Sergio Aguero to Return to Football; Will Play for Barcelona Sporting Club After Medical
Argentina’s Sergio Aguero is all set to make a comeback to the arena of football and play for the Ecuadorian club Barcelona, it will be his first football appearance in 15 months since he retired from the sport on expert medical advice.
Aguero has himself confirmed that he will be playing his first football game in 15 months after having “successful medical checks.”
Aguero’s early retirement
Last season, Aguero was forced to go off the pitch in a match against Alaves and was later taken to hospital owing to breathing difficulties. He was visibly struggling in toward the end of first half and had laid down after clashing with an opponent in the penalty area.
Aguero then did return to his feet and went off the pitch with some assistance but was later unable to return to train with his teammates due to medical treatment. He was later diagnosed with a certain heart condition that later led him to declare an early retirement.
Arrhythmia was uncovered by the doctors through medical tests which had forced Aguero to disappointingly terminate his career at the age of 33.
Sergio Aguero to return for Barcelona S.C.
A total of 1 year 3 months later, Aguero is now all set to make a comeback to the arena of professional football for Barcelona Sporting Club an Ecuadorian club. Eutimio Perez, a Spanish immigrant had founded the club and named it after his home city of Barcelona. The club has its name and badge inspired by the La Liga giants, FC Barcelona.
Aguero has stated that he looked forward to being there and having fun and will be playing in a friendly match in the Noche Amarilla for his new team. He went on to say that he had check-ups from a cardiologist and has already started training so that he will be able to play in the match.
Aguero continued to say that he hopes to have fun and feel the pitch again. He went on, “I feel very good, I have a monitor to be in control, so I will be able to play because in 15 days I will also play a game with my friends from Barcelona in Spain.”
Sergio revealed that it was spending time with the football fans of South America during the 2022 World Cup that convinced him to play the sport again as a guest appearance for the club.
The Argentinian described an incident during the World Cup which helped convince him, saying that when he went out to eat in Qatar and was watching the first match of Ecuador in the World Cup, some of the Barcelona fans had recognized him and had asked him to come play at Noche Amarilla.
With this, Sergio Aguero will become the eight world star to be invited to Noche Amarilla. Ronaldinho was another guest back in 2016, Kaka in 2018, Diego Forlan in 2017, Andrea Pirlo in 2019, Alessandro Del Piero in 2020, Carlos Tevez in 2022, and Javier Mascherano in 2021.
