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Chapocoense Crash Survivor Neto Announces Retirement from Football

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Chapecoense defender Neto, who was one of just three players to survive the team's 2016 plane crash, has announced his retirement from playing football.

According to Daniel Davis for MailOnline, the 34-year-old still suffers with consistent pain after the crash which claimed 71 lives.

Neto was the last person to be pulled from the wreckage and is expected to assume a new role with Chapocoense.

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.

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