{"id":35225,"date":"2026-09-11T22:53:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T20:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juanmata8.com\/noticia\/i-have-enjoyed-every-single-minute-ive-played-here\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T23:02:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:02:36","slug":"i-have-enjoyed-every-single-minute-ive-played-here","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/juanmata8.com\/en\/new\/i-have-enjoyed-every-single-minute-ive-played-here\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I have enjoyed every single minute I&#8217;ve played here&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I loved every minute and so greatly enjoyed everything that we achieved last season, falling back in love with football at such a special place, in an amazing city that it was a privilege to call home.\u201d. With an elegant video, Juan Mata announced that <strong>he will not continue playing for Melbourne Victory<\/strong> for the upcoming season.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juan, who still carries the incredible memory of being <strong>named the A-League Player of the Year for the 25-26 season<\/strong>, shared: \u201cThanks to my teammates, the staff and the Board for welcoming me so warmly, supporting me so generously, and allowing me to give my best for this wonderful Club and the amazing members and fans whose support I still feel every day.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJuan\u2019s 2025\/26 season will live long in the memory of Victory fans and should be cherished by all supporters of the world\u2019s game here in Australia,\u201d John Didulica said. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A message from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/juanmata8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@juanmata8<\/a> \ud83d\udce9<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/mvfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mvfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/forevervictory?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#forevervictory<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fVC67QrrZq\">pic.twitter.com\/fVC67QrrZq<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Melbourne Victory (@gomvfc) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gomvfc\/status\/2098296617665212446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Asturian made this announcement in full coordination with Melbourne Victory, a club with which he will maintain a strong connection. A few months ago, he became a shareholder in the organization and committed to joining its Football Committee.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAhora tengo <strong>la ilusi\u00f3n <\/strong>de vivir nuevos cap\u00edtulos de mi vida, creyendo en el f\u00fatbol del f\u00fatbol en Australia y ayudando a inspirar a las pr\u00f3ximas generaciones de jugadores y aficionados del Melbourne Victory\u201d, finaliz\u00f3 Juan, que recibi\u00f3 innumerables muestras de agradecimiento a nivel internacional.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>uan Mata announced that he will not continue playing for Melbourne Victory for the upcoming season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35223,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categoria-noticia":[],"class_list":["post-35225","noticia","type-noticia","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;I have enjoyed every single minute I&#039;ve played here&quot; - 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