Gabriel Agbonlahor retires from football at 32

Gabriel Agbonlahor celebrates after scoring for Aston Villa - Getty

Former Aston Villa and England forward Gabriel Agbonlahor has retired from professional football at the age of 32.
The striker has been without a club since
leaving Villa last summer following a 17-year spell at Villa Park.

Agbonlahor said in an Instagram post on Wednesday: "If I would have been told at school I would play nearly 400 league games be the record premiership goal scorer for Aston Villa, captain the great club and represent England at senior level I would of laughed!!!

"The time has come to officially retire and watch Aston Villa as a fan!!!

"I wanna say thank you to all the supporters the staff I have worked with at a great club and my ex-teammates. The thought of playing for another team or playing against Aston Villa was something I just couldn't do.

"I look forward to whatever the future holds."

As posted on Gabriel Agbonlahor official instagram account:

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If I would have been told at school I would play nearly 400 league games be the record premiership goal scorer for Aston Villa, captain the great club and represent England at senior level I would of laughed!!! The time has come to officially retire and watch Aston Villa as a fan!!! I wanna say thank you to all the supporters the staff I have worked with at a great club and my ex team mates. The thought of playing for another team or playing against Aston Villa was something I just couldn’t do. I look forward to whatever the future holds utv 👌🏾💜😘

A post shared by Gabriel Agbonlahor (@ga11official) on Mar 27, 2019 at 11:34am PDT

Agbonlahor came from Villa's Youth Rank, played nearly 341 times for the Senior team, scored 75 goals since his debut at the Premier League against Everton in 2006 at the age 19.

The striker, who also qualified to play for Nigeria and Scotland, featured three times for England against Germany, Spain and Belarus.