Record-breaking goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni has confirmed he
will retire this year after 23 seasons.
The 41-year-old former Brazil international had announced
his retirement last year before agreeing to a one-year contract extension in
December.
"At the end of the year I'm going to really stop,"
he told a press conference on Thursday. "I'm not going to play on again.
This is my last year - not only for Sao
Paulo, but as a professional footballer."
Rogerio is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the
highest-scoring keeper in history with 114 goals from more than 1000 first-team
appearances for Sao Paulo.
He is a two-time Copa Libertadores winner and was Brazil's backup
goalkeeper at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups.
Despite being more than twice the age of some of his
teammates, Rogerio said he was still in peak condition.
"I am feeling better now than at the same time last
year," he said. "I hope we have a different destiny in 2014. I feel good.
There are a few aches but they are part of the game."
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