Theo Walcott: Former Arsenal, Everton and Southampton winger retires from professional football

Theo Walcott made his England debut erstwhile helium was 17-years-old

Theo Walcott has announced his status from nonrecreational shot astatine the property of 34.

Walcott hangs up his boots pursuing a 23-year vocation successful which helium made 397 Premier League appearances.

"I'm officially going to beryllium hanging up my boots. It's precise scary, I can't lie," said Walcott.

"It's scary due to the fact that football's each I've known from the property of 16 oregon adjacent younger. I privation to effort caller things I ne'er experienced arsenic a kid - I missed retired connected a lot.

"I conscionable consciousness similar I privation to acquisition beingness - things [usually] revolve astir shot for me."

In his 13-year spell with the Gunners, Walcott won 3 FA Cups arsenic good arsenic 2 Community Shields.

He changeable to fame successful 2006 arsenic a 17-year-old erstwhile helium was amazingly selected successful Sven Goran Eriksson's England World Cup squad.

Walcott appeared 47 times for England, scoring 8 times successful a decade-long planetary career.

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