Yaya Toure officially announced his retirement from football. Toure will pursue a coaching career. Toure, who has not played since 2018, won 3 Premier League titles, 2 La Liga trophies, a Champions League title, and an African Nations Cup trophy.<doc-sep>Yaya Toure announces retirement from football Football Last played for Olympiacos Yaya Toure has retired from professional football after a successful career in which he represented sides such as Barcelona and Manchester City. The Ivorian won many trophies in his career, most notably the Champions League with Barcelona in 2008/09 and the African Cup of Nations in 2015, as well as two LaLiga Santander titles and three titles in England. "Yaya Toure has ended his playing career," the midfielder's agent, Dimitry Seluk wrote on Twitter. "Next up is a career in coaching." The 35-year-old has not played since having his contract at Olympiacos rescinded in December 2018.<doc-sep>Published 10:54 AM , May 10 2019 GMT+1 | Last updated 11:01 AM , May 10 2019 GMT+1 Former Barcelona and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has retired from football. The player's controversial agent Dimitri Seluk announced the news this morning, revealing that the Ivorian powerhouse will now concentrate on a career as a coach. Advert 10 After leaving Manchester City following eight trophy-laden seasons, Toure returned to former club Olympiakos in September but had his contract terminated after just three months in his second spell with the Greek outfit. The former Monaco man collected multiple titles across his club career, including the Champions League and three Premier League titles. Loading… Advert 10 Touré also won the Africa Cup of Nations with the Ivory Coast, as well as being named the African Footballer of the Year in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. The 35-year old joined Olympiakos from Metalurh Donetsk and made 26 appearances for them in his first stint, winning the league title and Greek Cup in his only season for the club. He later moved to Monaco and then won a slew of trophies with Barcelona during his three years there. But there's no doubt his best form came in the sky blue shirt of Manchester City, where he won three Premier League trophies, two League Cups and one FA Cup - almost single-handedly ending City's 35-year wait for silverware with winners against Manchester United and Stoke City. Advert 10 dd<doc-sep>YAYA TOURE has announced his retirement from football and now has his heart set on going into coaching - just weeks after saying he wants to continue playing. The former Barcelona and Manchester City legend, 35, will hang up his boots after a stellar career spanning 17 years which saw him win 13 major trophies in Greece, Spain and England. 4 Yaya Toure has decided to hang up his boots and will now turn his attention to coaching Credit: AP:Associated Press The star won the Super League Greece and Greek Cup in 2006 and then two La Ligas, a Copa del Rey, the Champions League and the Club World Cup at the Nou Camp. He arrived at Manchester City in 2010 and was one of the catalysts for their domestic success over the past decade, helping them to three Premier Leagues and two League Cups. But it was his winning goal in the 2011 FA Cup final - City's first major trophy for 35 years - that opened the floodgates. He stuck with the club for eight years - despite them not celebrating his birthday - and he went on to score 79 goals in 316 appearances before being given the farewell he deserved at the end of last season. On the international stage, Toure guided his Ivory Coast side to the African Cup of Nations in 2015 and was named African Footballer of the Year four times in a row between 2011 and 2014. Most recently, he endured a horror spell at Olympiacos, returning to the club 12 years after leaving for Monaco but made just five appearances before his contract was terminated by mutual agreement in December. In April, he told Canal+ he is not considering retirement, believing he still had "another two or three years" left in the tank. Yaya is one of the best players in Africa and had one of the brightest careers in the history of African football Dimitri Seluk But his agent Dimitri Seluk confirmed the news of the retirement to Russian website Sport 24. He said: "Yaya has decided to end his career as a champion. “The farewell match which Manchester City gave him was, in principle, the real end of his playing career, not only in that team, but in general. “Yaya is one of the best players in Africa and had one of the brightest careers in the history of African football, so should leave football at its peak. We talked for a long time on this topic. “Of course every footballer wants to play as long as possible and in terms of his physical condition Yaya could do this at a sufficiently high level for another five years. “But we came to the conclusion that he, the footballer who played for Barcelona and Manchester City, could not lower the bar.” Toure now looks set to embark on following the path into management and could start in Russia. Seluk added: “In football it is important to come and go with your head held high. “We remembered how at the age of 18, when Yaya was unknown to anyone, he began his football destiny from scratch, arriving in Belgium, and then going to Ukraine. “Likewise, he now starts his fate from scratch and tries to become a good coach. “I am sure that he will succeed, because he played the position in which he organised the attacks of his team. Yaya went through such clubs as Olympiacos, Monaco, Barcelona and Manchester City, where he worked with good coaches, from whom he learned a lot. “I’m sure that two years after Yaya gets the Pro coaching license, he will head one of the serious clubs and achieve great success in the coaching field. Now he has already begun to take steps in this direction.” 4 Toure was given a farewell from Vincent Kompany and Manchester City last season after 79 goals in 316 appearances Credit: AFP or licensors 4 Toure started in defence for the Champions League final victory over Manchester United in 2009 Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd 4 He returned to Olympiacos last season after leaving City but it did not go according to plan for him Credit: AP:Associated Press<doc-sep>
Toure left City at the end of last season and had a brief spell with Olympiacos which ended in December Former Manchester City and Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure has officially announced his retirement from football. Toure, 35, who left City at the end of the 2017/18 season, had his contract terminated by Greek side Olympiacos in December after making just two appearances. 2 Yaya Toure has announced his retirement from playing His agent, Dimitri Seluk, announced the news on Twitter this morning, revealing that the ex-Ivory Coast international will now concentrate on his coaching career. Earlier this year Toure said he had no plans to retire and was simply taking time off from football. “No one can stop me from playing football, I just decided to take an important time off for myself and it is very important to carefully weigh the options,” Toure claimed in April. LATEST PREMIER LEAGUE NEWS LIVE Transfer news: Poch Tottenham talks, £18m Leicester deal, Bayern sign English defender Finished Solskjaer ‘not Man United standard’ with Conte ideal replacement after final loss NEWS Woeful De Gea stat, Solskjaer 'not at Man United's level', Rashford abused after final DRAMA Man United stunned by Villarreal as Solskjaer's search for silverware goes on TRANSFER West Ham target another Czech signing, while Vladimir Coufal begins contract talks gone Conte leaves Inter: Spurs would be 'match made in hell' due to 'trail of carnage' rebuild How Arsenal can learn from Chelsea and Man United to reach Champions League again OUT Maddison the 'most unlucky' to miss out on England team but Foxes ace 'lacks toughness' “It’s not the end or retirement from the game because I believe I can still play on for another two or three years,” he added. During his eight seasons with City, Toure won three Premier League titles, two League Cups and one FA Cup in 2011, where he famously ended City’s 35-year wait for silverware with winners against Manchester United and Stoke in the semi-final and final respectively. 2 Toure won the Premier League three times with Man City At Barcelona, he won two LaLiga titles and the 2009 Champions League. Toure also captured the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations playing for the Ivory Coast, and he was named the African Footballer of the Year in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Man City paid tribute to their legendary midfielder on Twitter, highlighting the trophies he won while representing the Etihad Stadium club. Premier League 🏆🏆🏆 FA Cup 🏆 League Cup 🏆🏆 Community Shield 🏆 Birthday cake 😉 City legend ✅ Best of luck to @yayatoure on retirement from football! 💙 pic.twitter.com/Mtha6EIPUx — Manchester City (@ManCity) May 10, 2019 They also made a little joke about the infamous birthday cake story, with City reportedly disrespecting Toure when they didn’t give him a cake to celebrate his 31st birthday back in 2014.