UPDATE 2-Soccer-Adriano to take a break and rethink career

* Adriano says taking a break from the game

* Inter Milan striker wants to live in Brazil

* Brazil international says will rethink career

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By Pedro Fonseca

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 9 (Reuters) - Brazil and Inter Milan striker Adriano said on Thursday he was taking a break from football and would rethink his career.

"I've lost the happiness of playing," the 27-year-old told reporters. "I wouldn't like to go back to Italy, I want to live in peace here in Brazil."

"I don't know if I'm going to stay for one, two or thee months without playing. I'm going to rethink my career."

He denied he was suffering from depression, added that happiness was more important than money, and said he had been living with the pressures of being a professional footballer since he was a teenager.