Former Bolton midfielder Jack Wilshere has announced his retirement from professional football.
The 30-year-old most recently played for Danish Superliga side AGF Aarhus following his release from AFC Bournemouth in 2021. Wilshere made 14 appearances for Wanderers in 2009/10 while on loan from Arsenal.
Wilshere has had a long history of injury issues which have curtailed his professional career having at one stage been one of English football's most exciting prospects. Making 125 appearances for Arsenal, where he came through the youth ranks having joined the club from Luton Town in 2001, Wilshere performed at the highest level with his crowning glory a man of the match performance against Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League.
