Australia's Harry Kewell, celebrates after scoring during their 2011 Asian Cup quarter-final soccer match against Iraq at Al Sadd stadium in Doha January 22, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Harry Kewell, Australia's first world-class footballer, will call time on his roller-coaster 18-year career when the A-League season ends next month, the 35-year-old said on Wednesday.
The Sydney-born former Leeds United, Liverpool and Galatasaray forward had signed a one-year deal with Melbourne Heart in a bid to play in a third World Cup finals, but has spent much of the 2013-14 season sidelined by injury.
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