Italian Cups.
He played 55 times for Italy between 2009 and 2017, scoring
five times.
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