636 days of injury return! Miracle icon Casola! Extending active service for another year even at 39 years old
Jun 28, 2024
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European media reported on the 27th, citing Fabrizio Romano's SNS that Casola had decided to play for Oviedo for another year. Casola, born in 1984, is 39 this year. A native of Oviedo youth, he made his professional debut at Villarreal in 2003. In 2006, he moved to Recreativo de Uelba, where he flourished. Returning to Villarreal after a season, he played for five seasons and grew into one of Spain's top midfielders. In 2011, he moved to Malaga and led his team to the Champions League.
During the 2012-2013 season, Casola joined Arsenal. At that time, the transfer fee was £16 million. It was the highest transfer fee in Arsenal's history at the time. During that season, Casola played as a top midfielder in the Premier League. He used to be an aggressive midfielder and winger. In the 2012-2013 season, he scored 12 goals and 14 assists in 48 games, serving as Arsenal's ace. During the 2013–2014 season, he contributed greatly to his team's FA Cup victory. Casola was in good form under Wenger, playing all the roles he wanted. However, in October 2016, Casola injured her Achilles tendon. He was slow to recover and underwent several re-operations. In the end, he blew the rest of the 2016-2017 season and the entire 2017-2018 season and left Arsenal.
His destination was his former team Villarreal. He played in the pre-season ahead of the 2018-2019 season. It was his first return in 636 days. After recovering from his injury, he announced his revival in two seasons, scoring 22 goals in 86 games for Villarreal. He then joined Al Saad in Qatar. Jung Woo-young and Nam Tae-hee showed good performance by working with each other at the waist. After three seasons, Casola returned to Oviedo, where he was a youth team, in August 2023. The 39-year-old veteran midfielder has also played 1,057 minutes in 26 games in Spain's second division. He also posted four assists. He decided to play another season and burn the end of his soccer life.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
