He ruptured at age 39 in early 2013, and came back soon at the age of 40. For a football (soccer) player, this is a crazy age to even be playing professionally with non-injured legs, forget surgically repaired ones.
http://forzaitalianfootball.com/2013/11 ... etire-yet/
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer ... erie-a.ap/