From top European clubs like AC Milan and Barcelona to Giuseppe Rossi, Romelu Lukaku and Franco Baresi, the LA Lakers legend was celebrated as he announced his retirement
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For the best part of two decades Kobe Bryant has electrified basketball fans, as well as winning millions of admirers outside the sport itself.
But at 37 the Los Angeles Lakers guard is ready to hang up his shoes, and announced that this current season will be his last in the NBA.
Amid reams of tributes to the legend that poured onto social networks, the world of football released its own farewells to a unique player.