Patrick Vieira has retired as a player to take up a new role of a football development executive at Manchester City and the 35-year-old has been handed the new role at City after deciding to hang up his boots after an illustrious career.
Vieira spent 18 months at City after arriving from Inter Milan in January 2010, but he struggled to hold down a regular place in Roberto Mancini's side and the former Arsenal star played a bit-part role last season and the most of his Premier League appearances coming off the bench and he was not offered a new deal when his contract expired earlier this summer.
He has chosen to extend his time with Manchester City in this new capacity and the Senegal born star won three Premier League titles and four FA Cups during a a glittering 9 year spell at the Arsenal and Vieira, who won 107 caps for France, was a member of the 1998 World Cup winning side and the Euro 2000 winning squad for Les Bleus.
International career for a Vieira chose to make his debut for France in 1997 against the Netherlands. He was part of the France squad in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and he came on as a substitute in the final against Brazil, and set up Emmanuel Petit for France's 3rd goal in a 3/0 win and he, with the rest of the squad and received Knight of Legion honneur France's highest decoration in a 1998.
Vieira spent 18 months at City after arriving from Inter Milan in January 2010, but he struggled to hold down a regular place in Roberto Mancini's side and the former Arsenal star played a bit-part role last season and the most of his Premier League appearances coming off the bench and he was not offered a new deal when his contract expired earlier this summer.
He has chosen to extend his time with Manchester City in this new capacity and the Senegal born star won three Premier League titles and four FA Cups during a a glittering 9 year spell at the Arsenal and Vieira, who won 107 caps for France, was a member of the 1998 World Cup winning side and the Euro 2000 winning squad for Les Bleus.
International career for a Vieira chose to make his debut for France in 1997 against the Netherlands. He was part of the France squad in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and he came on as a substitute in the final against Brazil, and set up Emmanuel Petit for France's 3rd goal in a 3/0 win and he, with the rest of the squad and received Knight of Legion honneur France's highest decoration in a 1998.
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