Dutch footballer Kuyt to hang up his boots

May 20, 2017

, Dutch footballer and captain of Dutch football club, on Wednesday announced retirement from football.

The 36-year-old forward said, On Sunday, Kuyt scored a  as Feyenoord won their first Dutch League title  since 1999.

On Sunday, Kuyt scored a hat-trick as Feyenoord won their first Dutch league title since 1999. Kuyt's nineteen-year footballing career started at. He won one (Dutch Cup) with them. Kuyt moved to Feyenoord Rotterdam in 2003 after five seasons at Utrecht. He was top-scorer of the club in all three season at the club.

The Dutchman joined English club Liverpool F.C. in 2006. Six seasons with the club, Kuyt netted 71 goals in 285 appearances. In 2012, he won the, his only trophy with the Reds. In his debut season for Liverpool, Kuyt won the silver medal in the UEFA Champions League, losing to Italian giants A.C. Milan.

Kuyt spent three seasons with Turkish club winning the  (Turkish league title),  and  before moving to Feyenoord. He won a KNVB Cup and Eredivisie in two seasons in his second spell at the club. He scored twelve league goals this season.

Kuyt has 104 international and has the sixth most caps for Oranje. He has scored 24 goals in the Dutch colours. Kuyt featured in three, finishing second in 2010's World Cup in South Africa and third in 2014's World Cup in Brazil. Kuyt is to take a sports management training programme. Feyenoord's techincal director Martic van Geel is to tutor him. van Geel said, "I will tutor Dirk and I could easily imagine him taking over from me in due course."