Luis Suarez, a former striker for Liverpool, played his final game for Gremio on Sunday night, and he has hinted that he may be nearing retirement. The 36-year-old international player from Urugayuan made his exit from the team known last week, and he is currently unrestricted. Suarez ended his career in classic fashion, winning 1-0 against Vasco da Gama and scoring the game’s only goal.

Although he has been linked to a move to Major League Soccer team Inter Miami, where he would rejoin with close friend and former Barcelona colleague Lionel Messi, Suarez’s own remarks seem to indicate that he may be reaching the end of his career as a professional football player.

Suarez said: “I can feel pain, my body is speaking for me. I want to enjoy and then decide for myself after a long career. I need to rest, enjoy my family… then the destiny will know where I’ll be in the future.”

Sunday’s game was well attended by fans and teammates, giving Suarez a heartfelt farewell. The forward had a hero’s farewell on the field as his kids, daughter Delfina and sons Benjamin and Lauti, joined him.

During his tenure with Gremio, the veteran scored 27 goals in 52 games, and manager Renato Gaucho acknowledged that the Urugyuan would be hard to replace.

Suarez has an amazing goal record and a long history of success in his career. He moved to Europe for the first time in 2007 and won the Dutch league once with Ajax, scoring 111 goals in 159 games before joining Liverpool in 2010.

His reputation took a sharp turn and he became one of the most feared strikers in European football during his tenure at Anfield.

Suarez led the Reds to the verge of winning their first league championship in 24 years in 2014, scoring 82 goals in just 132 games. Despite the setback, he went on to win the PFA Players’ Player of the Year and the Footballer of the Year awards from the Football Writers.