y Christiansen announces retirement from football

...international Izzy Christensen's announced her retirement from football at the end of the season after more than 300 club and country appearances with 62 goals. Speaking on three players in a podcast she explained why the time is right to hang up her boots. I'm retiring from football after the end of this season which is on Saturday. It's been on my mind since the start of this season because I knew that I was out of contract so I kind of like thought it might be on the horizon and I just wanted to like just enjoy the year and give myself a position where I'm ready to make the right decision. The best advice I was ever given that always stuck with me and I've said this to a couple of younger players on my team is that they've never lived the same year twice and I felt like staying in the game playing I would be just repeating another year like I have. I guess I'm just super excited and super thankful for all the opportunities I've been given during my playing career. The Everton midfielder won the Women's Super League FA Cup and Conti Cup twice during her time at Manchester City as well as the PFA Women's Players Player of the Year in 2016. A move to Lyon followed where she completed the treble including the Champions League.