Retirement from professional football by Jackson Martinez arrived untimely. And is that the Colombian had to hang up your boots by the end of 2020 due to a strong ankle injury, The same that he began to involve since 2015 when he militated in the Athletic of Madrid.
The former player of the Jaguars of Chiapas detailed that his ordeal began because in the painting mattress the doctors did not give him the proper care, a situation that only caused the injury to worsen.
“After 2015 it was a struggle, a lot of people told me not to give up, but I didn’t give up, but I couldn’t and shouldn’t anymore, it was 5 years of fighting. It is still difficult because one never expects to retire due to an injury“But making the decision to say so far I want to play, but in my case it was an injury and it’s even harder,” he said in an interview for Win Sports’ First Touch.
“Where the injury was little talked about, my injury happened in the match against Chile, in 2015 in Chile. From here, i get to Atlético de Madrid and they start treating me for a sprain, When I had this injury about five times, I know that what I have is not that, because of the pain, because of the way I felt my foot, I knew it wasn’t that. My ankle didn’t swell … I knew all kinds of this injury, but I didn’t know how serious it was. And I continue, I go back to the track and I continue with the annoyance. because trust that the doctors will tell you that what you have is nothing serious“.
Martinez explained that once the Athletic of Madrid decide to sell it to Guangzhou Evergrande of China, Here he also continued to struggle with the injury: “In China I have a very strong entry that almost broke my tibia and made everything worse. He also came back and I kept playing on that injury. In the end, I could no longer step on it, “he said.
Why did Jackson Martinez retire?
the Colombian striker has indicated that still at the end of 2020 he had offers to continue playing, although he decided to stop for fear that the ankle injury would become even more complicated.
“I had club proposals, but I didn’t want to go to a club where I didn’t have to work hard, I could have played more time at another club, but it could have hurt me more“He finished.