Spain`s World Cup-winning captain and goalkeeper Iker Casillas on Tuesday (August 4, 2020) announced retirement from the professional game.

He took to his official social media handles and posted a picture where he penned down his retirement in Spanish. Iker captioned it, “The important thing is the path you travel and the people who accompany you, not the destination to which it takes you, because that comes with work and effort alone, and I think I can say, without hesitation, that the path I have taken is the one I dreamt about.”

Lo importante es el camino que recorres y la gente que te acompaña, no el destino al que te lleva, porque eso con trabajo y esfuerzo, llega solo y creo que puedo decir, sin dudar, que ha sido el camino y el destino soñado #Grac1as pic.twitter.com/xb8ucs9REh

— Iker Casillas (@IkerCasillas) August 4, 2020

The 39-year old had also led Real Madrid, the team he joined when he was 9 and stayed there for 25 years. No wonder why Real Madrid called him a ‘Legend’.

@IKERCASILLAS : @REALMADRID LEGEND #RealMadrid pic.twitter.com/G1hZRB7YDZ

— Real Madrid C.F.(@realmadriden) August 4, 2020

Casillas played 725 matches for the first team spanning over 16 seasons in which he won 19 titles including 3 European Cups, 3 Club World Cups, 2 European Super Cups, 5 Spanish Leagues, 2 Copa del Rey and 4 Spanish Super Cups.

In Portugal, with Porto, he won 2 Portuguese Leagues, 1 Cup and 1 Supercup. And he has been capped by Spain 167 times, where he won 1 World Cup, 2 European Cups and 1 Under-20 World Cup.