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| Argentina soccer star Gabriel Batistuta is retiring, ending a career in which he became the nation’s career scoring leader with 56 goals in 77 games. advertisement A former Fiorentina and AS Roma standout, the 36-year-old strike release a statement Sunday saying he was ending his career. Plagued by knee injuries, he announced Saturday he was ending his contract prematurely with Al-Arabi, where he moved in 2003 after playing briefly with Inter Milan. |