Ex-Premier League striker Bridges quits
Posted Saturday, April 30, 2011 by YAHOO Sport
SYDNEY (AFP) - Former Premier League striker Michael Bridges announced his retirement Friday to take up a position with his Australian club, Newcastle Jets.
The ex-Sunderland, Newcastle and Leeds marksman and current Newcastle Jets captain, aged 32, said he was swayed by the offer of his new job as the A-League outfit's international football and business development manager.
"After great consideration it was a difficult to decision to make," said Bridges. "However the opportunity to enter the next phase of my life is one that is too exciting not to take now whilst it is being offered."
Newcastle advisory board chairman Ray Baartz hailed Bridges as a "class act".
"He his hugely respected by all at the Newcastle Jets and to have Michael to continue with the Club in an off-field role… is a great coup by the club," Baartz said, according to the A-League website.
Bridges made more than 200 Premier League appearances and scored 68 goals in English club football in an injury-affected career which also took in stints at Carlisle United, Bristol City and Hull City.
He joined Sydney FC in 2007 before returning to England, and eventually joined Newcastle in 2009, scoring seven goals in 22 appearances.
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