Former Liverpool striker hangs up his boots at 34

 

Amid a scandal in his home country, former Auxerre, Liverpool and Marseille striker Djibril Cisse has hung up his boots at the age of 34.
The French striker was prolific in the French Ligue 1 with Auxerre, earning him a then club-record £14million move to Liverpool. He was dreadfully unlucky when a broken leg sidelined him for over six months in his opening season, but he recovered in time to contribute to Liverpool’s successful European campaign of 2005, ultimately converting a penalty against AC Milan in the final.
He also scored the first in Liverpool’s famous FA Cup final comeback against West Ham in 2006.
After the cup win, Cisse broke his leg again while on international duty for France and in this period a loan deal was agreed with Marseille for which he later signed on a permanent deal, ending a two-season spell at Liverpool.
After spells at Sunderland, Panathinaikos, Lazio, QPR and Kuban Krasnodar, Cisse had two relatively quiet seasons at Bastia.