Ex-Brazil international Fernandinho, who won five league titles with Manchester City and six with Shakhtar Donetsk, said he was retiring aged 40.
The defensive midfielder said, “There’s nothing left to motivate me in football; I’ve already achieved everything I wanted to,” he told reporters on Wednesday evening after playing in a charity match in Curitiba.
“Now it’s time to enjoy my family,” he added.
Fernandinho’s 23-year playing career began and ended with Athletico Paranaense in Curitiba. In the interim, he spent eight seasons with Shakhtar in Ukraine before coming to Manchester in 2013 and playing nine seasons for City.
He returned to Curitiba in 2022 and was released on New Year’s Day 2025.
Fernandinho was a member of the Brazilian team that won the 2003 under-20 World Cup. He earned 53 senior caps and won the Copa America in 2019.
