BUENOS AIRES: Former Argentina international midfielder Lucas Biglia has announced his retirement from football after a career spanning two decades.
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.
"It was the wish of my children and my wife to spend more time together, " Biglia told Argentina's TyC Sports on Friday.
"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.
Biglia represented seven clubs throughout his professional career, including Italian giants Lazio and AC Milan.
The holding midfielder was capped 58 times for Argentina and was a part of the Albiceleste's World Cup squads in 2014 and 2018.
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.
"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.