Gary Cahill: Former England and Chelsea defender retires aged 36

Gary Cahill won the Premier League with Chelsea successful 2015 and 2017

Former England and Chelsea defender Gary Cahill has retired aged 36.

He began his vocation astatine Aston Villa and besides had imperishable spells astatine Bolton, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth, arsenic good arsenic earning 61 planetary caps.

"I achieved things I erstwhile dreamt of, creating immoderate unthinkable memories," said Cahill.

"Football is simply a crippled that has fixed maine truthful overmuch enjoyment and occurrence and arsenic I marque the determination to bent up my boots I tin honestly accidental I gave it everything I had."

Cahill played for England astatine the 2014 and 2018 World Cup, arsenic good Euro 2016, captaining the broadside connected 5 occasions.

He has been a escaped cause since being released by Bournemouth the extremity of past season.

"Amazing highs similar winning the Champions League and Premier League, to the privilege of captaining my region and Chelsea successful an FA Cup-winning squad volition stay with maine forever," helium added.

"Taking the determination to halt playing is not an casual one. I've spent 20 years grooming each day, putting successful the enactment to beryllium successful the champion imaginable signifier for matchday to assistance the teams I've played for beryllium successful.

"I've had clip to see my options and aft overmuch deliberation and reflection I consciousness present is the clip to determination connected to the adjacent signifier of my career."

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