IN PICTURES: Highlights from Impact striker Marco Di Vaio’s time in Montreal

Gallery: A few highlights from the Di Vaio’s Impact career

MONTREAL — Striker Marco Di Vaio ended speculation on his soccer future Friday by announcing that he will retire from the Montreal Impact at the end of the Major League Soccer season.

The 38-year-old former Italian Serie-A star, in his third season with the Impact, will play his final two home games Oct. 11 against New England and Oct. 25 against D.C. United.

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The Rome native scored 142 goals in 342 Serie-A matches with Lazio, Bari, Salternitana, Parma, Juventus, Genoa and Bologna. He added another 31 in 72 MLS games.

The announcement ended speculation that he would stay on an extra season because of the chemistry he has developed with new designated player Ignacio Piatti.

There had also been reports he would return to his last Italian club to retire as a Bologna player.

Di Vaio has said it would be difficult to stay on in Montreal because his wife and children live in Italy. He is expected to take a job in the Bologna organization after his playing career.