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After all, I bid farewell to the coach of Hayduke: 37-year-old Rakitic has decided to retire!

5:04pm, 3 July 2025【Football】

July 2, According to Croatian media reports, Hayduk Garcia said that 37-year-old Rakitic has decided to retire.

Garcia said in his acceptance to nova TV: "Rakitic has decided to end his career. He is now going through a difficult period - the transformation from the court to off-court role has never been an easy task."

According to the K-K media, Rakitic will directly transfer from the player to the management and become an assistant to Khaiduke technical director Vucevic. The news will be officially announced recently.

Rakitic is 37 years old and has played for Basel, Schalke, Barcelona, ​​Sevilla, Lead Youth and Haiduke in his career. He played hundreds of games for Croatia and is known as one of the best players in Croatia's history.

Rakitic also won important honors such as the Champions League, La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the Club World Cup with Barcelona. In 2015, he helped Barcelona win the triple crown, and in 2018 he also reached the World Cup final with Croatia.