He finished his career in 1978 with a farewell match against city rivals Fenerbahçe.

He retired from professional football in 2004 and had a farewell match in 2005.

Yet in the summer of 2003 there was organized a farewell match for Éles between his old and new club.

In February 2008, Helminen returned to the national team for one game, his farewell match.

His team ended up losing the game 2-0 which became eventually his farewell match for the Sbornaya.

Curiously, it was against Austria that "Vavo" played both his debut and farewell matches.

It was his farewell match as well.

He played a farewell match against Germany in September 1986 before ending his national team career.

Due to his omission from the team, he did not participate in a farewell match.

He retired from the national team in April 2001, when he played a planned farewell match against Slovenia.