Former West Ham United midfielder Julia Simic has announced her retirement from playing at the age of 32.
The 32-year-old twice-capped German international has most recently been playing her football in Italy with AC Milan and she announced her retirement following The Red and Blacks’ Italian Women’s Cup final defeat to AC Roma yesterday. Simic was an unused substitute for AC Milan in that match.
The player announced her retirement in a post on her personal Twitter account.
Yesterday, was not my last game for AC Milan, but it was the last game of my Football Career.
I have experienced the GREATEST MEMORIES which I will never forget.
Tomorrow, I will wake up with a smile towards a new chapter in my LIFE!!! pic.twitter.com/4ogNgVHqDM
— Julia Simic (@juliasimic) May 31, 2021
Simic has enjoyed a 16-year playing career in which she has won a number of major trophies. She was a Frauen-Bundesliga winner with VfL Wolfsburg while she also lifted the DFB-Pokal Frauen on four occasions with the She-Wolves and with her first club FC Bayern Munich.
In 2018, Simic moved to England where she spent two years with West Ham United. The midfielder helped The Hammers to the Women’s FA Cup final in her first season with the club before being troubled by a persistent knee injury. Simic made 16 Barclays FA Women’s Super League appearances for West Ham United in total while she netted two goals which both came in her first season in East London.
The player has not revealed her future plans, however, she is expected to continue to push on with her coaching commitments.
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