Milan, Mar 18 (LaPresse) – ‘Dear football, today is one of the most important days of my life: the time has come to say goodbye. Here, at San Siro, in the ‘Scala of football’ where I played my last game’. This is how Antonio Candreva announced on Instagram his farewell to playing football at the age of 38. ‘Thirty years ago my journey with you began, among joys and sorrows, sacrifices and victories and certainly many emotions. I lived my dream, my passion. I don't consider this a farewell but only a new starting point. Thank you football, see you soon!', he added as the images of him on the pitch with the many jerseys worn in his career and of him at San Siro with his wife and their two children scroll by. Born in Rome, Candreva has worn the shirts of Ternana, Udinese, Livorno, Juventus, Parma, Cesena, Lazio, Inter, Sampdoria and Salernitana in his 20-year career. In Serie A, he played 502 matches, scoring 85 goals and distributing 100 assists. He also boasts 54 games with the national team with 7 goals, took part in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and the 2016 European Championship in France.