Cahill retires from international football

Australia’s record World Cup goalscorer, Tim Cahill retires from international football.

Cahill made 107 appearances for the green and gold scoring a record 50 goals.

He is also the record Asian Cup goalscorer and the first Socceroo to appear at four World Cups.

Cahill, 38, said on Twitter “No words can describe what it has meant to represent my country.”

“Massive thank you to everyone for the support throughout all my years wearing the Australian badge.”

At club level, Cahill has played for Millwall, Everton, New York Red Bulls, Shanghai Shenhua and Melbourne City.

In his eight years at Everton, he scored 56 goals across 226 appearances and was named the club’s player of the season for 2004–05.

Cahill has not yet confirmed if he will continue playing at club level, having been released by Millwall at the end of last season.