Former Leicester City striker Martyn Waghorn has announced his retirement from professional football after an illustrious career.
Waghorn played for a whopping 13 clubs across his career but he will always be remembered by Leicester City fans for his four-year spell at the King Power Stadium.
Joining on loan from then-Premier League Sunderland as a fresh-faced teenager in the 2009/10 season, Waghorn became an instant fan favourite, scoring 12 goals in 43 appearances.
The forward would make his move permanent in the following campaign but only added an extra eight goals in three years at Leicester before joining Wigan Athletic after two loan spells.
Waghorn would go on to play for clubs such as Rangers, Huddersfield Town, Derby County, Coventry City, and most recently, Northampton Town before hanging up his boots at the age of 35.
Now, a ton of responses have flooded in for the Leicester cult hero, wishing him well on his retirement.
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Frank Lampard, Andy King and others react to Martyn Waghorn’s retirement post
Waghorn took to Instagram to write a post confirming he’s drawing a line under his playing career. The 35-year-old thanked every club he’d played for along with his family, friends and former coaches for helping him have a wonderful professional career.
Unsurprisingly, loads of his former teammates and even managers flooded the comments with responses, including Frank Lampard – who he played under at Derby County – ex-Leicester teammate Andy King and many others.
Here are some of the best responses:
Frank Lampard: Congrats on a great career Waggy. Top player and top bloke 💙🩵
Jordan Henderson: Congrats on everything mate!! What a journey. Wishing you and the family all the best in your next chapter….. 🙌❤️
Ian Maatsen: All the best legend ❤️
Andy King: Congrats on an amazing career mate. Was a pleasure to play with you and now you call you a friend. Be proud of yourself ❤️
Fikayo Tomori: Congrats on a great career mate, enjoy retirement ❤️🙌
Waghorn’s career stats
Waghorn bringing an end to an illustrious career will get Leicester fans thinking about some of his greatest moments at the club.
He produced some incredible moments of brilliance during the 2009/10 campaign, ending his Foxes career with 20 goals and 13 assists in 116 appearances.
Remarkably, he appeared for Leicester the second most of any other club, with Derby County being the team he turned out most for, scoring 37 goals in 150 matches.
| Martyn Waghorn’s career stats |
| 534 appearances |
| 134 goals |
| 71 assists |