By Benson Petit-Clair
Louis Saha who was rumored to come to the MLS to play for the New England revolution announced his retirement from professional football via twitter on his 35th birthday.
The former France striker, played for Newcastle United, Fulham, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham Hotpsur and Sunderland. He posted the following message on twitter earlier today:
“Want to thks all managers, all staffs, all teammates, all opponents, all fans, for all support and love towards me during my football career.
“I’m a proud man but without you all I won’t be myself now. Thx for the challenges thx for the help thx for the memories thx for the passion,” the striker said. “I will stop to be call a professionnel footballer and wish many young talent to enjoy as much as me my football. Love you and thx again.”
In his international career with France, he scored four goals on 20 appearances with the team. He achieved some success on the club level with different teams. He scored 64 goals in 144 games while playing in England for Fulham. After a successful spell with Fulham, he moved to the Old Trafford in 2004 to play for Manchester United scoring 42 goals in 124 appearances.
Saha joined Everton after playing for Manchester United for four years. At Everton, the success was relatively as good as the other clubs. He scored 35 goals for the club in only 115 games.
Before finally calling it a career, Saha had brief stints with Sunderland and Lazio before finally settling down last year with the Tottenham Hotspur.
Saha originally started his career at Metz in 1997, he then played on loan for Newcastle the next year for only the second half of the season.
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