Didier Drogba has played football at the highest levels for 20 years. Today, the Ivory Coast and Chelsea legend finally retires from playing. And the 40-year-old could go on a high if his current team wins a playoff final in the second tier of American football. Drogba plays for Phoenix Rising in the United States, a team he partly owns and has led to the United Soccer League final. The team is bidding for a spot in Major League Soccer, the top division in the United States. Berke Bakay is the Phoenix owner who took Drogba to the club.

(Picture: Didier Drogba of Phoenix Rising FC (left) Arturo Diz Pe of Portland Timbers 2 (right) during a USL playoff match 2018 (Credit: Joe Hicks/Getty Images)