Roberto Carlos to leave Real in the summer
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MADRID, March 9 (Reuters) - Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos has said he will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season after 11 years at the club.
'I'm not going to renew my contract. I think the moment has come for me to put an end to my time at the club and leave them to start a new project,' the 33-year-old told sports daily Marca on Friday.
'I'm sure about it. My time at Real Madrid has ended. After three years without winning anything I had to take a decision.'
The former Brazil international said he had not yet decided where he would continue his career.
'I don't know whether I will continue in Europe or maybe I need to be back in Brazil close to my family.'
Roberto Carlos joined Real Madrid from Inter Milan in 1996 during Fabio Capello's first spell as coach at the club.
Since then he has been a fixture in the team, winning three European Cups, three league titles and two World Club Cups during his time at the club.
He has made more appearances for Real than any other foreign-born player and has been a prolific goalscorer despite being a defender, notching up 45 goals in the league and 15 in the Champions League.
He quit international soccer after Brazil's 1-0 World Cup quarter-final defeat by France last year.
He picked up a calf injury during Real's 2-1 defeat at Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday and will be out of action for between three and four weeks.
Real signed another Brazilian Marcelo to provide cover for Roberto Carlos in the January transfer window and youth team defender Miguel Torres has also filled in at left back in recent games.
'My departure will help the youngsters like Marcelo and Miguel Torres,' he said. 'They are the future and have to be given a chance to develop. I have to look for motivation in another team, another country, another place.' -
He is the one who causes the fastest goal in UCL, he's close to EOL can scrap liao.
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Leave? I thought he should be retiring.
Cheers.
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maybe he can ask Bolton to hire him..
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go ac milan aka old folks home
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its good for madrid to get rid of their galaticos.
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Having been with the team for too long,Originally posted by T.Ryousuke:He is the one who causes the fastest goal in UCL, he's close to EOL can scrap liao.
he tends to take things for granted.
He is heading his way into the scrap-car yard.
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Maybe man utd, would want to sign him up?
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bolton
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u gotta be kidding, y need a 33 yr old left back when uÂ’ve got Evra, Heinze, Silvestra and Brown/Oshea as a backup?Originally posted by allentyb:Maybe man utd, would want to sign him up?