The 39-year-old took to Twitter to announce the news. He said – “This closing chapter is going to be so hard to top, but I am going to try. I truly am forever grateful to have lived this amazing dream. Now onto the next exciting one…#thankyou”. In an interview, he stated that – “The first people I want to thank is my mum and dad, who did everything they could to make me realize my dream.  To think that I am finishing up my playing days as a 39-years-old after all of my injury setbacks that I had along the way”