Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny retires from professional football at 34

Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny retired from professional soccer on Tuesday, two weeks after he left Juventus. The 34-year-old Szczesny, who started his professional career at Arsenal, made 84 appearances for Poland with the last two at this summer's European Championship.

I played the game at the highest level with the best players in history without ever feeling inferior, he said on Instagram. "Everything that I have and everything that I am I owe to the beautiful game of football.

Szczesny joined Arsenal's academy from Legia Warsaw in 2006 as a teenager and was on loan at Brentford (2009-10) before his five years with the Gunners.