Australia s Tim Cahill retires from international football
Tuesday - July 17, 2018 2:18 pm ,
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Australia s Tim Cahill retires from international football
Sydney July 17 (IANS) Australia s leading World Cup and all-time goal-scorer Tim Cahill announced his retirement from international football on Tuesday.
The 38-year-old played in four World Cups with the country s national team scoring five goals reports Xinhua news agency.
In his career Cahill totalled 50 goals for Australia to become the leading all-time goal-scorer for the side.
"Today s the day that I m officially hanging up my boots on my international career with the Socceroos " Cahill said on Twitter.
"No words can describe what it has meant to represent my country " he added.
Cahill also played for Everton Football Club in the English Premier League and for the Shanghai Shenhua in the Chinese Super League amongst other club appearances.
A number of Cahill s goals came at crucial moments in Australia s previous World Cup campaigns gaining him the status of a national icon.
Cahill s double in 2006 against Japan made him the first Australian ever to score a goal at a World Cup.
There has been no announcement whether he intends to continue at the club level having played recently for Australian club Melbourne City and second-tier English football club Millwall.
--IANS kk/bg
The 38-year-old played in four World Cups with the country s national team scoring five goals reports Xinhua news agency.
In his career Cahill totalled 50 goals for Australia to become the leading all-time goal-scorer for the side.
"Today s the day that I m officially hanging up my boots on my international career with the Socceroos " Cahill said on Twitter.
"No words can describe what it has meant to represent my country " he added.
Cahill also played for Everton Football Club in the English Premier League and for the Shanghai Shenhua in the Chinese Super League amongst other club appearances.
A number of Cahill s goals came at crucial moments in Australia s previous World Cup campaigns gaining him the status of a national icon.
Cahill s double in 2006 against Japan made him the first Australian ever to score a goal at a World Cup.
There has been no announcement whether he intends to continue at the club level having played recently for Australian club Melbourne City and second-tier English football club Millwall.
--IANS kk/bg
