Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny retires from professional football at 34

Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny retired from professional soccer on Tuesday, two weeks after he left Juventus. The 34-year-old Szczesny, who started his professional career at Arsenal, made 84 appearances for Poland with the last two at this summer's European Championship.

I played the game at the highest level with the best players in history without ever feeling inferior, he said on Instagram. "Everything that I have and everything that I am I owe to the beautiful game of football.

Szczesny joined Arsenal's academy from Legia Warsaw in 2006 as a teenager and was on loan at Brentford (2009-10) before his five years with the Gunners.

He played a total of 181 times for Arsenal, helping the club win the FA Cup in his final game there. He was the joint winner of the Golden Glove award in 2013-14 with Petr Cech.

He signed with Juventus in 2017 after a two-year loan to Roma. Earlier in August, Juventus and Szczesny agreed to terminate his contract.

Szczesny made 252 appearances for