Ciro Immobile says enough: at 36, the Torre Annunziata striker's career ends.

Ciro Immobile has said enough. At 36, the Torre Annunziata-born striker has announced his retirement from football, ending a career that took him to the pinnacle of Italian and European football. The announcement came from Paris FC, his final club, following spells with Besiktas and Bologna, and especially after his unforgettable years with Lazio.

A farewell that closes a story of goals, records, trophies, and a long pursuit to definitively secure his place among Italy's great strikers. His record reads 656 appearances and 350 goals overall: numbers that alone explain the magnitude of Immobile's career.

From his early days in Torre Annunziata to his first professional contract

Immobile's football career began very early. At the age of six, he began playing football in his hometown of Torre Annunziata, near Naples, before joining the Sorrento youth academy and later Juventus.

It was with the black and white jersey that he took his first steps in professional football, but it was in Pescara, under the guidance of Zdeněk Zeman, that his goalscoring talent truly blossomed. In the 2011-2012 season, he scored 28 goals in Serie B, contributing to the team's title victory and finishing top scorer.

That season marked a turning point. From a promising prospect, he became a striker ready for the big step up.

Turin, the consecration in Serie A

After stints with Genoa and other clubs, Immobile found the ideal environment in Torino to establish himself as a player. In the 2013-2014 season, he scored 22 goals and became Serie A's top scorer for the first time.

His performance also opened the doors to the national team and international football. In 2014, he moved to Borussia Dortmund. Then came Sevilla, a return to Italy, and then Turin again: a journey of diverse experiences that led him, in 2016, to the decision that would change his career.

Lazio, the home of goals

It was with Lazio that Immobile became a symbol. From 2016 onwards, he built an extraordinary part of his sporting history, becoming one of the club's most prolific goalscorers.

With Lazio, he won two Italian Super Cups and one Italian Cup, but above all, he built an impressive series of personal records. He was Serie A's top scorer in 2017-2018 with 29 goals, and again in 2019-2020, when he enjoyed a season destined to go down in history.

Higuain's 36 goals, the Golden Boot, and his record

The 2019-2020 season was the high point of Immobile's career.

The Lazio striker finished the season with 36 goals in 37 appearances, equaling Gonzalo Higuain's record set with Napoli in 2015-2016. That performance also earned him the Golden Boot, the award given to the top scorer in European leagues. Immobile thus becomes the third Italian to win the prestigious award after Luca Toni and Francesco Totti.

The 2019-2020 season is also his third top scorer title in Serie A. The fourth will come in 2021-2022, with 27 goals.

The blue dream and the Wembley night

With the Italian national team, Immobile made 57 appearances and scored 17 goals, winning the most important trophy: the 2021 European Championship, related to Euro 2020.

In the tournament played in the summer of 2021, the striker started and scored in the group stage against Turkey and Switzerland. Roberto Mancini's Italy reached the final at Wembley, defeating England on penalties to become European champions.

It is the most prestigious title of his career wearing the blue shirt.

The latest chapters: Türkiye, Bologna, and Paris

After a long stint at Lazio, Immobile decided to make a change. In the summer of 2024, he moved to Besiktas, where he won the Turkish Super Cup. He then returned to Italy for a brief stint with Bologna.

In February 2026, he moved to Paris FC, marking the final chapter of his career. And it was from France that the announcement of his retirement from football came.

Paris FC saluted the striker, calling him a legend and recalling his origins in Torre Annunziata, emphasizing not only the qualities of the footballer but also those of the man.

A career built on goals

Immobile's resume speaks for itself: 350 goals in 656 games, four-time Serie A top scorer, one Golden Boot, a European Championship won with Italy, an Italian Cup, two Italian Super Cups, and other trophies won abroad.

But behind the statistics, what remains above all is the story of a boy who left Torre Annunziata and arrived at the top of Europe. A journey that began when he was just six years old and ended almost thirty years later, at 36, with the certainty of having left a profound mark on Italian football.

As of today, Ciro Immobile is no longer a working center forward. He's officially a chapter in Italian football history.