{"id":428139,"date":"2024-10-23T21:04:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T21:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=428139"},"modified":"2024-10-23T23:09:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T23:09:16","slug":"football-world-cup-star-in-shock-code-switch-at-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=428139","title":{"rendered":"Football World Cup star in shock code switch at 45"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/uruguay-gga\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Uruguay\">Uruguay<\/a> striker Diego Forl\u00e1n will make his professional <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"tennis\">tennis<\/a> debut next month when he plays doubles at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/atp-tour-1m1a\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"ATP\">ATP<\/a> Challenger tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old Forl\u00e1n will play with Argentina\u2019s Federico Coria at the clay court Uruguay Open, tournament organizers confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>It starts November 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/news-2024-david-warner-retirement-australian-test-team-reaction-chris-rogers-20241024-p5kkx5.html\"><strong>&#x27;Go away, David&#x27;: Brutal response to Warner offer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE MOLE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/the-mole-news-2024-jacob-gagai-south-sydney-rabbitohs-contract-20241024-p5kkwx.html\"><strong>Harsh Bunnies call on &#x27;unlucky&#x27; rookie revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2024-ezra-mam-brisbane-broncos-future-michael-maguire-press-conference-20241023-p5kkok.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>&#x27;Never nice&#x27;: Questions remain as Broncos coach speaks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Forl\u00e1n, who retired from football in 2019, played for Manchester United, Atletico Madrid, Internazionale and Penarol.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"9554a833-d93d-4fef-934c-517191011116\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/9554a833-d93d-4fef-934c-517191011116\" alt=\"Diego Forlan in action at the FIFA Legends Cup in 2022.\" data-width=\"3516\" data-height=\"1978\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He helped Uruguay reach the semi finals of the 2010 World Cup and win the Copa America title in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Forl\u00e1n has played ITF Masters tournaments since last year.<\/p>\n<p>He said his father, Pablo Forl\u00e1n, who was also a footballer, also played tennis after his retirement from the other ball sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe started playing at age 41. That&#x27;s also why I have played (tennis) since I was two,\u201d the former Uruguay striker said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Former Uruguay striker Diego Forl\u00e1n will make his professional tennis debut next month when he plays doubles at an ATP Challenger tournament. The 45-year-old Forl\u00e1n <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=428139\" title=\"Football World Cup star in shock code switch at 45\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":428141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=428139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428142,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428139\/revisions\/428142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/428141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=428139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=428139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=428139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}