Arsenal striker and England legend Jodie Taylor has introduced her retirement from soccer.
The 37-year-old brings down the curtain on a profession that has spanned over 20 years, having received the Champions League with Lyon in 2019/20 and the FA Cup with Birmingham in 2012.
However Taylor will maybe be greatest remembered as a key a part of the trailblazing group of England gamers who received bronze on the 2015 World Cup. She went on to win the Golden Boot at Euro 2017.
She was a part of the England squad that received the SheBelieves Cup in 2019, and featured for then-manager Phil Neville on the World Cup in France that very same 12 months.
The striker finishes her profession with 51 England caps and 19 objectives, and is 187 within the FA’s legacy numbers scheme, which honours previous and current Lionesses.
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Jodie Taylor received the Champions League with Lyon in 2020
Taylor performed for plenty of golf equipment all through her profession, beginning at Tranmere Rovers earlier than taking part in faculty soccer for the Oregon State Beavers.
She went on to play for a a number of groups within the USA – together with a latest spell along with her former England team-mate Casey Stoney at San Diego Wave – Canada and Australia, in addition to in Europe.
Taylor loved two spells with with Arsenal, the newest seeing her re-join the membership in March, having additionally performed for the Gunners between 2016 and 2017.
Her retirement comes forward of the brand new WSL season, which begins this Sunday October 1.
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Jodie Taylor was a part of Phil Neville’s England squad for the 2019 World Cup
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In the meantime, followers also can hold updated with all the things on and off the pitch with the return of ‘Three Gamers and a Podcast’, hosted by Caroline Barker.