Casillas denies he has retired from football after receiving positive update from doctors following heart attack
The 167-cap Spanish legend took to Twitter to confirm he intents to carry on between the sticks at the age of 37
IKER CASILLAS has denied retiring from football after receiving positive news from doctors following a heart attack scare earlier this month.
The 167-cap Spanish legend is refusing to hung up his gloves at the age of 37, with five La Liga crowns and a World Cup to his name, and insists the “day will come” when he needs to.
Legend Casillas took to Twitter this afternoon to update fans.
He wrote: “Retire? There’ll come a day when I have to retire. Let me announce that news when the moment comes. For now, relax.
“I had an appointment with Dr Filipe Macedo yesterday and everything’s going well. Now that *is* great news I wanted to share.”
Casillas has spent the past four seasons at Porto following an incredible 15 seasons in the Real Madrid first team.
But he was rushed to hospital after suffering a heart attack at a training session on May 1.
Porto confirmed Casillas – arguably one of the greatest goalkeepers in football history – had suffered “an acute myocardial infarction”.
However, the Spaniard posted a picture with his thumbs up from his hospital bed following his “big scare”.
Updating his legion of followers on Instagram, Casillas wrote: “Everything under control here, a big scare but my forces are intact.
REAL LEGEND
“Thank you very much for the messages and affection.”
Casillas is one of the most-decorated footballers on the planet with an exceptional career, playing at the highest since the 1990s.
The ex-Los Blancos star worked his way through the Real Madrid youth ranks, spending 25 years at the club in total having initially joined aged nine.
Casillas won five La Liga crowns and three Champions League trophies just for starters at the height of the Galacticos’ power.
For Spain, as well as racking up an astonishing 167 caps, Casillas helped his nation win THREE major tournaments in a row.
Iker Casillas' career honours
REAL MADRID
5x La Liga
3x Champions League
2x Copa del Rey
4x Supercopa de Espana
2x Super Cup
1x Club World Cup
2x Intercontinental Cup
PORTO
1x Primeira Liga
1x Supertaca Candido de Oliveira
SPAIN
1x World Cup
2x European Championship
The Spaniards won Euro 2008, the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 in an unprecedented period of dominance.
All in all, Casillas has made an incredible 1,052 competitive appearances for club and country in a career spanning three decades – and now he looks set for a few more.
The star married Spanish TV journalist Sara Carbonero, 35, in 2015 and the couple have two sons, Martin and Lucas.
