{"id":290861,"date":"2023-10-03T10:10:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T10:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290861"},"modified":"2023-10-03T10:10:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T10:10:10","slug":"ex-celtic-and-west-brom-star-tom-rogic-retires-aged-30-in-emotional-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ex-celtic-and-west-brom-star-tom-rogic-retires-aged-30-in-emotional-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Celtic and West Brom star Tom Rogic retires aged 30 in emotional statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Celtic hero Tom Rogic has penned an emotional statement to announce his retirement from football at the age of 30. The former midfielder, who won 53 caps for Australia, has hung up his boots after leaving Championship side West Brom in the summer.<\/p>\n

Rogic joined Celtic from Central Coast in 2013 and racked up 46 goals and 49 assists in 272 appearances for the Bhoys. During his time at Celtic Park, he won seven Scottish Premiership titles, five Scottish Cups and five Scottish League Cups. After leaving Celtic last summer, the former ace spent a campaign with West Brom, where he featured 23 times. And Rogic has admitted he made the decision to retire because of family reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter careful consideration I have made the decision to retire from professional football,\u201d he wrote on Instagram. \u201cI have always been rather private with things in my personal life but I feel given the significance, I think it is important for people to understand why and how I have made my decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout the past seven years, my wife and I have been on an immensely challenging journey with fertility issues. After years of trying and many failed rounds of IVF, my wife and I were fortunate enough to welcome the birth of our daughter in 2021. I have loved every minute of being a dad and consider it my greatest achievement in life.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter experiencing some more struggles and heartache with fertility treatment, we have recently received the amazing news that our family is growing and we will be expecting twins in 2024. Given our past and how hard we have fought for this, along with the challenges that will come with having twins and a 2 year old, now seems like the right time to give my focus and attention to what is the most important thing in my life – my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Rogic added: \u201cI feel very lucky to have had a career where I spent the majority of my time playing at Celtic Football Club, one of the biggest clubs in the world, playing European football, winning many trophies and playing in front of 60,000 fans each week. I have also been lucky enough to represent my country with the Socceroos on over 50 occasions and experienced playing in major international tournaments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’d like to thank all of my teammates for everything over the past 12 years, it’s been a special journey which I’ll look back on with fond memories. I feel very lucky to have formed some wonderful friendships through football and experienced so many special moments together.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would also like to thank [former Celtic chairman] Peter Lawwell and [Celtic board member] Dermot Desmond. Without their help all of this would not have been possible. Through Peter and Dermot, I was put in direct contact with one of the world’s leading medical experts, which eventually led to my wife and I being placed at the clinic that would give us the best chance possible to start a family.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo the managers who supported and guided me through some tough times, I’d like to say a big thank you to Brendan Rodgers, Neil Lennon, John Kennedy and Ange Postecoglou. Indeed I would like to thank everyone in football who has given me such great opportunity throughout my career to be part of the game I love.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd finally, I want to thank all the fans who have given me so much support, you have been everything to me. I’m looking forward to what comes next and can’t wait to see what the future has in store for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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