Montero joins San Lorenzo...retires (20 Viewers)

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Dec 16, 2002
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Forza Paolo,

I will forever remember fondly of you smashing one of those Lecce players into their own net after the goal. You are a true legend.:D

Ah, also thanks for all those red-cards that nearly pullled all of my hair out by half-time.

Ciao.:touched:
 

ReBeL

The Jackal
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Jan 14, 2005
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Uruguay hard man Montero calls it quits


Former Juventus and Uruguay defender Paolo Montero, regarded as one of football's most uncompromising players, was reported by Uruguayan media on Tuesday to have retired.

However, team mates at his club Penarol said they were trying to persuade him to change his mind and complete the current season.

Uruguayan media said Montero, 35, had turned up at a training session, told them that he was leaving and said goodbye.

"It's a tough blow to lose our captain," Montero's team mate Ruben Capria said in an interview on the Web site of Tenfield, who hold television rights to the Uruguayan championship.

Montero won four Serie A titles during nine years in Italy with Juventus and was a pillar in the defence, despite regularly being sent off.

He won 61 caps and scored five goals for his country and played at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, though injury forced him to miss the 1995 Copa America which Uruguay hosted and won.

After leaving Juventus, Montero spent an injury-plagued season with San Lorenzo in Argentina before returning to finish his career Penarol, the club where he was raised.

Reuters
 
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Jun 8, 2005
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:cry:

When he broke legs at least he did it with style, just look at Materazzi and how they do it nowadays.

Thanks Paolo. :touched:
 
Ahmed

Ahmed

Principino
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Sep 3, 2006
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My favourite Juve defender...old-school, took no prisoners and made up for his lack of pace with sheer aggression...good luck Paolo thanks for the memories, bruises and scars ;)
 
AngelaL

AngelaL

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Aug 25, 2006
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ReBeL said:
Uruguay hard man Montero calls it quits


Former Juventus and Uruguay defender Paolo Montero, regarded as one of football's most uncompromising players, was reported by Uruguayan media on Tuesday to have retired.

However, team mates at his club Penarol said they were trying to persuade him to change his mind and complete the current season.

Uruguayan media said Montero, 35, had turned up at a training session, told them that he was leaving and said goodbye.

"It's a tough blow to lose our captain," Montero's team mate Ruben Capria said in an interview on the Web site of Tenfield, who hold television rights to the Uruguayan championship.

Montero won four Serie A titles during nine years in Italy with Juventus and was a pillar in the defence, despite regularly being sent off.

He won 61 caps and scored five goals for his country and played at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, though injury forced him to miss the 1995 Copa America which Uruguay hosted and won.

After leaving Juventus, Montero spent an injury-plagued season with San Lorenzo in Argentina before returning to finish his career Penarol, the club where he was raised.

Reuters
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Aw! I was hoping he would come back to Italy and kick moRATti's posterior for us before he retired. :sigh: Ah, well! Ciao Paolo - all the best! :pint:
 
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