Xinhua News Agency, Rio de Janeiro, April 23 (reporter Zhao Yan, Chen Weihua) Brazil Global Sports Network reported on the 23rd that former Super League star and Argentine renkong card officially announced their retirement and said they would engage in golf in the future.
Kong Ka said in an exclusive interview with Global Sports Network: “I have decided to terminate my professional football career. I am about to be 36 years old. I should consider doing other things, I have a new plan in my life. Football has given me a lot. I love this profession, which is very wonderful for me, but today I think it is an appropriate moment to stop.”
For the future, Konka’s choice is beyond many people’s expectation. He plans to start playing golf.
Konka said, “I have already started the golf course. I have always wanted to play, hoping to find some new sports. I have been paying attention to golf, today I have time to do it, let me surpass myself again. Of course, I just played at first, but I still want to take part in the competition. I hope to do my best no matter what I do. I will try my best to prepare and train, and then we will see where we can go.”
But Kong Ka also revealed that his friends were not optimistic about his new challenge. He said, “When I said I was going to play golf, they all said, ‘Are you crazy? You won’t succeed. ‘Everyone laughed at me and even said, ‘Where can you fight, you will only hit the ground ‘. Of course, my current level is still very low. I trained some when I was in Rio and now I take golf classes in America. Everything starts from scratch, which enables me to better understand this sport. It is simple when I don’t play, but it is not easy to really fight, but we always have to work hard.”
The 35-year-old Konka participated in 600 games in his 20-year career. He has played for Argentina Tigers, Riverbed team, Rosario team, Chile Catholic University team, Brazil flumenese team and flamenco team, Super League Guangzhou Evergrande and Shanghai Shanggang team and Austin team of the United States.