Cesc Fabregas: World Cup-winning former Chelsea and Arsenal midfielder retires

Cesc Fabregas has called clip connected his playing vocation aft spending 1 twelvemonth with Como successful Serie B

Former Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has announced his contiguous status from football.

"It is with large sadness that the clip has travel for maine to bent up my playing boots," Fabregas posted connected Instagram.

He ends his vocation 1 twelvemonth into a two-year declaration with Italian nine Como successful Serie B.

Fabregas says helium volition present determination into the dugout by coaching Como's reserve and younker teams.

"It's not each sadness, though, arsenic I'm present going to transverse the achromatic enactment and commencement coaching the B and Primavera teams of Como 1907," helium added. "A nine and a task I couldn't beryllium much excited about.

"This charming shot squad won my bosom from the archetypal infinitesimal and came to maine astatine the cleanable clip successful my career.

"So aft 20 unthinkable years afloat of sacrifice, dedication and joy, it's clip to accidental convey you and goodbye to the beauteous game.

"I loved each minute."

Fabregas joined Barca's La Masia academy aged 10 successful 1997.

Having progressed done the La Liga giants' younker set-up, helium played 212 Premier League matches and won the FA Cup with Arsenal betwixt 2004 and 2011 earlier moving backmost to Barcelona.

Following 3 years astatine the Nou Camp, helium returned to the Premier League successful 2014 with Chelsea, wherever helium played conscionable nether 200 games.

He made 68 appearances successful 3 and a fractional years with Monaco but his playing clip was constricted by injuries, earlier helium moved to Como.

Fabregas won 110 caps for Spain and besides won the European Championship twice, successful 2008 and 2012, either broadside of lifting the country's archetypal World Cup successful South Africa.

"From my archetypal days astatine Barca, Arsenal, Barca again, Chelsea, Monaco and Como, I volition treasure them all," helium continued.

"From lifting the World Cup, the Euros, to winning everything successful England and Spain and astir each the European trophies, it has been a travel that I'll ne'er forget."