Footballers With The Strangest Career Changes

[hmm]

Fun fact: Podolski plays for a city-owned team and actually possibly influenced local politics

[ezraezra]

Interesting thing: The Liberian President didn't even play in the World Cup when he was an active footballer, but his son, as an American, actually did it (and even scored the goal) in the World Cup.

[sdeepj]

Petr Cech always wanted to be a hockey player. Hasek was his idol. But hockey was too expensive, so he focused on soccer. Had he been able focus on hockey, he would have been a St Louis Blue instead of a Chelsea Blue

[glenstout]

Vinnie Jones man became a great actor for a quite a few films

[luca]

Also Kakhaber Kaladze is the mayor of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia

[kevinjuarez]

You forgot one more player: Diego Forlán, he is a former player who played for Uruguay, but now plays tennis.

[Andrew-bddc]

Damn the President of Liberia’s son doesn’t even play for Liberia

[jesuisunstroopwafel]

Fabien Barthez, the goalkeeper from France's 98 WC squad, moved to motorsport.

[pagodebregaeforro]

Also Lizarazu. Bjj fighter and surfer.

[sareureukvibe]

Funny thing about Coentrão is that he actually bought two new and good quality boats with modern high-end technology to make a buck out of it, out of the many things he could do with all his money

[KiposPlayTime]

you forget kakha kaladze, who won 2 ucls in milan and now he is a mayor of Tbilisi from 2017 and before mayor he was minister for 5 years

[cool_cupcake]

Bastian Schweinsteiger now works as a specialist and is at every match of the german national team and also at many Bayern matches.

[Vincent--]

Thomas Müller is also a horse breeder/owner. His horse won Gold last Olympia

[NotSoArnab]

Cantona is perfect as a philosopher and actor

[zosiazaremba]

Podolski really doesn't sit on his hands in Poland. Not only does he have a chain of kebabs, he's also a media personality, including a TV host. He plays for a city-own club Górnik Zabrze and it is widely reported that he has influence on local politics. Zabrze has recently elected new president and Podolski's voice has great weight when discussing privatisation of the club. He's also Górnik's unofficial head of marketing department and slightly less unofficial sporting director, he uses his contacts to bring players to the club and then sell them, probably one of the reasons why they're even afloat. A very busy man indeed

[Chris-]

George Weah has had one heck of a wild life

[Mudkip]

Van der Vaart became a pro darts player and Giovanni Rivera became a politician

[kuzuretuh]

iirc kaladze, former Milan defender, became the mayor of Tbilisi

[ColinAerospace]

I know the kicker for the Dallas Cowboys was originally an MLS player.

[discocrappy]

let's not forget ben arfa is a padel superstar now