Former Netherlands international and Champions League winner Wesley Sneijder has retired from professional football at the age of 35.
The midfielder's contract with Qatari side Al-Gharafa expired in July and he has decided not to pursue a new club, revealing the decision as he starts a new project with Eredivisie club Utrecht in his homeland.
Sneijder came through Ajax's fabled academy in the early noughties, making 180 appearances for the club, while winning the 2004 Eredivisie and two KNVB Cups before moving to Real Madrid.
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