The final shot of his career was fired on April 25th during Salernitana-Carpi. Emanuele Calaiò, the archer of Italian football, is hanging up his boots after 605 games and 197 goals in professional leagues with Torino, Ternana, Pescara, Messina, Napoli, Siena, Genoa, Catania, Spezia, Parma, and Salernitana. "When I signed with Salernitana in January, I was already thinking about doing something for the club," the Sicilian striker explained at a press conference this morning. He will continue his career at Salerno as director of the youth academy. "One cycle certainly ends and another begins. It's a choice you make when you reach a certain age. At 37, I received this offer. I was supposed to make it in June, but I moved it up a few months," reiterated Calaiò, who had been training until a few days ago with Gian Piero Ventura's group, with whom he also took part in the summer retreat in San Gregorio Magno. But in recent days, the striker has made up his mind to retire from playing, anticipating the path the Granata club had been offering him since his arrival in Salerno. And so, yesterday afternoon, the club made the official announcement, preceded by a WhatsApp message in which Calaiò announced his decision to his teammates. His only regret—which left a bitter taste in the mouths of his father Giovanni and son Jacopo—will be that he failed to reach the milestone of 200 career goals, which was just three points away. But the good memories, those with the dates of the seven promotions, remain tattooed on his left arm. "I remember the overhead kick in Catania against Varese, the header in Lecce against Napoli. Every now and then I watch them on YouTube and it brings a tear to my eye," says Calaio', who doesn't hide his bitterness for having experienced "the worst period of my career during my six-month suspension" last year at Parma. That past is behind him. The future will be all about young players. "Calaio," explained sporting director Angelo Fabiani, "will go and inspect players. What a youth academy manager has to do is travel the province to recruit the excellent players around." Perhaps in the hope of discovering a new archer in Italian football.
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