Osvaldo retires from football, pursues music career
Former Southampton and Inter Milan striker Dani Osvaldo has retired from professional football at the age of 30 to concentrate on playing in his band.
The Argentina-born Italian's career was filled with a number of controversial incidents, but also a decent goal record.
The 30-year-old scored a total of 87 career goals in 283 appearances which saw him play in five different countries.
However, the former "Saint" was sacked by his most recent club - Boca Juniors - after he was caught smoking in the changing room.
He also punched team-mate Erik Lamela in 2011 while at Roma whe he failed to pass the ball to Osvaldo in a match against Udinese. He was also fined £40,000 and banned for three matches while at Southampton in 2014 and headbutted team-mate and captain Jose Fonte while at St Mary's.
Osvaldo announced the decision after he turned down a deadline day offer by Chievo, who would have been the player's 13th club in 11 years.