Roy Keane has come in ahead of David Beckham in a list of the sexiest retired footballers.
Research carried out by Ticketgum placed the Cork man fifth on the list, one place ahead of his former Manchester United teammate.
Italian Daniele De Rossi tops the list ahead of another former United captain in Nemanja Vidic, who came second, with Roma legend Francesco Totti third and Wales' all-time leading goalscorer Gareth Bale, who announced his retirement from the sport earlier this year, fourth.
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To find out the hottest ex-players, the researchers looked at a range of attributes, including net worth, strength, Tweets about them and the golden ratio. Taking these factors into account, a sexiness score was given to each to determine which retired footballers are the sexiest of all-time.
De Rossi ranks as the hottest, with a final score of 8.57. He scored highly in the golden ratio percentage (84.85%), with Keane getting a score of 7.08 narrowly ahead of Beckham on 6.98.
On Keane, the researchers said: "Scoring 7.1 out of 10 is Roy Keane – one of the most successful Irish football players of all time. In our study, Keane’s strength (86), percentage match to the golden ratio (81.49%), and fortune of $60 million accumulated in a respectable score of 7.1, crowning him the fifth sexiest retired footballer of all time."
The rest of the top ten includes Pablo Zabaleta, Martin Skrtel, Wayne Rooney and Mario Gomez.
The list in full can be seen below:
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