This is an archive article published on September 26, 2021

Samir Nasri, former France and Manchester City star, hangs up his boots

Samir Nasri, 34, served an 18-month doping suspension from 2018, an episode that he said changed his way of seeing football.

1 min readSep 26, 2021 04:50 PM IST

Samir Nasri won two Premier League titles with Manchester City. (File)

Former France midfielder Samir Nasri announced on Sunday that he was officially retiring from professional football after a career that started in 2004.

Nasri, 34, served an 18-month doping suspension from 2018, an episode that he said changed his way of seeing football.

Samir Nasri has announced his retirement from professional football age 34.

👕 563 matches
⚽️ 78 goals
🎯 98 assists
🏆 2x Premier League
🏆 League Cup
🏆 Community Shield pic.twitter.com/R2KeROHRkC

— Oddschanger (@Oddschanger) September 26, 2021

“It was just an injection of vitamins because I was sick,” the former Olympique de Marseille, Arsenal and Manchester City player, whose career effectively ended last year after a short stint at Anderlecht, told Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper.

He scored five goals for France and picked up 41 caps between 2007 and 2013.

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