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Does anybody here care what their fellow heroes do after their playing days?

I'm asking this because I was watching SS3 the other day and there was an interview with a former Man City player (I forgot his name) and he is now a truck driver collecting garbage. It was a sad thing to see.

We have this situation here in SA (or everywhere in the world) where a player thinks they’ll play soccer the rest of their lives and forget to have some backup by means of education or something and end up like hobos. I also find it sad that after 35 (if you are lucky), your life (career) is basically over. I mean 35 is when you probably settle in your job, start a family, and stuff.

I know if Rooney was to retire now, he’d probably buy the whole of Manchester, the city. We all know not every player will be a coach, run a successful development team, or even be a commentator or something.

Does any know what ex-players like (randomly) Mark Overmars, Poyet, or Andre Flo are doing now?
 
They had a similar interview with Marc Overmars. After he retired he bought shares in a building supply company but the football bug bit again and he is now the technical director of football for a Dutch club side "Go Ahead Eagles".

He actually made a comeback for them but his knee have him too much trouble!
 
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Carragher has a bar if I remember correctly.

You do get alot of players making something of their life after they retire and then you get cases like gazza.
 
Also saw that show about that ex-ManCity player. He didn't seem too unhappy with life though.
I think a lot of players from previous times (80s and 90s) were kinda hard done by as they weren't nearly as well paid as the players of today. Most players these days in the top leagues are paid well enough to retire comfortably in their early/mid 30s imo. So in 10/15 years time if any of the big guns are doing 'normal' work to get by then they probably messed up big time.
However you also read about many of these guys having gambling addictions and spending lavishly so I'm sure some of them don't see past the glory days and will end up pretty average in the future.
 
Poyet is in football still, Flo I'm not so sure...

EDIT: Seems he runs some sort of academy now...
 
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...aTrueASL said:
These players don't think about tomorrow at all. I know that Bergkamp and Fowler each own a **** load of property.
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Bergkamp and Fowler are still involved in football. Bergkamp is one of the youth coaches at Ajax Amsterdam and Robbie Fowler is playing in Australia or New Zealand - can't recall.

Spot on with the Marc Overmars story - he is a director at GA Eagles in Div 2 in Holland - the club where he started his career before joining Ajax - and he made his surprise comeback for them, after retiring 4 years previous due to injury. Marc played about 25 games during the 2008/9 season, mostly as a 2nd half substitute. He started 11 games without scoring and 6 assists. On the final weekend of the season, Marc suffered a broken leg and called time on his career for the 2nd and probably final time.

On another note: Ian Wright is a TV/Radio personality, as well as being SWP's agent! Lee Dixon has an Indian Cuisine curry den in London, which is quite well respected. Stephen Hughes played until 2 years ago at Coventry City is now working at Arsenal Media, as is Adrian Clarke. Daniel Karbassiyoon is working as Arsenal's scout in the MLS. Gilles Grimandi is Arsenal chief talent scout in France finding Abou Diaby, Gilles Sunu, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, Armand Traore, Francis Conquelin and Alex Song to name a few.

Ian Selley plays in the non-leagues in England and last I heard he was earning rave reviews down there after many years dogged by injury. Jeremie Aliadiere meanwhile is well... still injured.
 
I'd just invest all my money and live on the return each month from it (which would be HUUUGE) but the recession has pretty much fscked up that method. Well then in a recession free world I'd do that.
 
Drogba can be an accountant if he wants to.. but he has a s**t load of money and will prob help the Ivory Coast national team after
 
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Drogba can be an accountant if he wants to.. but he has a s**t load of money and will prob help the Ivory Coast national team after
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He's one of TIME's 100 most influential sportspeople, has stopped a civil war and is building a hospital in the Ivory coast. Somehow I doubt he'll be an accountant or in football when he retires.
 
smokey said:
.....has stopped a civil war and is building a hospital in the Ivory coast.
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He'll certainly be needed very soon since there is a civil war about to erupt after the recent controversial elections.
 
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Fuma said:
He'll certainly be needed very soon since there is a civil war about to erupt after the recent controversial elections.
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He'll go there, sign a few autographs and make a few friends and people'll just shuddup. It's how he rolls. :p
 
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