Chelsea legend Didier Drogba has confirmed his retirement from playing, ending
"an amazing 20 years".
Drogba
won three Premier League titles in his first eight years at Chelsea, including
in each of his first two seasons in England, as well as four FA Cups and two
League Cups.
He also won the Premier League Golden Boot in 2006-07 and 2009-10.
He left on a high, scoring the winning penalty in the
Champions League final shootout against Bayern Munich.
Drogba then spent six months with Shanghai Shenhua and a
year and a half with Galatasaray before returning to Chelsea.
He scored seven goals in 2014-15, winning a fourth Premier
League title and a third League Cup, leaving the club as their fourth highest
scorer of all time.
In 2015, he joined Major League Soccer side Montreal
Impact and then became player-owner of Phoenix Rising.
He scored 65 times in 105 caps for the Ivory Coast,
playing in three World Cups and being named African Footballer of the Year
twice.
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