FORMER LIVERPOOL, ASTON Villa and Czech Republic striker Milan Baros has announced he is calling time on his playing career at the end of the current season.
Milan Baros lifting the Champions League trophy in 2005. EMPICS Sport
EMPICS Sport
“My head would like to go on, but the body has said stop,” the 38-year-old Baros said on Czech club Banik Ostrava’s website.
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“I’ve had health issues for a long time and the body doesn’t simply work the way it used to and the way I need,” he added, complaining about his Achilles tendons.
Baros, who also played for Portsmouth, Lyon and Galatasaray, rose to prominence at Euro 2004, a tournament which he finished as the top scorer.
He scored five goals at Euro 2004. Tony Marshall
Tony Marshall
Baros won the Champions League with Liverpool in 2005 and ended his international career after Euro 2012, having scored 41 goals in 93 games for the Czech Republic.
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Former Liverpool striker Baros retiring aged 38
FORMER LIVERPOOL, ASTON Villa and Czech Republic striker Milan Baros has announced he is calling time on his playing career at the end of the current season.
“My head would like to go on, but the body has said stop,” the 38-year-old Baros said on Czech club Banik Ostrava’s website.
“I’ve had health issues for a long time and the body doesn’t simply work the way it used to and the way I need,” he added, complaining about his Achilles tendons.
Baros, who also played for Portsmouth, Lyon and Galatasaray, rose to prominence at Euro 2004, a tournament which he finished as the top scorer.
Baros won the Champions League with Liverpool in 2005 and ended his international career after Euro 2012, having scored 41 goals in 93 games for the Czech Republic.
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