{"id":7685,"date":"2026-06-08T16:25:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=7685"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:25:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:25:24","slug":"divock-origi-announces-retirement-from-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=7685","title":{"rendered":"Divock Origi announces retirement from football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>There were 42 appearances and six goals \u2013 two more versus Everton \u2013 in a 2019-20 campaign that brought glory in the Premier League, FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup.<\/p>\n<p>A reliable and willing squad member, Origi remained on Merseyside until 2022 and added medals for the League Cup and FA Cup before saying goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>His totals showed 175 games and 41 goals wearing the Liver bird.<\/p>\n<p>Having departed on a free transfer that summer, Origi moved to AC Milan, with whom he parted company last December.<\/p>\n<p>His time with <em>The Rossoneri<\/em> also saw him spend the 2023-24 season back in England via a loan at Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p>Origi represented Belgium at senior international level on 32 occasions and scored three goals.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cTo my fans across the world who helped me shine: every iconic moment, every goal, every piece of history we made together will forever be ours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo every club, and all the coaches and teammates who stood beside me, thank you. You shaped me in ways that go far beyond the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepresenting Belgium, my nation, while carrying Kenya, my roots, was a joy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd to my family and those closest to me\u2026 without you, I am not who I am today. I am forever grateful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mission is complete. Now I step into my next calling.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were 42 appearances and six goals \u2013 two more versus Everton \u2013 in a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}