Diego Godín returns from retirement to play for Porongos de Flores, historic player of the Uruguayan domestic tournament

Diego Godinthe player with the most appearances in the history of the Uruguayan national team, will wear his boots again almost seven months after announcing his retirement from professional football playing with the Uruguayan shirt. Velez.

The last time the Uruguayan took to the pitch was in mid-2023, when he played his last professional match against Huracán.

The club that will make him resume his activity at 38 is none other than Porongo flowerteam belonging to the Interior Football Organization (OFI) of Uruguay, and which will begin its journey in the National Club Cup in April.

“Tic tac…it’s coming”warned the club’s social account, which accompanied the text with the image of an hourglass inside and some Egyptian pyramids in the background, linked to the defender’s nickname, Pharaoh.

According to the main media of the neighboring country, this Tuesday there will be the official presentation of Godín, who will be accompanied to his new club by his friend and point of reference for Uruguayan football, Gonzalo choir Castro. The experienced striker decided to hang up his boots at the end of last year, but regretted it and is now ready to join this new adventure together with his friend.

The club is one of the most popular football clubs in the Uruguayan region and is recognized for being the first Inter team to compete in an international competition. In ’95, after beating Peñarol in the Liguilla final, they entered the defunct Conmebol Cup.

Godín and Porongos de Flores will have the OFI National Cup as their main objective this semester. The team from the city of Trinidad was champion in the 1988, 1994 and 1995 editions, but has not won the trophy since.

The central defender, coming from Defensor Sporting, played for Cerro from 2003 to 2006 and for Nacional from 2006 to 2007. He then began a journey through Europe which took him to Villarreal and Atlético de Madrid in Spain, all ‘Inter and Cagliari in Italy, and finally Atlético Mineiro in Brazil, before arriving at Vélez in August 2022.

With 161 games, Pharaoh He is the most capped player in the history of the Uruguayan national team, together with the one who scored 8 goals, won the Copa América in 2011 and participated in four World Cups: 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022.

The glories of the Interior tournament

Godín joins a long list of Uruguayan icons who have returned to play on the country’s interior courts. Among the stars who will compete in the OFI National Cup are Sebastián Abreu, Alejandro Siles and Chory Castro, among others.