Aston Villa fans react as Gabriel Agbonlahor calls time on playing career

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Aston Villa’s prodigal son Gabriel Agbonlahor hung his boots up yesterday, ended a career that began in 2005.

Aside from two short-term loans with Watford and Sheffield Wednesday, Agbonlahor spent his entire career at Villa Park.

A popular figure among the supporters, the versatile forward netted 86 goals and claimed 57 assists during his 391 appearances.

It has perhaps come as a surprise that Agbonlahor has decided to call it a day given that he is only 32-years-old.

The academy graduate adhered himself to the club’s supporters, finding a knack of scoring big goals against rivals Birmingham City.

He finished his career with three goals in the second-city derby and retires as a cult hero at Villa Park.

A solid career saw the Birmingham-born performer collect three England caps for his efforts.

Villa have a decent history of nurturing their own players through a renowned academy.

Following Agbonlahor’s decision, they were quick to take to Twitter to congratulate their former player on a solid career.

We rounded up the best tweets from Aston Villa supporters after the announcement was made.

https://twitter.com/gary_poole80/status/1111145336079347713

https://twitter.com/DAGUTV/status/1111017850624331777

https://twitter.com/sktech18/status/1111127070401273856

https://twitter.com/JoshuaJ07107661/status/1111017031275556864