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    "excerpt": "Former Argentina: Former Argentina international midfielder Lucas Biglia has announced his retirement from football after a career spanning two decades.",
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    "editor1": "Former Argentina: Former Argentina international midfielder Lucas Biglia has announced his retirement from football after a career spanning two decades.<p>The 38-year-old, who had been without a club since parting ways with Turkey's Basaksehir last July, cited family reasons for his decision.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\"It was the wish of my children and my wife to spend more time together,\" Biglia told Argentina's TyC Sports on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\"Now it's time to enjoy other things that I couldn't do when I was playing and dedicate time to them [family],\" he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Biglia represented seven clubs throughout his professional career, including Italian giants Lazio and AC Milan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The holding midfielder was capped 58 times for Argentina and was a part of the Albiceleste's World Cup squads in 2014 and 2018.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Apart from a desire to spend time with family, Biglia raised the prospect of pursuing a future coaching career and he already started a course to acquire his badges in Italy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\"It would be nice to experience that [coaching] side. But I want to be prepared. Everything related to coaching interests me but we'll see what happens,\" he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n",
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