In recent weeks, football has lost a number of icons to retirement, including Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Miroslav Klose. One name that may have flown under the radar a little, however, is a Ukrainian football hero, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk.
Once named the best Ukrainian player since independence in 1991 by fans in an internet poll, Tymoshchuk – who scored only four goals for the national team – was picked ahead of renowned AC Milan and Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko.
