Jonathan Walters retires from football due to Achilles injury
Friday 22 March 2019 18:38, UK
Burnley striker Jonathan Walters has announced his immediate retirement, citing ongoing Achilles tendon issues.
The 35-year-old Republic of Ireland international confirmed on social media that his career is now over.
He wrote on Twitter: "Isn't it ironic...my Achilles heel has literally been my Achilles heel and finished me off!
"I am now retired from playing football. It's been epic. Veni vidi vici."
Best known for his seven-year spell at Stoke, Walters began his career at Blackburn before a 2001 move to Bolton, who were at the time managed by former England boss Sam Allardyce.
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Spells at Hull, Wrexham and Chester City followed before Walters joined Ipswich in the January Transfer Window during the 2006-07 season.
Walters scored 32 goals over two-and-a-half seasons at Ipswich before earning a move to then-Premier League outfit Stoke.
The striker was handed an international call-up by Giovanni Trapattoni a few months after joining Stoke. He would go on to make 54 appearances in a Republic of Ireland shirt, scoring 14 goals.
Walters made a £3m move to Burnley in 2017 but injuries restricted him to just six appearances for the Clarets.
