Carlos Vela officially announced his football retirement after 9 months of inactivity. The former FC player confirmed his retirement through social networks with an emotional video in which he thanked his family and all the clubs he passed through.
Vela jumped into the international panorama when he was champion in the FIFA World Cup Sub-17 of 2005. This tournament put him in the sight of European clubs for his great talent.
Carlos signed for the Arsenal of England, where he began a long European journey with scales in clubs such as Salamanca, Osasuna, West Bromwich and, above all, the Royal Society, where he lived his best years.
In the Spanish club it reached a market value of 20 million when I was 24 years old, according to the Transfermarkt site.
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The Mexican always had a peculiar relationship with football. In multiple interviews he confessed that he preferred basketball or cinema, and it was precisely that position, sometimes perceived as disinterest, which defined a good part of his career.
With the selection, he had an atypical step, as he was absent for long seasons renouncing important calls and even the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Despite this, he played two World Cups (2010 and 2018) and was a key part of the team that reached the round of 16 in Russia.
In 2018 Vela became the bombing of the young MLS team, Los Angeles Football Club, where he left flashes of the great talent that the native of Cancun had.
It was MVP of the League in 2019, champion in 2022 and indisputable figure of the Angelino club, where he scored more than 93 goals and signed some of the best moments of his career.
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With his retirement, Carlos Vela ends a trajectory that covered two decades, left a mark on Spanish football and reflected a career marked both for his talent and his decisions outside the traditional footballer’s mold.
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