Cassano: If I hadn't been a footballer, I would've been a criminal International Football - Calcio Italian has announced his retirement from football

It's been coming, but Antonio Cassano has finally called time on his days as a professional footballer at 36, leaving behind one of the most entertaining careers of the last 20 years.

Cassano is a football a hero to many, and someone with many sides: a talented player who brought pure joy to supporters and ill indisciplined man that brought headaches to coaches and fans alike.