{"id":483034,"date":"2025-09-15T20:58:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T00:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/tom-brady-comes-out-of-retirement-to-play-flag-football-in-saudi-arabia\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T20:58:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T00:58:26","slug":"tom-brady-comes-out-of-retirement-to-play-flag-football-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/football\/tom-brady-comes-out-of-retirement-to-play-flag-football-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady comes out of retirement to play flag football in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"Sports Writing (EFE).- Tom Brady, considered the best player in NFL history, announced this Monday that he will join other league stars in the ‘Fanatics Flag Football Classic’, which will be played at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on March 21, 2026.\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong>The Queens of the Caribbean defeat Cuba in the start of the Final Six<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n“I’ve been fortunate enough to play American football all over the world. I played in Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and the fans everywhere transmitted energy and passion for this sport to me. I am excited to announce that I am coming out of retirement to play in the ‘Fanatics Flag Football Classic’ which will bring American football to the Middle East,” said the former quarterback.\n\nTom Brady \u2014 Profile & Statistics
Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. \u2014 Final Retirement: 2023<\/strong>\n\nNFL \u2022 23 seasons\nBasic profile\nFull name\nThomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr.\nDate of birth\nAugust 3, 1977 \u2014 San Mateo, California\n2000 NFL Draft\n6th round, 199th position \u2014 New England Patriots\nProfessional career\n23 seasons \u2014 Patriots (2000-2019) \u2022 Buccaneers (2020-2022)\nDefinitive retirement\n2023\nStatistics (regular season)\n335\nGames played\n333\nGames started\n89,214\nPassing yards (historical leader)\n649\nTouchdown passes (historical leader)\n7,753\nCompleted passes\n12,050\nPass attempts\n251\nWins as starting QB\nPostseason (records)\nGames played\n48 (NFL record)\nWins\n35 (NFL record)\nPassing yards\n13,400 (NFL record)\nTouchdown passes\n88 (NFL record)\nData sheet created by EFE-style \u2022 Data: regular season and postseason (until 2023)\nThe return of Brady: now on the flag football field\nBrady, 48 years old, made the announcement during the preview of the match that will close week two of the 2025 NFL season, a match that will later be played by the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers.\n\nThe former quarterback, who is a Fox Sports commentator and a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, made the announcement hours before the game against the Los Angeles Chargers corresponding to week 2 of the NFL.\n\nThe teams that will participate in the flag football exhibition tournament will be coached by Pete Carroll, coach of Las Vegas; Sean Payton, of Denver Broncos; and Kyle Shanahan, head coach of San Francisco 49ers.\n\nOn the field, in addition to the seven-time Super Bowl champion, will be Rob Gronkowski, his former teammate with whom he won four of his seven championship rings; and Saquon Barkley, running back for the Philadelphia Eagles monarchs.\n\nTom Brady \u2014 Records and Achievements
Historical Distinctions and Individual Awards<\/strong>\n\nNFL \u2022 Legend\nRecords and outstanding achievements\n\u2022\nMost Super Bowl wins by a player: 7\nPatriots: XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI, LIII \u2014 Buccaneers: LV\n\u2022\nMost Super Bowl appearances: 10\n\u2022\nAll-time Super Bowl MVP record: 5\n\u2022\nPlayer with the most Pro Bowl selections: 15\n\u2022\nRecord for total wins (regular season and postseason): 286\n\u2022\nOnly QB Super Bowl champion in both conferences (AFC and NFC)\n\u2022\nOldest veteran to be NFL MVP: 40 years old (2017)\n\u2022\nOldest to win a Super Bowl MVP: 43 years old (LV)\nIndividual awards\n\u2022\n7\u00d7 Super Bowl Champion\n\u2022\n5\u00d7 Super Bowl MVP\n\u2022\n3\u00d7 NFL MVP (2007, 2010, 2017)\n\u2022\n2\u00d7 Offensive Player of the Year (2007, 2010)\n\u2022\nDecade Selection (2000s and 2010s)\n\u2022\nNFL All-Time Centennial Team (2019)\nFile created by EFE-style \u2022 Data confirmed until 2023\nNFL figures join Brady\nThey will also be accompanied by Christian McCaffrey, star running back for the 49ers; CeeDee Lamb, lead receiver for the Dallas Cowboys; Maxx Crosby, aggressive quarterback hunter for the Raiders; Sauce Gardner, speedy cornerback for the New York Jets; Myles Garrett, defensive player for the Cleveland Browns, among other stars.\n\nThe event will feature three flag football teams, known in the United States as ‘flag football’ and, on the other hand, as ‘tochito’ in Mexico and other Latin American countries.\n\n“I am excited to get back on the field, enjoy the competition alongside some of the brightest stars and iconic legends of the sport and offer a truly unique global sporting event to fans around the world,” said Brady, who retired in 2023.\n\nFlag football will debut in the program of the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles 2028.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sports Writing (EFE).- Tom Brady, considered the best player in NFL history, announced this Monday that he will join other league stars in the ‘Fanatics Flag Football Classic’, which will be played at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on March 21, 2026. You may be interested in:The Queens of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":483035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40943],"tags":[611,40231,17910,40853],"class_list":["post-483034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-nfl","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-21ES","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/0002-6-1.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["Football"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/0002-6-1.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}