Bojan Krkic, a former Barcelona forward, announced his retirement from football at the age of 32 on March 23, 2023. He had spent the last two years playing for Vissel Kobe but had been without a club since leaving the Japanese side in January. Injuries and anxiety issues contributed to a premature end to his career, but he still made over 400 appearances for nine clubs, scoring 93 goals. Bojan first broke onto the scene as a talented teenager at Barca after scoring 900 goals for the clubs youth teams and being branded the new Lionel Messi. He made his debut for the first team just 19 days after turning 17 in 2007 and went on to score 41 goals in 163 appearances across four seasons.