Gabriel Batistuta announced his retirement from professional football on March 14, 2005.

In an official statement to the press he said, "I am retiring as a professional footballer. Thank-you for all the affection that you have given me. Everything has a end, training for me was not the same any more, my enthusiasm was waning. So the time arrived to say goodbye to football. I'm ready for other challenges. I told the club that the motivation I once had was not there any more and we reached an agreement."

Bati said his retirement was "definitive" but added that he would still remain active in the game. "I will certainly continue in football in a different role," he said. "I will continue with my contractual, publicity and managerial commitments and finish my studies for coaching."

Bati is now back in Argentina and is now building a house in his hometown in Reconquista after living in Perth, Australia for the past few years. He also, for number of years now, have the certificate that allows him to be a coach so it remains to be seen if he would take up a coaching job some day. Please visit our Let's Talk Bati forum for the latest development.

Apparently Thiago has his own Fanpage on Facebook, unfortunately it’s in Spanish. Looks like he has chosen acting over football, check out the page for lots of photos and videos of him in a teen drama called Consentidos. Speaking of Facebook, you can follow updates on this site on my personal Facebook page at http://facebook.com/Jasparina1. Only news on Bati will be posted on that account, if you want updates on the Argentina team, follow me on Twitter. I’m not posting any news on Argentina or their friendly matches on this site except the World Cup coverage, so follow me on Twitter for the latest on the Argentina squad.

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BatigolLegend has captured a great new documentary on Batistuta, download here. Thanks BatigolLegend

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Speaking to the press today, Gabriel Batistuta has denied the reports saying that he’s running for Governor of Santa Fe, Argentina in 2011, he said he won’t be able to do it, the job requires someone who is qualified and he is not. He added that he would do anything to support Argentina, a place where he has chosen to live in with his family and obtained success as a footbal player but he thinks there are many young, intelligent and honest citizens who are qualified to be the Governor of Santa Fe. He continued saying that he is honored and flattered by the thought and thankful that he is offered the opportunity but in his opinion he is not qualified take the role.

In other news, the AFA has decided not to renew Maradona’s contract as Argentina’s coach, however, there will be no imminent decision on who will be the new coach. The AFA stated: “Once the Annual Assembly is completed [in the month of October], a National Selection Committee will be convened.

The declaration means that current caretaker Sergio Batista will continue in charge until possibly the end of the year, with a new face entering in 2011 in preparation for next year’s Copa America.

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Diego Maradona will reportedly remain as coach of Argentina’s national team, a decision he is expected to announce next week after meeting with Argentine Football Association president Julio Grondona. Argentina’s next friendly matches are against Ireland on August 11 in Dublin and Ukraine on October 12, venue has yet to be confirmed. They will also play 2010 World Cup champion Spain on September 7 in Buenos Aires at River Plate’s El Monumental stadium.

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