On at the present time in 2013: Michael Owen publicizes retirement

Former England striker Michael Owen introduced he would retire on the finish of the season on at the present time in 2013.

Owen, then 33, had signed a one-year contract with Stoke after leaving Manchester United the earlier summer season however his time within the Potteries was hampered by a hamstring harm, contributing to his determination to name it a day.

Owen scored 40 targets in 89 England appearances – then the sixth highest scorer for his nation’s males’s staff – and performed on the high degree for Liverpool, Actual Madrid, Newcastle and Manchester United.

“It’s with an immense quantity of satisfaction that I’m saying my intention to retire,” Owen stated on March 19, 2013.

“I’ve been very lucky in that my profession has taken me on a journey I might solely have dreamed of.

“I now really feel it’s the proper time to deliver the curtain down on my profession.”

Owen burst on to the scene as a youngster at Liverpool and made England’s 1998 World Cup squad aged solely 18.

His memorable solo purpose towards Argentina in that match made him a world famous person.

Owen scored 220 targets in membership soccer, profitable the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Cup, in addition to being a three-time League Cup winner.

The height of his membership profession got here at Liverpool the place he scored 158 targets in 297 appearances, together with a late double within the Reds’ 2-1 FA Cup closing victory over Arsenal in 2001 – , earlier than transferring to Actual Madrid in 2004.

Owen returned to the Premier League with Newcastle in August 2005 and, after 4 injury-blighted years on Tyneside, moved to Manchester United on a free switch and received his sole Premier League title at Previous Trafford in 2011.

He was named European Footballer of the 12 months in 2001 – the primary Englishman to attain the accolade since Kevin Keegan in 1979.