All good things come to an end and so has Michael Owens professional

football career. Owen announced that the current season at Stoke City will be
his last. Big day today. I have decided that this will be my last season as a
professional footballer. Owen tweeted.

Lets take a walk down memory lane and remember the legends moments
with the game. Debuting with Liverpool at just 17 Owen played with many
other star clubs in his career Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester
United and finally the club he is retiring from Stoke City. He scored 179 goals
in 306 appearances for Liverpool and 40 goals for his country from 89
appearances.

Any fan of Michael Owen will remember his fantastic goal against Argentina
during the 1998 World Cup Owen believes this goal changed his life. He
received the FIFA World Cup Best young player award and was coined BBC
Sports Personality of the Year that year. Besides this he has received various
recognitions in his club career- 2 x Premier League Golden Boot, Premier
League Player of the Season just to name a few.

Though he leaves football professionally he has already left his mark in the
game. A legend we will all remember.

Ill leave you with some quotes form his personal website about his
retirement.

It is with an immense amount of pride that I am announcing my intention to

retire from Professional Football at the end of this season.

Having progressed through the ranks at Liverpool to make my first team

debut at 17, before embarking upon spells at Real Madrid, Newcastle United,
Manchester United and Stoke City, not to mention representing my country
on 89 occasions, I now feel it is the right time to bring the curtain down on
my career.

I have been very fortunate in that my career has taken me on a journey that
like many young players starting out, I could only have dreamt of.