Tottenham goalkeeper Brad Friedel will retire at the end of the season, the club have announced.
The 43-year-old will bring the curtain down on a career which has spanned three decades and included spells with Liverpool, Blackburn and Aston Villa.
He joined Tottenham in 2011, but has been back-up to Hugo Lloris since the Frenchman's arrival the following year.
Friedel said on the Tottenham website: "I'm incredibly proud of what I've achieved in my career. When I first started the journey I never imagined it would be this long, playing 23 seasons in total and representing some incredible clubs."
He is hanging up his gloves and returning to the United States, where he will become an analyst, pundit and co-commentator for Fox Sports as well as Tottenham's club ambassador there.
Spurs coach Mauricio Pochettino heaped praise on Friedel but suggested there was unlikely to be a sentimental final appearance for the veteran goalkeeper.
Friedel, capped 82 times at international level, may not have managed a single minute since Pochettino arrived as head coach last summer, yet the Argentinian only had praise for the outgoing keeper.
"It's a very special moment for him," he said. "It's been a real pleasure to work with him and to know him because he's a top man, a top professional and it was fantastic to spend time with him this season.
"It's not easy at 44, but all his career he was very professional, he was one of the best keepers in England.
"I think he's crossed the line now because he wants to, not because his body says, 'I cannot play any more'. He's in a very good level in his physical condition."
Friedel may not have made it off the bench this season, but the news of his retirement has brought with it an understandable clamour from some for him to get a final run-out at Spurs.
Saturday's match against embattled Hull and the trip to Everton are the only opportunities remaining, but Pochettino indicated the American might not get a farewell game.
"Maybe, you never know, in football you never know," he said. "All players are always in my plans. It's not easy, but you never know.
"Always we need to be professional. We have our emotion, but always in football you need to take a decision as a professional and we always need to show we are professional and this is the way we always take."
While Friedel is retiring, Pochettino predicted English football had not seen this last of him.
The keeper has worked towards his coaching badges and the Spurs boss believes the goalkeeper would make a good manager.
"Yes, why not? Brad is a very clever person and with his natural energy and his leadership he can easily manage a team in the Premier League - only if he wants to, and wants to take that way in his future," Pochettino added.
"But if he's ready and he's experienced - and he's learned a lot about football in all of his career - I think it's possible in the next few seasons he can manage and work in football."
