Three Football Rockstars Remain in Modern Era

DBasia.news – The football world is evolving. Unconsciously, the legendary players that played together like Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Patrick Vieira, Gennaro Gattuso, and Zinedine Zidane, has been the coach nowadays. The long-term career is only applied to those in the goalkeeper position.

The goalkeeper in the age above 30 is common, even to 40. Until now, the three veteran goalkeepers succeeded in Europe and still play until now are Petr Cech, Gianluigi Buffon, and Iker Casillas.

Cech supported Arsenal after 11 years playing for Chelsea. Buffon opened the new page with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) after 17 years of supporting Juventus. While Casillas has entered his third year with Poto after broke the record with Real Madrid, the club where he grew in 1995 until 2015.

In his 37, Casillas is thinking about retirement. He admits that he, along with Cech and Buffon, are the remaining rockstars in the modern football era. The old stars that will soon end their career

“We’re the last rock stars, the oldest players who are still playing, at least on the European scene. You have to enjoy the time that you still have left. At 37, though, you are nearer to retiring than continuing to play,” Casillas said quoted from Marca.

Coach and Diet for the Career

 

Petr Cech

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Perhaps for a player who about to end his career, they should think about the next step in the coaching world. With the experience, the Europe top and professional players have the big chance to be a successful coach. Casillas as well.

However, he refused the chance to be the goalkeeper coach. “No, if you want to be a coach, then you should not only train goalkeepers, you have to pass on your knowledge to all players. In my case, I was lucky to have experienced a lot and it would be good to pass on (my experience) to all players,” Casillas told AS.

It means Casillas is not only wanting to become a goalkeeper coach, but also the coach of the club. However, he will think about that later after the retirement. Casillas will concentrate to give the best for Porto in keeping the Primeira League title and fight hard in the Champions League.

Casillas’ age is no longer young. However, the presence of Porto coach Sergio Conceicao helped him. He very cares about the physical condition and diet. Thanks to his coaching method, Casillas’ career is fine.

“He is a strict disciplinarian when it comes to weight and strength. At 37, it has benefited me to have a coach that requires you to have a certain weight and diet, because I have to control my physique more,” Casillas added.

No one knows how long Casillas will play in the Europe top level. Casillas was very successful with his achievements of two Euro, one World Cup, five LaLiga, three Champions League, and two Copa del Rey.