Former Italy striker Ciro Immobile retires from football after 17-year career

[p]"[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/immobile-ciro/4S9fNUYh/"]Immobile[/a] expressed ‌his wish to devote most of his time ‌to his loved ones after ‌17 years as a professional," the French ‌club said in a statement.[/p][p]The 36-year-old striker ‌joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paris-fc/0OEHEprs/"]Paris FC[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bologna/0M9xNN8N/"]Bologna[/a] in February and made 12 Ligue 1 appearances, ‌scoring twice.[/p][p]He scored 306 goals in ⁠599 club ‌matches in all competitions, also netting 17 times ​in 57 appearances for Italy.[/p][embed guid="aa3498d0-9196-40ca-bfe2-0c577af589dc" url="https://x.com/ParisFC/status/2088325493615460805" social-type="twitter" /][p]The forward was part of Italy's ​Euro 2020-winning squad and scored twice during the tournament, which concluded with victory ⁠over England in ​the final at Wembley in July 2021, with the tournament being postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 ‌pandemic.[/p][p]Immobile enjoyed his greatest success during his eight seasons at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lazio/URcSl02h/"]Lazio[/a], becoming the club's all-time leading scorer with 207 goals in 340 appearances. He won the Coppa Italia and two Italian Super Cups with the Rome club.[/p][p]In 2020, he won the European Golden Shoe after ‌equalling [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/higuain-gonzalo/xpQl63zG/"]Gonzalo Higuain[/a]'s single-season league record ​of 36 Serie A goals, and ‌he finished as Serie A's leading scorer four times.[/p][p]He also played for Italian clubs [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/juventus/C06aJvIB/"]Juventus[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pescara/WW0i6v4C/"]Pescara[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/genoa/d0PJxeie/"]Genoa[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/torino/MZFZnvX4/"]Torino[/a], Germany's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dortmund/nP1i5US1/"]Borussia Dortmund[/a], Spain's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/angulo-luis-miguel/Ig6pGm87/"]Sevilla[/a] ⁠and Turkish ⁠side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/besiktas/IDmErJCR/"]Besiktas[/a].[/p]