Javier Mascherano, ex player of the FC Barcelona and of the Argentinian selection, will go back to work with the Association of the Argentinian Football (AFA). The information gave to know this Tuesday through the account Twitter of the Albiceleste. In the message signal that "Javier Mascherano, accompanied of the preparador physical Pablo White and Oscar Hernández Romero, will add to the structure of National Selections to charge of the Department of Methodology and Development that will be presented in the weeks to come".
The ex mediocampista of the Barcelona, informed the past month of November that withdrew of the fields like player, for that then carrying the T-shirt of the Argentinian club Students of the Silver. Already for then auguraba that his future would be linked with the Argentinian juvenile selections from this year, after several conversations with Wall.
To the moment of his farewell, the "Jefecito" expressed: "I Want to announce that today I withdraw me of the football professionally, want to appreciate to this club that gave me the opportunity to finish my career in Argentina", emphasized when announcing his goodbye like player. By his part Claudio Wall, president of the AFA, confirmed that Mascherano will add to the structure of National Selections to charge of the Department of Methodology and Development.
His personality and leadership invited to the authorities of the Argentinian Selection to add it prontamente to the structure of the juvenile, that is full of names that defended to the national picture. The movements of the "Jefecito" will be logically diagramados in group with Lionel Scaloni (trainer of the Greater Selection), Fernando Batiste (of the Sub 23 and Sub 20), Pablo Aimar (Sub 17) and Diego Placente (Sub 15).
A gladiator of one thousand battles
Mascherano, of 36 years of age, in addition to being player of the Barcelona, was formed in the inferior divisions of River Plate, although his debut like footballer occurred of the hand of Marcelo Bielsa in the Greater Selection, went through the Corinthians Brazilian, the English West Ham and Liverpool; and the Heibei Fortune Chinese. It was twice olympic champion with the Argentinian Selection in the Games of Athens 2004 and Peking 2008.
Likewise, it participated in four World-wide (Germany 2006, South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018), the World-wide Sub'17 of Trinidad and Tobago 2001 and Sub'20 of Arab Emirates Joined 2003. Also in five Glasses America (2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 and Centenarian 2016), in addition to the Sudamericanos Sub'17 Peru 2001 and Sub'20 Uruguay 2003.