Diego Forlán Was A Fantastic Striker With A Unique ‘Footgoal’

During the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Diego Forlán was one player who demonstrated class on the field of play with his wonderful footworks. The 41 year old Uruguayan forward who was in the number 10 shirt, a number believed to be worn by top class players, demonstrated to the world why he was named as the player of the tournament.

Diego Forlán was essentially exceptional all through the games he played to the Quarter Finals of the tournament, when his side beat Ghana Black Stars to advance to the Semi Finals. In that game, Ghana was tipped by most soccer pundits to cruise through to the next stage of the competition, despite the fact that Uruguay also looked ‘solid’.

The Black Stars of Ghana were in their ‘peak’, but with the likes of Luis Suarez and Diego Forlán, the South Americans sent away the only representative for the Africans at Africa’s first World Cup. Forlán’s clairvoyance with Cavani and Luis Suarez was just phenomenal at the competition.

In spite of the fact that, he played very all through the World Cup in South Africa, his own country’s fantasies about lifting the trophy without precedent for the first time in 60 years. However, Forlán was Outstanding and was named as the competition’s #1 player.

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Forlán who has played for are several clubs like Kitchee SC and other top clubs far and wide, which includes Manchester United, revealed that his eight months, or 27 games, he took to break his duck in a United shirt as the most significant statistics of his time in football.

Diego Forlán additionally left a fine record at Villarreal while he also scored 66 goals in 102 games for Atlético Madrid, along with two European Golden Shoe Awards. His talent shimmered and his excitement never faltered.

Interestingly, Forlán’s father Pablo, additionally played for Uruguay in the 1966 and 1974 World Cups, accordingly is by all accounts a family tradition. The player has since 1990 been on the football pitch both for nation and clubs and is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi Trophy and the European Golden Shoe and more.

Diego Forlán has surely paid his dues in Uruguay national team. However, he announced his retirement from the national team in March 2015. He represented Uruguay with 112 caps, scoring 36 times. After four years from retiring from the national team, he at long last announced his complete retirement from football in August 2019.