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VETERAN FORWARD GABBY HANGS UP BOOTS

By Steve Green
CHAMPIONSHIP

DECISION: Agbonlahor

FORMER Aston Villa and England forward Gabby Agbonlahor has announced his retirement at the age of 32.
Agbonlahor has been a free agent since leaving Villa last summer, for whom he made 391 appearances and scored 86 times. He is Villa’s record Premier League scorer with 75 goals.
Agbonlahor said in an Instagram post: “If I would have been told at school I would play nearly 400 league games, be the record Premiership goalscorer for Aston Villa, captain the great club and represent England at senior level I would have laughed!
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