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Tearful Lucas Leiva announces his retirement from professional football, with the 36-year-old former Liverpool midfielder forced out of the game due to a heart condition Lucas Leiva has announced his retirement from football at the age of 36 It follows advice given to the former Liverpool man about a hear condition The midfielder said he was 'ending where I'd like, not the way I'd like'

Lucas Leiva has retired from professional football due to a heart condition at the age of 36. The former midfielder made the announcement in a tearful press conference on Friday, where he said the decision came because 'health comes first'. It comes after Leiva was given medical advice to hang up his boots following a follow-up tests on a problem



His retirement comes at his boyhood club Gremio, where he returned last summer after five years at Lazio



Lucas played for Gremio between 2005 and 2007, before making the move to Liverpool aged 20.