Di Natale announces he will retire at end of season
One of football's ultimate good guys is getting ready to call it a career.
Antonio Di Natale announced he will retire at the end of the season following Udinese's 3-1 loss to Hellas Verona at home on Monday.
Antonio Di Natale has just announced that he is retiring at the end of the season
— Carlo Garganese (@carlogarganese) January 6, 2014
Di Natale indicated he had already spoken about the decision with his family.
Di Natale spoke last season about how his body was telling him as much. I was quite surprised when he extended until 2015 in the summer
— James Horncastle (@JamesHorncastle) January 6, 2014
Di Natale made 311 appearances for Udinese over nine years and registered 162 goals. He has 42 caps for Italy and scored 11 times on the international level.
The 36-year-old Naples native scored at least 16 more goals, 107 in total, than any other player in Serie over the last five seasons, according to Who Scored.
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