Guillermo Ochoa, wanda galibi ana a matsayi daya daga cikin manyan masu kiyaye gol da Mexico ta taba samarwa, ya sanar da yin ritaya daga ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙwararru a ranar Talata, yana rufewa alkyabba kan aiki mai girma na tsawon shekaru 22, yana da shekaru 41 a duniya.

Wannan sanarwa ta kawo ƙarshen watanni da dama na hasashe game da ko Ochoa zai shiga sabon kulob bayan Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya 2026, wani gasar da ya riga ya bayyana kafin farawa cewa zai zama ta ƙarshensa.

"Na ba da komai; na bari komai a filin wasa domin kulobobina da tawagar ƙasa, kuma yau na rataye safararsa," in ji Ochoa a kafofin sada zumunta. "Zama mai kiyaye gol yana nufin sanin cewa za ka iya jira mintuna 90 don wani lokaci ɗaya da duk abin ya dogara da kai. Kuma lokacin da wannan lokaci ya zo, ba za ka iya jinkiri ba."

Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya shida — tare da manyan fitattun 'yan wasa

Ochoa ya shiga Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya sau shida a rayuwarsa ta ƙasashen duniya, nasara da Cristiano Ronaldo da Lionel Messi kaɗai ke raba da shi daga cikin 'yan wasa na zamaninsu. Ya kasance mai kiyaye gol na farko a tawagar Mexico a Brazil 2014, Russia 2018, da Qatar 2022.

A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya 2026 da ta ƙare kwanan nan, ya kasance mataimakin Raúl Rangel amma manaja Javier Aguirre ya shigar da shi a mintuna 13 na ƙarshe na wasan ƙarshe na matakin rukunin Mexico da Czechia. Bayan ƙarar fara, wani Ochoa mai motsin rai ya sumbaci sanduna a Estadio Azteca — filin wasa guda ɗaya da aikinsa ya fara — kafin ya durƙusa ya karɓi runguma daga abokan aikinsa. Da daɗewa bayan masu kallo sun tafi, ya tafi tsakiyar filin a karo na ƙarshe don ɗaukar barkwansa na ƙarshe.

Aiki da aka gina a nahiyoyi biyu

Ochoa ya fara aikinsa na ƙwararru tare da Club América a watan Fabrairu 2004, ya yi shekarunsa bakwai na farko a can kafin ya koma kulob na Faransa Ajaccio a 2011 — yana zama mai kiyaye gol na farko dan ƙasar Mexico da ya yi aiki a Turai. Tafiyarsa ta Turai ta kai shi Málaga, Granada, Standard Liège, Salernitana, AVS Futebol, da AEL Limassol, cike da dawowar shekaru uku ga América tsakanin 2019 da 2022.

Daga cikin kofunan da ya tattara: gasar lig da América a lokacin Clausura 2005, Kofin Belgiya tare da Standard Liège, gasannin Concacaf Gold Cup guda shida tare da tawagar ƙasar Mexico, da lambar yabo ta tagulla a Wasannin Olimpics na Tokyo 2020.

"Ban taba tunanin har ina mafarki zai iya ɗaukar ni ba. Yau, ba zan iya yin komai ba face duba baya da alfahari kuma cewa: Na gode," in ji Ochoa a rubutunsa. "Ina ɗauke da ƙaunar miliyoyin mutane da natsuwar sanin cewa na ba da komai domin Mexico."