Updated November 4, 2022 2.9K votes 877 voters 21.5K views
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Vote up the retired soccer players based on their overall careers.
All the soccer players who retire in 2022 will leave a lasting legacy that lives on. Whether they're finishing their careers as top footballing stars or calling it quits after a few up-and-down seasons, all these great footballers retiring in 2022 have given the game their all. Look to this list regularly to see the best soccer players who retired in 2022, either because it was their time or because injuries cut a promising career short.
The first big name soccer star to choose retirement in 2022 was former Dutch international Davy Pröpper, who played with three different clubs over the course of his fourteen-year career but made his biggest impact at PSV Eindhoven. Former Mexico international forward Oribe Peralta also stepped away from the game after a storied career in Liga MX. Then longtime Tottenham Hotspur and Belgium midfielder Mousa Dembélé additionally called it a career.
Take a look at the recently retired soccer players list below and vote up the soccer stars you'll miss most, or those you think contributed the most to the game.
Career Achievements: World Cup: 2010 FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011, 2015 European Champion: 2012 Champions League Winner: 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2014-15 English Champion: 2008 Spanish Champion: 2008-09, 2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 202-21 UEFA Supercup Winner: 2009-10, 201-12, 2015-16 Spanish Super Cup Winner: 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2016-17, 2018-19 English League Cup Winner: 2006 European Under-19 Champion: 2006 English Super Cup Winner: 2007
Career Awards La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2009 La Liga Best Defender: 2010 La Liga Team of the Season: 2015, 2016 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2015 UEFA La Liga Team of the Season: 2017 UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2012 UEFA Team of the Year: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 FIFA FIFPro World11: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 FIFA FIFPro World11 2nd team: 2013, 2015, 2017 FIFA FIFPro World11 3rd team: 2014, 2018 ESM Team of the Year: 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16[ Footballer of the Year in Catalonia: 2019 Globe Soccer Awards – Player Career Award: 2020
Career Achievements: Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year: 2004 Premier League Player of the Month: August 2009 Sunderland Supporters' Player of the Year: 2016 Sunderland Player of the Year: 2016 Football League Cup: 2008 Scottish Premiership: 2021 Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2020 20 Goals For England in 57 Caps
Career Records: Most Career Premier League Goals Scored As A Substitute (22) 9th All Time In Premier League Goals Scored 20th Premier League Player All Time To Score 100 League Goals 8th Premier League Player All Time To Score 150 League Goals
Career Achievements: PFA Team of the Year: 2012 Championship West Ham United Hammer of the Year: 2012, 2014 West Ham United Young Hammer of the Year: 2005 West Ham United Hammer of the Decade (2010s): 2010–19
Career Achievements: Serie A top scorer: 2016 Serie A Team of the Year: 2014, 2016, 2017 UEFA Europa League Squad of the season: 2014, 2015 ESM Team of the Year: 2016 Forward of the "Ideal Team of America": 2006 FIFA FIFPro World XI 4th team: 2016 Juventus MVP of the Year: 2017, 2018 FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2014 Copa América runner-up: 2015, 2016 UEFA Europa League champion: 2019 Serie A champion: 2017, 2018, 2020 Coppa Italia champion: 2014, 2017, 2018 Supercoppa Italiana: 2014 La Liga champion: 2007, 2008, 2012 Copa del Rey champion: 2011 Supercopa de España champion: 2008, 2012
Career Achievements: Premier League titles: 2008, 2009, 2012 Football League Cup: 2009 FA Community Shield: 2008, 2012 FA Cup: 2011 UEFA Champions League title: 2008 FIFA Club World Cup: 2008 Serie A titles: 2014, 2015 Coppa Italia: 2015 Supercoppa Italiana: 2013 Chinese FA Cup: 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A title: 2005 Primera División: 2003 Apertura, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020 Copa Argentina: 2015 Copa de la Liga Profesional: 2020 Supercopa Argentina: 2018 Copa Libertadores: 2003 Copa Sudamericana: 2004 Intercontinental Cup: 2003
Career Awards: South American Footballer of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005 South American Team of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005 Copa Libertadores MVP Award: 2003 Player of the Year of Argentina: 2003, 2004 Argentine Sportsperson of the Year: 2004 Summer Olympics Golden Boot: 2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Best Player: 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2005 Bola de Ouro: 2005 Bola de Prata: 2005 West Ham United Hammer of the Year: 2007 Manchester City Official Supporter's Player of the Year: 2010 Manchester City Player's Player of the Year: 2010 Premier League Golden Boot: 2011 PFA Team of the Year: 2011 Premier League Player of the Month: December 2009 PFA Fans' Premier League Player of the Month: March 2010 Guerin d'Oro: 2014, 2015 Juventus Player of the Season: 2014 2015 Serie A Team of the Year: 2014, 2015 UEFA Europa League Team of the Season: 2014 Serie A Footballer of the Year: 2015
