{"id":3469,"date":"2026-01-27T16:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=3469"},"modified":"2026-01-27T16:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:40:13","slug":"roma-and-juventus-cult-hero-retires-aged-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=3469","title":{"rendered":"Roma and Juventus cult hero retires aged 35"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Miralem Pjanic, the Bosnian midfielder who played for Roma and Juventus, has announced his retirement from professional football.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old has been without a club since the end of the 2024-25 season. He last played at CSKA Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Pjanic recently spoke about hanging up his boots, but now he has formally announced his retirement with an emotional post on social media.<\/p>\n<h2>Miralem Pjanic calls time on his \u2018symphony\u2019 by announcing retirement at 35<\/h2>\n<p>Miralem Pjanic has taken to Instagram with a post in which he spoke about his career, accompanied by pictures of him and a video of a piano being played.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent my life playing my melody,\u201d Pjanic began. \u201cEvery touch, every pass, every shot: a note.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFootball was my music, the pitch my piano. My dream has always been to make you feel the beauty of this game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, with a heart full of gratitude, I can say that this symphony has been my life. It was an honour to share it with all of you.<\/p>\n<p>Pjanic then moved on to thanking all the people at his side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA special thanks goes to my family, who have been my first support and my silent strength,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the coaches, to my teammates, with whom I have shared dreams, sacrifices and victories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the technical staff, to the doctors and to all those who have worked behind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And finally, he provided a message for the fans, whom he called \u201cthe soul of this game.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUA4hRsDGR9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Pjanic\u2019s prime years at Roma and Juventus<\/h2>\n<p>Miralem Pjanic built his reputation as one of Europe\u2019s most elegant midfielders during standout spells at Roma and Juventus.<\/p>\n<p>After arriving at Roma from Lyon in 2011, Pjanic became a key creative force in Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>He stood out thanks to his vision, control and absolutely incredible set-piece delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Pjanic helped Roma push Juventus in the Serie A title race and established himself among the league\u2019s best midfielders.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Juventus triggered his release clause, and Pjanic quickly became central to their dominance.<\/p>\n<p>Operating at the base of midfield, he dictated tempo, recycled possession and scored crucial goals.<\/p>\n<p>He won four Serie A titles in Turin, anchoring a side that regularly competed deep into the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Later moves took him to Barcelona, Turkey and the Middle East, but his peak years remain defined by Roma flair and Juventus control.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footitalia.com\/news\/miralem-pjanic-roma-and-juventus-cult-hero-retires-aged-35\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miralem Pjanic, the Bosnian midfielder who played for Roma and Juventus, has announced his retirement from professional football. The 35-year-old has been without a club since the end of the 2024-25 season. He last played at CSKA Moscow. Pjanic recently spoke about hanging up his boots, but now he has formally announced his retirement with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spotlight-sugli-azzurri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}